We have just finished updating our page about the persecution of Christians in Britain. We would encourage our visitors to read this article which surveys the challenges Christians in Britain have had to face since the time of the Viking invasions to the present day.
This report was written for our newsletter in 2011 but has now been expanded to include some of the more recent cases of persecution against British Christians.
In reviewing these cases, Christian Voice has become concerned that the incessant attention given to “hate crimes” against LGBT people is obscuring the more severe intolerance happening on a regular basis against believers.
J.C. von Krempach recently drew attention to this in an article exposing the hypocrisy of the controversial “Lunacek-Report” which the EU adopted on 4 February.
The Lunacek-Report calls on EU Member States to “register and investigate hate crimes against LGBTI people,” yet seems “less concerned about the hate crimes that actually do take place in Europe.”
J.C. von Krempach cites two examples of hate crimes, which were both committed by homosexual groups, not committed against them. The first incident on 2nd February was against Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, the Archbishop of Madrid, who was attacked by a mob of topless females shouting “abortion is sacred.”
The second incident occurred on January 24th. A peaceful ball event—called the “Akademikerball”—held at Vienna was attacked by a “left-extremist mob.” This was the third time this event has been attacked by such groups, under the pretense that the people who attend these balls are “Nazis.” The intruders carried banners and shouted their slogan, “You can have our hate.” Over two thousand police officers were eventually able to get rid of the militants, but not before the protesters had damaged shops and set cars of fire, inflicting approximately 1 million Euros in damage
Unfortunately, the participants in the latter attack were supported by the Austrian “Green Alternative” Party, which Mrs. Lunacek, the author of the Lunacek-Report, represents. While she is upset about hypothetical hate crimes being committed against homosexuals, she makes no apologies for the hate crimes actually committed by members of the party she supports.
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Two thousand officers to police one ball ? Seems a lot .
Apparently there were 6,000 activists rioting against it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25890188
For the record, I’m not a huge advocate of the Lunacek report, preferring equality across the board. So please avoid tarring me with that brush
Is it possible to use a newer version of the bible in your literature. Not everyone understands the old style language and it actually puts me off reading your literature. I and lots of people I know through Church read either The Good News or New International versions. Between us we aren’t aware of anyone who uses the King James anymore.
Ah, Jo, bless you for your concern. it’s finding a new version which is accurate to the Hebrew and Greek, humble and not a paraphrase loaded with the translators’ opinions, and universally accepted in the church. I don’t know of one, but I do know people who would scream at either the Good News Version or the NIV!
Personally, I approve the KJV’s use of short words (Like Psalm 56:4 ‘In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me’ – just one word of two syllables in the whole verse!)
Most of the Black-Majority churches use the KJV. And when people outside see a quotation from the KJV they know one thing: That’s Bible.