The dictionary definition of “high horse” is "in a haughty or contemptuous manner.” We wonder exactly who – and more specifically, which Christians - have been “haughty or contemptuous” over the motivation of the modern Islamic terrorist. We know of no one – no one – who says anything that could provoke the President’s statement. No one says anything like – “We Christians never committed any sins or crimes, unlike those Muslims who chop off people's heads.” We know that most Muslims do not condone the violence of the radicals, but it does no good to deny that the radicals who do commit those crimes are "doing it in the name of Allah." If the President truly believed the Christianity he professes, he would know that we all – Christians not excepted – are sinners and that we sin every day. There may be some “high horse” Christians who believe they are above sin or that they are better than non-Christians, but we are not acquainted with them. Given the President's description of the Jihadist murders in the Kosher market in Paris as "random," his insistence that "climate change" is a bigger threat than the "overhyped" stories of terrorism, and his moral equivalence between the Crusades and the rampage of ISIS, perhaps it is he who is mounted on the "high horse."
by John Shaffer President Obama, at the National Prayer Breakfast,urged Christians to get off their “high horse,” because many evils "have been committed in the name of Christ." The latter part is true - but it is worthy of note that the President goes out of his way to deny that evil committed in the name of Allah actually is committed in the name of Allah. Too bad the President does not use that phrasing to describe the growing list of beheadings, immolations, crucifixions and other atrocities perpetrated by Islamic Jihadist radicals. The dictionary definition of “high horse” is "in a haughty or contemptuous manner.” We wonder exactly who – and more specifically, which Christians - have been “haughty or contemptuous” over the motivation of the modern Islamic terrorist. We know of no one – no one – who says anything that could provoke the President’s statement. No one says anything like – “We Christians never committed any sins or crimes, unlike those Muslims who chop off people's heads.” We know that most Muslims do not condone the violence of the radicals, but it does no good to deny that the radicals who do commit those crimes are "doing it in the name of Allah." If the President truly believed the Christianity he professes, he would know that we all – Christians not excepted – are sinners and that we sin every day. There may be some “high horse” Christians who believe they are above sin or that they are better than non-Christians, but we are not acquainted with them. Given the President's description of the Jihadist murders in the Kosher market in Paris as "random," his insistence that "climate change" is a bigger threat than the "overhyped" stories of terrorism, and his moral equivalence between the Crusades and the rampage of ISIS, perhaps it is he who is mounted on the "high horse." Comments are closed.
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