Tea at Trianon: 3 Top Anti-Christian Accusations

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

3 Top Anti-Christian Accusations

From The Stream:

People who think Christianity is “anti-women” have two problems. They don’t know the relevant history, and they’re out of touch with current realities. One such current reality is that women in churches aren’t generally miserable there (to say the least!). Another is that pro-life literature is consistently … pro-life. You won’t find “We don’t like women!” in it anywhere.

It’s true that we’re against the mindset that says women should be free to have consequence-free sex. We’re against men having consequence-free sex, too. Some might think that’s hypocritical: “You only take it out on women!” But that misses the point. The pro-life movement was never much about having sex, but it’s always been very much about killing babies.

Sex is a behavior issue, whereas abortion is and has been a legal issue. Legal issues in a democracy call for political action; behavior issues call for a gospel response. Stop in at any nearby believing church, and you’ll find we’re doing the gospel. No hypocrisy in that. (Read more.)