And lo, after I ask how long we will put up with a hostile government, it appear at first glance that at least one man has declared war against it. Anders Breivik, of Norway, has justified his murder of more than 70 people on the basis that he was fighting against his government, who sought to stop the mass import of Muslims and protect Europe from a Muslim takeover.
These are certainly goals that I approve of, and Breivik characterises himself as a Christian martyr, the type of honourable person that there are too few of these days.However, despite applause from some circles, who view these attacks as a first stage in a new crusade for European civilisation, I cannot endorse what this vile man has done, and neither should any true Christian man or woman.
The bombing in Oslo which ordinarily would be the macabre centre stage in these affairs does not seem to have slowed down Norway’s government, nor does it appear to have made them think twice about the Islamification of Europe. It has merely killed several people unconnected with any real threat to Norway.
I have heard supposed nationalists support Breivik’s cold blooded murder of dozens of Norweigian youths on Utoya Island on the basis that these youths were supporters of the Norwegian Labour Party, and as such were legitimate targets.
Personally I find it hard to believe that these youths are the greatest threat to European Christian society. It is highly probable that they were enthusiastic supporters of multiculturalism, with little love for Christianity, but the same is true for millions of other people who have not been so murdered.
These children were victims from birth, born into nations that did not care about them, that exploited them, and over the course of their lives, brainwashed them into supporting self destructive tendencies. Breivik may well have damaged Labour party recruitment momentarily, but he has done so in the least Christian manner possible.
A true Christian would aim to show these misguided youths the truth of Christianity, that they might hear the call of God’s salvation. Creating a generation of Norwegians who are sceptical of mundane authority and ideologies would be the best way to injure the Labour Party, and Christianity, with its focus on the commandments of God over the commandments of men, would be a powerful safety valve against multiculturalism and unchecked Muslim invasion.
But despite the exhortations of the media, Breivik does not seem to be either a Christian or a conservative. This reeks of an intended slur against those who value their own religion and civilisation, and almost gives one pause to consider if the whole attack may have been planned by left wingers to discredit us. Mimicry and trickery of this kind was par for the course in the days of the Pharisees, why not today?
But even if Breivik really does believe the things he says, the man is no Christian. Certainly, he suggests he wishes to protect Christian culture, but this merely means he opposes Islamification. Many of those who oppose Islam do not do it because theu prefer Christianity, they do it because they wish to remain wallowing in their lusts and hedonism which would be denied them under Islam, and indeed, under any proper Christian law. What Breivik wants is a watered down quasi Christian nation, where religion does not interfere with his own selfish desires.
His use of steroids seems to support this assessment. I have never heard of any Christian martyr of the past drugging themselves into a frenzy, nor has any Christian martyr spoken so obsessively of himself as some “knight” nor has any martyr blasphemously referred to themselves as the “saviour of Christianity”.
Brievik is a frustrated, murderous creature with delusions of grandeur. He is no Christian martyr, and he should not be treated as such by anyone who thinks himself a decent Christian. In any true Christian nation, a man like Breivik ought to be executed. As we are told in Luke 17:2, “It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.”
Breivik has committed the gravest of sins, and it is difficult to see how his salvation could be achieved. Instead, we should pray for those who have been murdered, for they are the true martyrs, slaughtered on the altar of greed and megalomania.
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