From: Sonja Karkar
particularly in Gaza, and yet there is hardly a word being
raised in protest. That so many of our Christian leaders
are silent is disturbing and Christians must ask themselves
"why is this so?" More than that, they must ask themselves
what in good conscience Christianity really means to them
if it is not to care for the oppressed of the earth. - SK
In 1948, French-Algerian philosopher Albert Camus was asked
by Dominican monks what he thought about Christians during
those abominable years of Hitler's reign. His answer can be
found in his collection of essays Resistance, Rebellion, and
Death that he selected for publication just before his death
in 1960. His answer is just as relevant 60 years later.The
following excerpts are taken from those essays.
"What the world expects of Christians is that Christians
should speak out, loud and clear, and that they should
voice their condemnation in such a way that never a
doubt, never the slightest doubt, could rise in the heart of
the simplest man. "That they should get away from
abstraction and confront the blood-stained face history has
taken on today. "What I know – and what sometimes
creates a deep longing in me – is that if Christians made
up their mind to it, millions of voices – millions, I say –
throughout the world would be added to the appeal of a
handful of isolated individuals, who, without any sort of
affiliation, today intercede almost everywhere and ceaselessly
for children and other people."
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Conditions are deteriorating so badly for the Palestinians,
particularly in Gaza, and yet there is hardly a word being
raised in protest. That so many of our Christian leaders
are silent is disturbing and Christians must ask themselves
"why is this so?" More than that, they must ask themselves
what in good conscience Christianity really means to them
if it is not to care for the oppressed of the earth. - SK
In 1948, French-Algerian philosopher Albert Camus was asked
by Dominican monks what he thought about Christians during
those abominable years of Hitler's reign. His answer can be
found in his collection of essays Resistance, Rebellion, and
Death that he selected for publication just before his death
in 1960. His answer is just as relevant 60 years later.The
following excerpts are taken from those essays.
"What the world expects of Christians is that Christians
should speak out, loud and clear, and that they should
voice their condemnation in such a way that never a
doubt, never the slightest doubt, could rise in the heart of
the simplest man. "That they should get away from
abstraction and confront the blood-stained face history has
taken on today. "What I know – and what sometimes
creates a deep longing in me – is that if Christians made
up their mind to it, millions of voices – millions, I say –
throughout the world would be added to the appeal of a
handful of isolated individuals, who, without any sort of
affiliation, today intercede almost everywhere and ceaselessly
for children and other people."
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