Categories: uncategorized
Date: 22 April 2008 12:42:26
Thanks to J.L.T. for the history update. I prefer The Goblin on Bedford Hill in Balham, purely for its Blackadder connertations. My sister and I would often sing the song as we walked past.
There is going to be a programme on Radio 4 tonight concerning the difficulties faced by Islamist converts to Christianity. It highlights the problems that they face from family members who not only cut all ties but, in extreme cases, also threaten murder.
Islam is not tolerant where converts are concerned. In extreme cases an apostate is looked upon as being lower than anything else on the planet. Afghanistan and Turkey have had prominent trials where apostates have been threatened with death. There are many stories of people being kidnapped by family members and forced to renounce their faith, through torture, imprisonment and rape.
Yet this is a religion that supposedly preaches tolerance to all. To many people it is unjustly mocked for its views on homosexuals etc but you never hear them complain about the treatment of converts. As Christians we are condemned for our atittudes towards others and our historical mistreatment of other peoples. Yet few speak out about our fellow believers.
History today:
1915 : The Germans (Boo! Hiss!) use poison gas against the British at the second Battle of Ypres, for the first time.
1918 : The Royal Navy carry out a daring raid on the German occupied port of Zeebrugge and manage to block the port, briefly.
1951 : The Glorious Glosters are almost wiped out in an heroic stand at the Imjin River in Korea. Their sacrifice allowed UN troops the opportunity to regroup.