Canada’s war on Christian rights
by Dr Campbell Campbell-Jack, TCW:
IN world history, freedom is an anomaly. It is only in cultures shaped by Christianity and its understanding that all men and women are made in the image of God and thus individually of inestimable value that freedom has truly existed. This freedom is evidenced in a respect for individuals which results in persuasion rather than force, discussion rather than imposition.
Authoritarian states and organisations have always seen Christianity as an obstacle to their aims of a society composed of biddable men and women fashioned after the state’s image of the ideal citizen. Thus totalitarian states have sought to reduce the influence of Christianity on society, or even stamp it out altogether. In this respect the West’s woke and progressive movements of today follow other revolutionary movements of both Left and Right which, since the French Revolution, have attempted to destroy Christianity as they tried to remake the world.
There is no grand conspiracy with secret meetings of world leaders, shakers and movers plotting the downfall of Christianity; there doesn’t have to be. Instead the progressives have gained the high ground in the West and there is a general acceptance by the opinion-formers in culture, politics and education that they are on ‘the right side of history’ and need only work steadily to reach their goal eventually. Police, courts, professional organisations and businesses all accept and promulgate the new direction of society. Thus we have a steady stream of legislation finding its way on to the statute books which can be and has been used against Christians who hold by the tenets of their faith.
An instance of the direction in which Western society is moving can be seen in Canada. Under Justin Trudeau there has been a steady erosion of human rights alongside legislation overturning centuries of the Christian understanding of what constitutes a human being and the society in which we live. There have been many cases, large and small, in which the rights of Christians have been eroded.
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