Quotes 4 Oct 17

Where faith still exists it is either wholly uninformed - as in the evangelical communitises - or it is wounded and weak. - Douglas Murray, The Strange Death of Europe, p 212

It may be a terrible generalisation to say this, but beneath this surface existence everything else in European thought and philosophy is a mess. - Douglas Murray, The Strange Death of Europe, p 223

Here joy begins to enter into us, there we enter into joy.—Thomas Watson

Islam has no place in Slovakia. Migrants change the character of our country. We do not want the character of this country to change, - Robert Fico, PM of Slovakia, Der Standard 27 May 2016 quoted in - Douglas Murray, The Strange Death of Europe, p 230

There is another Christian aspect to this. Secular Humanism has no answer to Islam and cannot assimilate it – because Islam is a political system that cannot share the values of secular humanism. But Christianity can deal with Islam. Why? Because we recognize with Muslims that there is one God, the Creator of heaven and earth; because we recognize that we are more than just ‘blobs of carbon floating from one meaningless existence to another’; because we share an emphasis on the importance of families and social justice; because we too recognize the importance of being right with God, we can speak to Muslims at a level which the secular humanist cannot.  But whereas the Muslim hopes that God in the end will have mercy on them – the Christian is able to offer full and free forgiveness because of Christ. Christians have no ISIS, but we do have the new birth. What if God was permitting millions of Muslims to come to Europe so that they could hear about Christ? D Robertson There is another Christian aspect to this. Secular Humanism has no answer to Islam and cannot assimilate it – because Islam is a political system that cannot share the values of secular humanism. But Christianity can deal with Islam. Why? Because we recognize with Muslims that there is one God, the Creator of heaven and earth; because we recognize that we are more than just ‘blobs of carbon floating from one meaningless existence to another’; because we share an emphasis on the importance of families and social justice; because we too recognize the importance of being right with God, we can speak to Muslims at a level which the secular humanist cannot.  But whereas the Muslim hopes that God in the end will have mercy on them – the Christian is able to offer full and free forgiveness because of Christ. Christians have no ISIS, but we do have the new birth. What if God was permitting millions of Muslims to come to Europe so that they could hear about Christ? - David Robertson https://theweeflea.com/2017/08/11/the-strange-death-of-europe-part-2-immigration/