The chief aim of the enemy’s assaults is to get rid of Christ, to get rid of the atonement, to get rid of his suffering in the place of men.- Charles Spurgeon
Whichever escatological view we hold, we must hold it humbly because we do not know the future. We can all look backward but we do not know God's agenda for what's to come. We must be humble and acknowledge our eschatological view might not be accurate. - R C Sproul, Everyone's theologian An introduction to systematic theology. p314
The current anti-hate crime movement is generated not by an epidemic of unprecedented bigotry but by heightened sensitivity to prejudice and more important, by our societies emphasis on identity politics. - James Jacobs and Kimberly Potter, Hate crimes criminal law and identity politics, quoted in Patrick Sookhdeo, The death of Western Christianity, p.104
There are strong reasons to question the inclusion of hate speech bans in international human rights law. First, the drafting history of international anti-hate speech laws sure is that such laws are a legacy of totalitarian states aimed at abusing human rights rather than strengthening tolerance. Second, the applicable standards are conflicting, impossible to reconcile with the principle of legal certainty inherent in the rule of law, and prone to abuses that undermine critically important freedoms of speech - especially political speech . Third, laws against hate speech and against "offence" are tools in the hands of those who would severely restrict religious freedom. Finally proponents of hate speech bands have yet to demonstrate any link between such bans and social peace and tolerance. - Jacob Mchangama, The problem with hate speech laws, in The review of faith and international affairs (2015) quoted in Patrick Sookhdeo, The death of Western Christianity, p.106
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