And the Spirit & the bride say, come.... Reveaaltion 22:17

And the Spirit & the bride say, come.... Reveaaltion 22:17
And the Spirit & the bride say, come...Revelation 22:17 - May We One Day Bow Down In The DUST At HIS FEET ...... {click on blog TITLE at top to refresh page}---QUESTION: ...when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? LUKE 18:8

Saturday, February 8, 2014

IN the NEWS - Christian Populism in France

The French are on the march to safeguard family values

"A new conservative populism is on the rise that cuts across party and religious lines, stirred up by policies such as gay marriage....This week, François Hollande decided to withdraw his own government's bill on various aspects of family legislation. The day before, huge crowds had been demonstrating in Paris and in Lyon against what was denounced as the "familyphobia" of his policies.
Tradition also has supporters of a new kind: well-integrated French Muslims, fighting for values, they say, that are similar to Catholic ones when it comes to sex and family.
More importantly, the current movement does not fit any clear-cut political pattern. On the left, some MPs denounce Hollande's "surrender to the reactionaries" and worry about losing support from vociferous constituencies in the forthcoming local elections.

On the right, the UMP party didn't see anything coming. Destabilised by internal fighting, traditional conservatives are divided over these issues and obsessed with the rise of the extreme right. They have not been able to take political advantage of other – and new – forms of social unrest, like Les Bonnets Rouges in Brittany, where low-earning voters made their anger at the Paris elites felt. The Front National is more in tune with the new anti-establishment sentiment. Yet Marine Le Pen, its leader, has been conspicuously silent about the latest protest movements.
What is actually at stake in France is the rise of a kind of Christian populism that traditional politics no longer channel. It does not correspond to specific geographical or sociological reservoirs of discontent." TheGuardian

Men's hearts failing them for fear,
and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:
Luke 21:26

Q: -----is this the tip of an iceberg we are about to witness over the next few years worldwide? Has the political, secular left pushed too far and the pendulum will swing back the other way now?    
The secular far left in this country has poked Christians & Catholics in the eye long enough-for example out west in 4 states Democrat state attorney generals suing Christian mom & pop shops who won't participate in gay weddings & threatening in Colorado to put a couple in prison. or in San Antonio mayor Castro (a fitting name I might add) passing a city law to FINE people who criticize gay marriage. Or Governor Cuomo who publicly stated pro-life & pro-traditional marriage people are not welcome in NY. Or the Obama regime sending the IRS after Christian groups during the 2012 election--then turning around saying he will give the IRS a bonus this year (a way to poke his opponents in the eye by saying "I know-U know-that I know-I'll get a way with the IRS scandal & will now openly reward the IRS). Not to mention the cultural assault with everything "gay" being shoved in people's faces, etc....
* Will this be accompanied by natural disasters (like those since 9/11---S. Pacific tsunami, Japanese tsunami, Haiti quake, Oklahoma twisters, Katrina, Sandy, record cold while record drought in California, meteors that hit Russia, terrorism like 9/11 & recently in Kenya, etc....
* Will the Christian right & Catholic leadership be joined by black church going Democrats and hispanic Catholics? Will the Pope use his popularity to draw the nominal "Christians" into this coalition?