THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS
"So, to put an end to this rumor, Nero invented subjected to punishment of the guilty and those who refined the mob hated because of their abominations, called Christians. At a time when millions of Nigerians are celebrating the religious festivals, Nigeria at Christmas has been the scene of violence that has struck the people of the Christian religion, marred the holiday with 41 deaths, according to the latest official news. origin of this name was Christ, who, during the reign of Tiberius had been sentenced to execution by the procurator Pontius Pilate, and, currently dormant, this pernicious superstition again spread, not only in Judea, home of that disease but also in Rome. So, at first those were arrested who confessed, and then, upon termination of these were ordered a large crowd, not so much for the prosecution of the fire, but for hatred of mankind. chain explosions in the region of Jos have caused the deaths of 34 other Christians and wounded 74. In the north east of the country, in Maiduguri, a church was set on fire. Continuing clashes and injuries and dozens of buildings have been delivered to the flames. The Islamic group Abu Sayaf has instead exploded in the Philippines the roof of a Catholic church on the island of Jolo. addition, for those who were going to die were added insult feral leather-covered, torn by dogs perished, or they were crucified or burned alive in the guise of torches, to serve as a night light at dusk. Nero had offered his gardens and celebrated circus games, mixed with the populace as of charioteer or standing on the chariot " Two thousand years of history, of lives lived, the men passed out on the ground their hatred and their love, their beliefs and their passions, share these two songs. The first, in red, is a key step in the history of Publius Cornelius Tacitus (Annals XV, 44), the second in blue is the guide of the Future of an article published December 28, 2010. Two thousand years of history and new fire, pain and death. He was right that he warned us: "Do not come to bring peace but a sword in your midst, in my name will undergo delays and persecution, the sword, the separation, the cross, the loss of life." Sometimes I stop to think what it does so afraid of the Christian message. Perhaps the eye to humanity as that expressed by Mother Teresa Calcutta capable of driving for his faith in humanity to subvert the social rules of caste in India, perhaps the confidence in a Presence that was made over infinite, that God is incarnate in our beautiful and fragile humanity. But do not worry, I will not bore you, at least not on this occasion, with some historical narrative and philosophical, apologetic or phenomenological. The intent of this article is to report the facts of current that often pass on the sly because they attract much more than the latest gossip or some Starletta Sanremo rather than our current events and humanity.
History should teach us that throughout the lifetime of the human being there was in the name of religion, everywhere, bloodshed, strife, persecution and imprisonment. I absolutely do not believe as stated in his famous John Lennon Imagine that peace could be guaranteed by a world without nations, without religions. The membership of a cultural substratum, and then in the order, and a state, a nation, a civilization, and vice versa, the sense of the sacred and faith are essential elements of the expression of all human beings, inalienable and unchangeable elements vital to guide the freedom and human dignity.
One word, or rather two: respect and dialogue. And 'what Pope Benedict XVI expressed in his message for World Day of Peace, is what the United Nations secretary general Ban Ki Moon called for expressing their sympathy for the anti-Christian persecution. No treaty
philosophical historian, I'm not here to make apologetic. Just a Thing (questioning how many consider themselves believers): think that we often refuse to go to church because it's raining, because we have nothing else to do, because there is the game on television, because we want to stay and think of those who can not express their beliefs and their functions, or worse, do not know if they can come back home: Think
JAKOB PANZERI