Mulling over PETER COGGON to STEVE ASHER 25 Apr 2009

G'day Peter!

 PC>   As I read our title  "Thought Police in Britain" I am thinking of
 PC> movies, and it is so strange to read this, and know on a
 PC> whim, one can be picked up....   like 1984 coming or here.

 SA> Thank you, I would be interested in his reply.

 PC> Ok Will let you know when he reads it, and a reply.  Perhaps he
 PC> will grace us with his appearance here.  Warning, we don't get
 PC> along, so our debates can be hot ones  .

OK ... he might play the ball & not the man

 SA> It is (or was) an advertising campaign, and a number of US cities
 SA> have "Why Islam?" adverts promoting islam as a
"religion of peace".
 SA> It puts the bus company in a quandary - do they censor such things,
 SA> or allow them as free speech, and in the case of the British buses
 SA> there were objections from some drivers over being assigned to drive
 SA> buses which contradicted their faith.

 PC> Interesting.  Also a note that Islam is the fastest growing with 
 PC> converts everyday.  I wonder what they convert to?

Some interesting claims made about Islam are that everyone is born
muslim ("pure"), but are led astray by their Christian / Jewish / Atheist
parents, and "revert" to Islam, rather than "convert"
to it. This is a
fairly common claim. (Search on  revert islam  to find relevant sites, 
if interested)

Obviously this is not a biblically based claim, and the "numbers game"
of converts / reverts to Islam bears out the prophecy of the great
falling away (apostasy) that precedes the revealing of the man of 
lawlessness (Antichrist) described in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12.

 SA> Britain is accommodating its muslim minority, while repressing its
 SA> (professing) Christian majority - banning "Saint George" parades,
 SA> renaming Christmas as Winterval, serving halal food to all children
 SA> in some schools, not having "piggy banks" in bank branches because
 SA> it "offends" the minority, and so on.

 PC> Oh yes, I heard about the "St. George" bans too.  All the rest as
 PC> so not to offend, but it is only fundalmentals getting all this
 PC> stuff going,  all my friends different faiths, and all, I get or
 PC> try to get along with them all, wishing them the best at their
 PC> holidays and special days.

 PC> Looks like I'll be going to jail, because I still celebrate
 PC> christmas. 

It may literally come to "Merry Christmas, and off with your head"
as the conspiracy against God and his only begotten Son comes to
its climax.

Cheers, Steve..

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