Strong Cultures Dominate Weaker Ones

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JMJ

Faced with a bold, resurgent militant Islam, what is the response of the Catholic Church?

1. Invite them to participate in prayers for peace in the Vatican gardens.  That turns into a prayer to overcome the 'infidels' - from the Islamic point of view
2. Ecumenical actions are taken that receive no reciprocity from the Islamist
3. Relative silence as militant Islamists rise up as part of the 'Islamic Spring' throughout the Middle-East.
4. Articles that state 'no religion can justify such barbarity', without directly confronting the fundamental issue that these actions can be demonstrated as being aligned with Islamic thought and interpretation.

The Catholics who are being persecuted and force from their lands have made clear that they expected their moderate Muslim neighbors to help them.

They did not.

What conclusions can we draw from these and other events happening throughout the world?

1. Over time the strong dominant Islamic culture will overwhelm or at a least minimize action of the weaker / moderate Islamic cultures.
2. In a similar manner the strong dominant Islamic culture will likewise overwhelm or at least minimize action of the weaker / moderate Western cultures.

The advance of Islam will only be countered by a strong and militant culture that, like the Islamists, is not afraid to take necessary action to extend its influence.

In the West, this culture is found predominantly in the Traditional Catholic organizations, but not at the upper levels of the Church. This will hamper any response on their part to militant Islamism.

Where then in the Christian world is there a culture that could potentially thwart the aims of militant Islamism?

The answer, after a quick glance around the world, is Russia

"At dawn look to the East ..."

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