Item in the yesterday's issue of The New York Times in the arts section ~
"It's not all that surprising that Yale University Press would be wary of reprinting notoriously controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a forthcoming book. After all, when the 12 caricatures were first published by a Danish newspaper a few years ago and reprinted by other European publications, Muslims all over the world angrily protested, calling the images ... blasphemous...So Yale University Press consulted two dozen authorities, including diplomats and experts on Islam and counterterrorism...and the recommendation was unanimous ~ 'the book ...should not include the 12 Danish drawings.'"
My issue is not with Yale University deciding that free speech should be exercised under the guidelines of decency. Nor with the Muslims who sometimes violently protested, although violence gets everyone nowhere. No, my issue is with Christians who stand by silently while artists, Jesus-haters and others take blasphemous potshots at a most holy God and His Son.
Why don't we rise in outrage? We don't like the idea of God's name being taken off our U.S. currency or rubbed off the hallowed halls of our U.S. capital, but we say little to nothing about our God or His Son, Jesus Christ being defamed in artistic, political, social and even religious arenas.
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. (Deut. 5:11) They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God.(Levit 21:6) Jesus of Nazareth...I know who You are ~ the Holy One of God! (Mark 1:24)
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