Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Are Europeans Committing Demographic Suicide?

Dallasblog.com | Tom Pauken:
“In his recent trip to Austria, Pope Benedict XVI warned his audiences that Europe might 'extinguish' itself if it continued to embrace abortion and reject Christianity.”
Ed Cognoski responds:

There Tom Pauken goes again, warning the world of the dangers of those invading Muslim hordes. Not Islamofascist terrorists. Not suicide bombers. No. Mothers and babies.

Europe didn't extinguish itself when its Greek and Roman and Teutonic and Viking religions had to make room for Christianity. Tom Pauken undoubtedly thinks the addition was good. Europe won't extinguish itself if Islam grows in importance, either. On the other hand, it just might extinguish itself if a xenophobic anti-Muslim hysteria breaks out. At least, the great civil liberties of Western civilization are at risk by the current xenophobia. Instead, what Mr Pauken could do to best preserve the Christian culture he is so fond of is to ... well, act a little more Christian.

P.S. Tom Pauken continues to block me from posting comments to his articles on Dallas Blog itself. I wonder if that's part of the great Western tradition that Mr Pauken wants to preserve?

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