The Criminalization of Christianity in Finland
Posted By: Harlowe, 1/24/2022 4:57:29 PM
In a foreshadowing of America’s future under coercive secularism, a Finnish politician and Finnish bishop will go on criminal trial next week for merely upholding historic Christian teaching on sexual morality. The trial is a telling measure of the erosion of Christianity in Europe. Juhana Pohjola, a Lutheran bishop, and Päivi Räsänen, a member of Finland’s Parliament, stand accused of an act increasingly forbidden in the de-Christianized West: quoting the Bible.(Snip)Six Republican members of Congress have called on the U.S. government’s religious commission to condemn Finland for this trial. But that will never happen.
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In a foreshadowing of America’s future under coercive secularism, a Finnish politician and Finnish bishop will go on criminal trial next week for merely upholding historic Christian teaching on sexual morality. The trial is a telling measure of the erosion of Christianity in Europe. Juhana Pohjola, a Lutheran bishop, and Päivi Räsänen, a member of Finland’s Parliament, stand accused of an act increasingly forbidden in the de-Christianized West: quoting the Bible.(Snip)Six Republican members of Congress have called on the U.S. government’s religious commission to condemn Finland for this trial. But that will never happen.
On 24 January, Päivi Räsänen, a doctor, a mother of five and a grandmother of seven, will appear before a Finnish court. The allegation was made in a 2004 brochure featuring marriage and human sexuality, in an opinion on a 2019 radio talk, and in a 2019 post on Twitter.(Snip)Articles 9 and 10 of the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms state that - everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, as well as everyone has the right to freedom of expression. Consequently, the Finnish authorities' efforts to restrict freedom of expression are
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in spending bills 3 replies
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The author takes note of American Christian chaplains and soldiers being hounded out of service as well as cessation of federal funds available to Christian adoption agencies. In a blunt statement, the author points out that liberals once quoted Voltaire as a defender of free speech and religion but no longer—instead, they now regard individuals who dissent from political correctness as “morally evil.” Further, that freedom of religion has been redefined as freedom from religion with specific emphasis on Christianity. ~~~ Dr. Räsänen’s trial began today. She is the wife of a Lutheran pastor.