Anti-Christian Beliefs remain the “last acceptable prejudice” to this day, almost 20 years after Baylor University historian Philip Jenkins wrote a book to the same effect.
Although Jenkins called “anti-Catholicism» the “last acceptable prejudice”, college campuses and the broader culture extended it to all Christians at the start of Lent on February 14.
For Catholics, Lent represents approximately 40 days of fasting, abstaining from meat, and practicing penance to prepare for Easter Sunday. For some ProtestantsThere is still time to prepare for Easter.
Some people have sought to use the start of Lent, including Ash Wednesday, to mock Christianity, directly or indirectly.
There are the transgender activists who lied to St. Patrick’s Cathedral about the identity of the deceased, an atheist man. prostitute who presented herself as a woman and held a irreverent funeral in the Catholic Church of New York last week.
They are not the only ones. A handful of students from Georgetown University decided to make last Wednesday an “A** Wednesday” to mock Ash Wednesday, the day when Christians receive ashes on their foreheads, derived from the palms of last year’s Palm Sunday.
This is to remind the recipient of inevitable death: “For dust you are, and to dust you shall return,” as Genesis 3:19 says.
Instead, Catholic college students drew butts on their foreheads. These are students from an elite university who charges $60,000 per year.
Others, like a campus minister at Fort Hays State University, decided to make LGBT ashes, in what might be called “queer” Ash Wednesday.
“Glitter+Ash is an inherently strange sign of Christian belief, blending symbols of mortality and hope, penitence and celebration,” an announcement for the indicated event. (One of the ministers abandoned of the event after a backlash.)
It’s no surprise that some find it acceptable to mock Christianity. After all, the Los Angeles Dodgers hosted blasphemous drag performers who mocked Catholic nuns last summer. In the meantime, churches and pro-life groups have been attack for almost two years since the overthrow of Roe v. Wade.
Bias also comes from the upper echelons of government, including the late Senator Dianne Feinstein’s attacks during the Trump presidency on Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett: “dogma.”
So-Sen. Kamala Harris and Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) racked up their own hatred on a judicial candidate for his affiliation with the Knights of Columbus. The Catholic Men’s Group raised millions of dollars a year to help veterans, their families and those affected by disasters. There is a lesson here.
Much like how the Knights of Columbus attempts to help others live better lives, critics of Christianity might consider incorporating the lessons of Loaned. Many Christians will give up something, like social media or sweets, for Lent. Some may try to do more acts of charity or deepen their faith by reading the Bible or other devotional works.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
This is a great idea for those who think “glitter” is an appropriate additive to ashes or that making fun of Christianity on campus is funny. Discover the meaning of Ash Wednesday, Loanedand Easter.
We should all strive to become better people, and that can start with respecting Christianity.
Matt Lamb is a contributor to Washington Examiner Beltway Confidential Blog. He is an associate editor at the College Fix and has previously worked for Students for Life of America and Turning Point USA.
