Stand Up

When we look at history, we always shall find cases where one part of the population was not liked and was shunned. Many times one human being stood up against another human being, because he or she did not like his or her person, attitude, thinking, colour or race.
Every Christian should ask for himself or herself: “Were is my position?” and “What is my stand?” Are we really followers of Christ not judging the other but taking them as equal brothers and sisters, children of God?

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Shamefully we must admit that there have been churches who took on dubious relationships with those who discriminated. Even the chosen people by God, the Jews got their share of many tribulations and persecutions, culminating in the unforgettable holocaust.

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African Americans in the United States of America had to wait a very long time before they were not treated any-more as lower beings. At the beginning of the 21st century we still can find many extreme right wingers who consider the Caucasian race as the superior race, created by ‘the Lord’ to be the ruler of everything. Today the Ku Klux Klan is still very active in the United States of America.

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In case the western world is not careful they tend to go to a similar discrimination about Muslims  as previously with the Jews. In the Islamic world we notice the trend already of having extreme groups giving a wrong picture of other people and of other religions.

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Because of the ongoing discrimination our world still needs a Civil Rights Movement and needs people who react against all the wrong done to others. Some Christians think we should all things just let to happen. But as real Christians we should have the love for our neighbour and have to protect the weaker ones.

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It is oh so easy just to stand a side and do of nothing happens or saying it is far from you. Many easily say what others do wrong,  when they can not hear it. Some may find it also easy to stand up and teach what is right, yet for many it is hard to stand up against what is wrong, and to clearly show the world that they do not agree with such wrong. It is nice to stand up for what is right, but we may not forget to stand against what is wrong!

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2. Exceptionalism and Restricting Laws
3. Attitude to others important for reaching them
4. Race, Skin color and differences
5. About the Holocaust
6. Palestine, Israel, God’s people and democracy
7. Zionism comments and the place of Jerusalem in the world
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9. Migrants to the West #2
10. Migrants to the West #6
11. Migrants to the West #8 Welbeing
12. Immigration consternation
13. Life and attitude of a Christian
14. Judge not according to appearance
15. Not liking your Christians
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17. Pupils asked ‘why do some people hate Jews?’ in GCSE exam

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