All three religions – Romanism, Islam, and Judaism – are false, militant, and violent.
- John W. Robbins, “The Religious Wars of the 21st Century”
In a piece I have cited several times before in this space, John Robbins commenting on the coming religious wars of the 21st century noted that “the religious right in America has embraced both Romanism and Judaism as saviors of the West, foolishly ignorant of the fact that they, as forms of unbelief, are destroyers of the West and causes of the collapse [of the West].” [1]
As I have noted previously, Robbins does something in his article that I have never seen done by any other writer. Rather than taking sides with Romanism, Judaism, or Islam, he describes all three as “medieval…false, militant, and violent.” But unlike Robbins, many Evangelicals do take sides with either Romanism or Judaism against the secularists and Islam.
In America, one likely would not find those who claim to be Christians, at least those of the “religious right” variety, embracing Islam. Unlike Romanism and Judaism, Islam is viewed with suspicion by the religious right due to events such as 9/11, the influence of dispensationalism, and the work of the Israel lobby.
One may be tempted to question Robbins’ characterization of Romanism, Islam, and Judaism as destroyers of the West. After all, didn’t Christianity Today run a piece in 2015 titled “From Antichrist to Brother in Christ: How Protestant Pastors View the Pope”? Further, American Christians are constantly told that they have a Biblical obligation to support the state of Israel and the Jews as “God’s chosen people.”[2]
Lux Lucet 