A Global Inquisition to Put Homosexuals to Death?
By Julio Severo
According to People for the American Way, in their project
Right Wing Watch, Theodore Shoebat posted a video declaring
that “sodomite homo Sharia” is being imposed on America by “sodomite bastards”
and “faggots” who do nothing but “go around spreading AIDS.”
“‘It’s homo tyranny and it needs to be destroyed,’ Shoebat continued,
‘Christian world domination needs to be established and homosexuality needs to
be deemed as a crime. And the homos need to be told, hey, you gotta stop that
and if they don't stop that then, I’m sorry, we have an Inquisition and that
Inquisition will enact the death penalty, as Scripture tells us.’”
When Shoebat talks about “Christian world domination,”
this does not include Protestants, evangelicals, Pentecostals, charismatics,
etc.
Is a “revival” of the Inquisition supported by the
Bible? The Church in the New Testament never supported any Inquisition to
torture or kill sinners. Her mission was to preach the Gospel of Salvation to
them.
The Church outside the New Testament used the
Inquisition against sinners and dissenters, whom she called “heretics.” Most of
these “heretics” were Protestants who believed in the Bible in a way
disapproved by the Catholic Church. Jews loyal to Judaism were also considered
“heretic.”
Right Wing Watch, a leftist channel that monitors and
smears conservatives, sees no distinction between the Church in the New
Testament and the Church outside the New Testament. Actually, it seems that
Right Wing Watch intends to use the Shoebat case, which is strictly Catholic,
to portray all Christians (Catholics, Protestants and Orthodoxies) as
supportive of the Inquisition.
This is not the reality. In fact, Right Wing Watch, which
has often attacked me because of my pro-family stance against the gay
agenda, should know that I
have been criticized in Brazil by allegedly right-wing Catholics who excuse or
even advocate the Inquisition.
I do not want a return of the Inquisition. There are
better ways to address the problem of homosexualism. George Washington’s
conservative America was enough to protect her society from a homosexual
ideological mess without exposing Jews and Protestants to the Inquisition’s
mortal threat. Washington, who was Protestant, never applied any Catholic
Inquisition. Historian Bill
Federer said,
As recorded in
“The Writings of George Washington” (March 10, 1778, 11:83-84, U.S. Government
Printing Office, 1934), George Washington ordered: “At a General Court Marshall
… Lieutt. Enslin of Colo. Malcom’s Regiment tried for attempting to commit
sodomy, with John Monhort a soldier … and do sentence him to be dismiss’d the
service with Infamy. His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief approves the
sentence and with Abhorrence and Detestation of such Infamous Crimes orders
Liett. Enslin to be drummed out of Camp tomorrow morning by all the Drummers
and Fifers in the Army never to return.”
Washington, the Father of America, had a soldier
expelled for attempting to commit sodomy. In contrast, the Inquisition would
have him executed, as Shoebat would prefer.
Yet, if Shoebat has his wish fulfilled, who can hinder
the Catholic Inquisition from going after other groups? Jews and Protestants
were favorite victims of the original Inquisition.
Shoebat has articles fiercely attacking Islam, and
rightly so, because Islam is violent, especially against Christians. He has
voiced the idea Catholics should “extirpate the wickedness of Islam.”
Presumably, he would approve the Inquisition to extend its force against
Islamists. But it is highly doubtful that he would keep the Inquisition limited
only to homosexuals and Islamists.
In 2014, Theodore Shoebat wrote an article titled
“Islam Is A Form Of Protestantism, That Wants To Destroy The Catholic Church.”
So if Islam is a form of Protestantism, both are
equally evil, in his view. If they are evil, why not approve the Inquisition to
both of them? If Shoebat can extirpate the wickedness of Islam, why could not he
extirpate the “wickedness” of Protestantism? It was attempted, by the original Inquisition
centuries ago.
Some Catholics, like Shoebat, wishing a revived
Inquisition will not be content to see it moving just against homosexuals.
Sooner or later, they will want it to move also against “heretics” who “threaten”
the Catholic Church.
A return of the Catholic Inquisition is not what all
people, even good Catholics, want. This is the wish of a few extremists like
Shoebat.
The Inquisition and other evil acts of the Church outside
the New Testament have been used by left-wingers to condemn Christians who live
according to the Church in the New Testament.
Franklin Graham, the president of the Billy Graham
Evangelistic Association, said
about the Inquisition, “Many people in history have used the name of Jesus
Christ to accomplish evil things for their own desires. But Jesus taught peace,
love and forgiveness. He came to give His life for the sins of mankind, not to
take life.”
The bottom line is, if you believe in Jesus, you want
nothing to do with the Inquisition. If you believe in the Inquisition, you want
nothing to do with Jesus.
If People for the American Way were honest, they would
let their public know that the Inquisition has been denounced for centuries by
Jews, Protestants and most Catholics, who will certainly work to destroy any
attempt to revive this macabre machine of torture and death.
Shoebat has criticized Christians who have opposed his
pro-Inquisition stances. He has blasted
especially Peter LaBarbera, director of Americans For Truth About
Homosexuality, by calling him a “filthy pig” and a “traitor” because he
rejected Shoebat’s pro-Inquisition stance against gays. Name-calling
against pro-family leaders is typical behavior from leftists and pro-Inquisition
activists.
“Traitor”? To “betray” the Inquisition and its
advocates is not to betray the Gospel. In fact, a revived Inquisition would
eventually reach LaBarbera, who is a conservative Protestant, and other
Christians who love and preach the Gospel to homosexuals and other sinners. If
the original Inquisition did not spare Protestants, how would its modern
version manage to spare LaBarbera?
In addition, it is no surprise that Shoebat used an abusive
language against LaBarbera. A dirty language and demonization precede a wish
and intent of destroying its victims. A pro-Inquisition activist eventually
reviles pro-family activists and, if given enough political and legal powers,
could do much more than just calling names.
Facts Shoebat should know:
A good
Catholic does not revile pro-family leaders.
A good
Catholic does not call names.
A good
Catholic does not defend the Inquisition.
Yet, with his radical views, Shoebat provides
ammunition for opportunistic and malicious leftist entities as Right Wing Watch
to defame, revile and attack Christians who, like LaBarbera and George
Washington, never tortured or killed in the name of a tyrannical government or
a counterfeit and violent “christianity.” Actually, according to the original
Inquisition, Washington himself was worthy of death, just because he was a
Protestant.
The Left feasts on the pro-Inquisition lunacy and uses
it to attack pro-family leaders who want nothing to do with the Inquisition. When
Shoebat supports the Inquisition and reviles LaBarbera he aids and abets the
Left in its attacks against the pro-family movement.
As I see, Shoebat was formerly a Muslim. Later, he
became an evangelical and in some point he saw that an evangelical church was
not radical enough for him, but it was “heretical” enough. Then apparently he
chose a twisted version Catholicism. Yet, why a pro-Inquisition Catholic? Could
not he choose to become a good pro-life Catholic, interested in saving innocent
babies rather than supporting torture and slaughter of people through a modern
Inquisition?
Even though Shoebat considers himself a pro-life
Catholic, I would encourage him to read my article: Can
a Pro-Life Activist Defend The Inquisition?
Portuguese
version of this article: Uma Inquisição Mundial para Matar Homossexuais?
Source: Last Days Watchman
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1 comment :
Folks, People for the American Way (PFAW), by their Right Wing Watch, has attacked me many times. They quote me correctly by publishing my comments. But their interpretation is biased. Yet, in Shoebat's case, even a biased interpretation is not enough to make his absurd pro-Inquisition comments worse than they already are. With such comments, PFAW had no need to add an interpretation. Shoebat's comments are an indictment against himself. I hope he may repent.
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