CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 18, 2022
TWO MEMBERS OF FINLAND’S PARLIAMENT MAY GO TO PRISON FOR EXPRESSING THEIR RELIGIOUS VIEWS. THE TWO WERE IN COURT THIS WEEK FOR BELIEVING AND SPEAKING FAVORABLY ABOUT THE BIBLE. I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP.
THEIR NAMES ARE UNPRONOUNCEABLE TO ME, BUT AMONG THE SEVERAL CHARGES RELATED TO THEIR EXPRESSIONS OF FAITH IS TWEETING A PICTURE OF THE BIBLE. THIS SOUNDS LIKE CHINA, THE OLD SOVIET UNION OR EXTREME MUSLIM COUNTRIES.
FINLAND’S STATE PROSECUTOR SAID COMMENTS BY THE DEFENDANTS CAUSED INTOLERANCE, CONTEMPT AND HATRED TOWARDS HOMOSEXUALS. DURING THEIR TRIAL, PROSECUTORS READ UNRELATED VERSES FROM THE BIBLE AND CALLED THEM “BAD” SPEECH. THEY ALSO STATED THE BIBLE SHOULD NOT OVERRULE FINNISH LAW AND THAT USE OF THE WORD “SIN” COULD BE HARMFUL.
ONE OF THE ACCUSED QUESTIONED HER CHURCH’S SPONSORSHIP OF AN LGBTQ PRIDE EVENT AND LINKED A SOCIAL MEDIA POST TO WHAT PAUL SAYS ABOUT THE BEHAVIOR IN ROMANS.
ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS SAID IF SHE IS CONVICTED, IT WILL BE “FORBIDDEN” TO AGREE WITH THE BIBLE. SHE ADDED THAT PROSECUTORS COMPARED THE BIBLE TO HITLER’S MEIN KAMPF. A VERDICT IS EXPECTED LATER THIS MONTH.
JESUS PREDICTED PERSECUTION WOULD COME AND IT HAS IN FINLAND AND ELSEWHERE. I’M CAL THOMAS.
