All culture arises out of religion. When religious faith decays, culture must decline, though often seeming to flourish for a space of time after the religion which has nourished it has fallen into disbelief... no cultured person should remain indifferent to the erosion of apprehension of the transcendent.'

Russell Kirk, Eliot and His Age

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

WTC Greek Orthodox Church Rebuild Snubbed by NY Zoning

I have really tried to stay out of the whole Ground Zero mosque thing, because I honestly don't care.  America has much deeper problems than this mosque.  I do believe that this is a 'victory' mosque and I also understand that it is an intentional provocation, but I really don't feel provoked. 

What troubles me more than some imam building a mosque in NY is the Port Authority's zoning board's contemptuous hostility toward the rebuilding of an already extant Christian church in the area. 

St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church was crushed by one of the WTC towers when it collapsed.  For the past 9 years, the congregation of St. Nicholas has sought to have their church building rebuilt in the area, but have been repeatedly rebuffed by the Port Authority.

Again, the worst enemy of Christianity is not Islam, but rather secularism and the anti-Christian hostility that such secularism breeds.

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