Germaine Greer totally sets aside her Catholic past

I have long been the critic of the feminist movement and this latest piece is one of the reasons that I continue to be critical of certain feminists, and in particular Germaine Greer.

The thing about Germaine Greer is that she was educated by the Presentation Sisters at the Star of the Sea convent in Elsternwick, Victoria. What is amusing to me is the fact that two of my teachers also taught Greer at least 10 years prior to my entering into high school level. Both of the nuns were quite exasperated because of the manner in which Greer expressed herself, but to give the good sisters their proper credit, they did not stifle her creativity.

The reason that I point to the Catholic background of Greer, is that I believe that the comments that she has expressed regarding rape in Darfur is probable evidence that Greer has totally forgotten her Christian roots. I find some of the comments to be very bothersome:

 

I then asked why it was that Western feminists seemed so reluctant to speak out against things such as honour killings.

Greer: "It's very tricky. I am constantly being asked to go to Darfur to interview rape victims. I can talk to rape victims here. Why should I go to Darfur to talk to rape victims?"

Questioner (me): "Because it's so much worse there."

Greer: "Who says it is?"

Questioner: "I do, because I've been there."

Greer: "Well, it is just very tricky to try to change another culture. We let down the victims of rape here. We haven't got it right in our own courts. What good would it do for me to go over there and try to tell them what to do? I am just part of decadent Western culture and they think we're all going to hell fast and maybe we are all going to hell fast."

Too "tricky" to speak out against honor killings, and you can't teach an old feminist new tricks.

What is so very bothersome is the fact that Greer says "it's very tricky.... why should I go to Darfur to talk to rape victime?"

I do not think that the women of Darfur need Germaine Greer to come across and talk to them. What they need is women in the western world to be willing to speak up on their behalf and to show how the actions of the men of Darfur are contrary to the civil rights of women, and especially the rights of a rape victim.

One means that I have adopted in attempting to speak up for those who are so helpless because they do not have a voice on the world stage is to use the medium of blogging. In this way, I can scan media releases and the like that deal with the many serious issues that are continuing to emerge from countries that practice Sharia rule. In those countries a woman who has been raped can end up being stoned to death, imprisoned or being given at least 100 lashes.

The situation in the western world is entirely different from the situation in Islamic countries where women continue to be treated as though they are chattels, and continue to face punishment if they even show a little bit of ankle. Our justice system is not perfect but in recent times we have seen males being punished for gang rapes because the victims have been willing to confront their attackers in a court of law, and despite the ordeal they have managed to ensure that the attackers cannot make false allegations.

As a Christian I do feel concern for the women in Islamic countries and the way in which they are treated as second class citizens. At the same time I also feel disgust that a woman who was educated by the Presentation sisters in Melbourne can forget her own Christian roots to the point that she is not willing to speak up against the cruel practices against women that are found in Darfur as well as in other Islamic countries. There is nothing tricky about it, unless one is a coward, and a dhimmi at the same time.

There is no compulsion in Islam?

It seems that we have another case of misunderstanding. This time a Pakistani Christian truck driver is being harassed into joining Islam. When he resisted the first attempt, the two Islamics threatened to kill him because he is a Christian.

And I thought that there was no compulsion in religion in Islam. How wrong could I be ?

Mohammed is a false prophet

After careful study of the Scripture, of early Christian history, and some study of the period after Mohammed took to murdering anyone who would not surrender to him, I have personally come to the conclusion that Mohammed is a false prophet. The same is true about Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormons (known as the Latter Day Saints).

The true prophets of God were men of exemplary character. They were asked to speak out against the sins of the people of their time. They faced the danger of losing their lives and in one case the prophet was sawn in two because of the wickedness of the people of Israel (Samaria, the Northern Kingdom). They were godly men. When Ezekiel challenged the prophets of Baal, he was able to bring about a miracle, that is God provided the fire for the holocaust (sacrifice of a bull), but the prophets of Baal, because they were false prophets failed miserably the challenge given to them.

Therefore in the light of the Old Testament, one can prove that Mohammed the camel driver did not meet the criteria for being a true prophet of God. There was nothing holy about the man. He was rotten to the core, for he:

• claimed that Allah sanctioned his multiple marriages;
• he slept with a girl who was still in her innocence, being 9 years old when he bedded her for the first time;
• he murdered the husband of a Jewess and enslaved her with a marriage;
• he claimed that Allah said that wives were to be beaten usually without provocation;
• he plundered the villages in Arabia, and he murdered anyone who did not submit to his rule;
• he forced Jews and Christians to pay a tax in order to have any form of freedom to practise their own religion.
• he plundered the Christian churches and the synagogues;
• he stole the property of others.

This is neither a comprehensive or exhaustive list of the evil actions of Mohammed. However, the list itself was easily compiled. What we are seeing today, in the face of demands to eeither convert to Islam or face death, is the same situation faced by the early Christians who either lost their lives at the hands of Mohammed, or were enslaved. Ditto for the Jews.

In recent years we have seen more and more outbursts of rage from these monkeys and dogs. Who can forget the rage when Salmon Rushdie's book, "Satanic Verses" was published. The author had a fatwa placed upon his head, and that means that any Muslim, given the opportunity has the right to murder Rushdie, because of some perceived slight. Several of the translators of the book were in fact murdered. How can it be argued that theyse mullahs are holy men of God? I contend that they belong to Satan, in the same way that the Pharisees and the Sadducees belong to Satan, for their hearts are bent upon doing evil, instead of seeking the truth. To even things up, I apply the same staandard to Fundamentalist Christians who want to bring on Armageddon, because they believe that he battle described in the Book of Revelation will in fact lead to the end of the world. The same goes for Hindus, Buddhists and others who see themselves as superior to their fellow man, and therefore they also seek to subjugate those who have not joined them in their faith. Earlier this year we had the cartoon rage, where we were treated again to the tantrums of three year olds, as they screamed obscenities about Pope Benedict XVI as well blaspheming Jesus Christ. They burned and vandalised Christian places of worship, a Catholic nun plus 4 Christian Armenians were murdered in the name of Mohammed.

The message of Jesus Christ is the direct opposite of this spread of religion by the sword. Jesus taught about the law of God that is circumcised on our hearts. Mohammed indulged in a reign of terror.