We need to get our own house in order
SIR – Matthew Schmitz (Cover story, August 9) asks how it is that when our churches are desecrated, the once-Christian West does not know how to respond.
We need first of all to understand that “the West” no longer refers to a strictly geographical location – in their varying degrees, all industrialised nations manifest some degree of Western outlook. More to the point, perhaps, are Christ’s words that He brings not peace but a “sword”. Conflict is inevitable where people differ in spiritual outlook. Then again, is it that the West does not know how to respond, how to defend Christianity, or does not want to?
