Christianity; The Unprotected Majority

I am glad that I am an American. I believe that the principles espoused in The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States are great. I am glad that we have free speech. I am also glad that we put laws in effect whereby minorities are protected. I do believe however that much of these good principles are really circumvented by some of our well meaning attempts at political correctness; in our attempt to protect the minority, the majority becomes fair game for disrespect.

I like NCIS. For the uninitiated, this is a TV show about the Naval Investigative Service. Because I like this show, when the new show, NCIS Los Angeles started, I also watched it. I like it OK, but not as much as the original. This week's episode was all right but it did get me to thinking. As usual, someone was killing other people. The original suspect was a Muslim; profiling and prejudice. But, there was also a Christian in the suspect pool; he even read the Bible. Of course it turned out the Muslim was the good guy. The Christian was not only a murderer, but was a suicide bomber. Do Christians commit crimes -- even murder. Unfortunately, the answer is yes. Could a Christian become a suicide bomber? Here again, the answer is yes. Can Muslims be good guys? Of course! Are Muslims sometimes unjustly accused, suspected and persecuted? Once again, the answer is yes. Well, then what is my problem? My problem is that, since we don't want to offend the minority (a good thing) that it becomes quite all right to offend the majority. If the Muslim had been shown to be a suicide bomber -- there would have been many complaints. Religious Bigotry! But it's quite all right to disrespect Christianity and the Bible. This is not right.