Pastor Nadarkhani: Faithful To Christ, A Threat To The Mullahs, Sentenced To Death

OS hardly knows what to say, except that the Iranian diplomatic mission is located at:

2209 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest,
Washington, DC
(202) 965-4991

Apparently, the Iranians intend to hang Pastor Nadarkhani for the crime of being Christian.

And, for good measure now, they've decided he's a Zionist and a rapist, or is that a rapist Zionist? No matter, any lie will do as we hustle him to the gallows.

As Cranmer reminds us:

We were evidently even unwise to believe the written judgements of Iran's Supreme Court, which stated:

He has frequently denied the prophethood of the great prophet of Islam and the rule of the sacred religion of Islam. And he has proven his apostasy by organizing evangelistic meetings and inviting others to Christianity, establishing a house church, baptizing people, expressing his faith to others and, denying Islamic values.

OS is tempted to say at this point--the next time some 'Islamist Rights' group, such as CAIR, beats their chest about how shabbily they are treated in the West, let us inquire of them what they did, in public, loudly and unequivocally, to protest this crime by an Islamic government. We'll be waiting as the crickets chip in response.

But, above and beyond that, this is a contemporary example of the horrors that descend when the preachers and the politicians decide to get joined at the hip, so that everyone ends up unsure about where the ecclesia and the state begin and end. Both religion and politics attract a fair number of narcissists, lazy about work, hungry for power, and bereft of conscience. It's a recipe for disaster, in many forms, across the ages, when they link up. The recent examples of Hitler, Mao, the Perons, the Japanese cultists who led that nation over the cliff in the 1920's to '40's--on and on it goes--should give pause. It's being played out in Iran now, with a nuclear program underway to boot.

There are no secular messiahs.

The state or nation, when worshipped, ends up eating its faithful.

Encounter any preacher or politician who tries to convince you otherwise? Run screaming away from them as fast as your little legs will take you. These people end up bathing their worlds in blood. Like Iran is now doing.

So, in the meantime, OS, a devout Christian, urges one and all to call that phone number listed above.

And to think for themselves.

Washington Post coverage here.