Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Hilaire Belloc: Prophet
I recently received several theological which I purchased from an eBay book dealer. One of the books I purchased is The Great Heresies, by Hilaire Belloc, which was published in 1938. I was struck by a passage at the end of Belloc's chapter on Islam; and I think the passage in question shows that Mr. Belloc was a prophet if ever there was one. To wit:
"[The West] take[s] for granted that [Islam] is decaying, and that, anyway, it is just a foreign religion which will not concern them. It is, as a fact, the most formidable and persistent enemy which our civilization has had, and may at any moment become as large a menace in the future as it has been in the past."
"[The West] take[s] for granted that [Islam] is decaying, and that, anyway, it is just a foreign religion which will not concern them. It is, as a fact, the most formidable and persistent enemy which our civilization has had, and may at any moment become as large a menace in the future as it has been in the past."
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Tuesday, November 28, 2006 
