First they came for...

 Today, at The Federalist Kyle Seraphin has a must read article entitled Why The FBIs Assault on Catholics Threatens All Christians.

Betrayal. If I could sum it all up in one word, it would have to be “betrayal.”

“This is what being stabbed in the back feels like,” I thought to myself on that winter day when I first laid eyes on the FBI’s anti-Catholic “Richmond memo.”My reaction was predictable. I am Catholic, and I thought it was appalling, plain and simple.

Of all the groups our top federal law enforcement agency would write an 11-page document targeting, they picked us. With all of the crime going on in the country, especially in the last few years, the FBI decided we Catholics were the problem.

“Radical-traditionalist,” I thought, trying to make sense of the term the FBI used more than 40 times throughout the memo. It was certainly not a term I had ever heard before in the counterterrorism space.

Who is a “radical-traditionalist Catholic?” (Let’s call them “RTC” for short.)

In a nutshell, RTCs are specifically identified by their desire to worship in the old Latin Mass. But in reality, anyone who believes abortion is murder, who believes homosexuality is an abomination, that children shouldn't be exposed to drag queens and on and on is a target.

The FBI is establishing a gateway in what they think is “fringe Catholicism,” as a means to go after Christians in general and declare them to be the real “threats” and “potential terrorists” in the country.

Slowly but surely, the FBI is probing its way into all religious communities. All Christians are in the crosshairs. They may be gung-ho on RTCs now, but the idea of them targeting a so-called “radical Baptist” or “radical Lutheran” in the near future is certainly on the table.

These days are looking more and more like the times described by Paul in his various epistles. In those days, Christians stood out from their pagan surroundings by not giving in to the devil, whether he called himself by Baal, or Astarte, or Molock, or a host of other names. We all must remain strong and refuse to be herded into the pens the so-called "elites" have waiting for us. They do not care about babies, either born or unborn. They do not care about the gays and lesbians, or the drag queens. What they care about is power, and they are trying to distract us with the equivalent of bread and circuses. In the process they are doing the devils bidding.

I implore you to read the entire article highlighted and remember Pastor Niemöller's poem "First they came for the..."