Sadly, not everyone enjoys the kind of life style which is his custom. A large proportion of the world's population are under nourished due to a lack of food, they live in locations without even basic infrastructures, medical care is generally non-existent and good drinking water is hard to come by.
According to Richard Dawkins, the vast majority of the world's population don't come into his radar and the very opulent life style to which he is accustomed, as an illumination of reverse thinking, can be directly linked to centuries of Christian humanitarianism.
Well-Being Australia chairman Mark Tronson, a Baptist minister, has noted that there is pressure at all levels of society to distance itself from 'Christianity'. A recent example was the Sydney Royal Easter Show held at during the Easter holiday break.
Bible Society NSW has received communication that it was not able to secure a 'Jesus. All About Life' stall at the Sydney Royal Easter Show this year due to it being of a religious nature. "It's a curious thing that an event bearing the name "Easter" has disallowed anything to do with the very thing Easter is all about – the death and resurrection of Jesus," says CEO of Bible Society NSW, Daniel Willis.
http://au.christiantoday.com/article/easter-show-bans-jesus/7902.htm
M V Tronson is reminded that in polite upper-class society at the time of Jane Austin, the time that Australia was being first settled, a Lady's under garments were referred to as 'unmentionables'. This terminology was still in use by elderly Aunts within 'respectable' suburban families in Australia into the 1950s.
Today, he says, there is a new set of unmentionables, concerned with inner beliefs rather than inner garments. M V Tronson asked himself, what Government, Corporate Institutions, community groups and individuals might deem Christian phrases as 'unmentionables'.
Firstly, the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, the previous Prime Minister John Howard and the current Leader of the opposition Tony Abbott have had no difficulty acknowledging their Christian beliefs. Unlike American politics, religion is not worn on one's sleeve in Australia.
Wherever people are being polite, at dinner parties and barbecues, on the golf club and the beach, it is generally considered a private and personal issue. Legislatively, the Parliament allows for conscience voting in matters where personal religious views might influence the members of Parliament on very specific issues. The debates about whether or not to allow particular types of scientific research into the development of stem cells are recent examples of this.
Secondly, institutional life, whether it be government or corporate, holds a secular view regarding religious matters. The government is designed to make sure that the public affairs of the nation function well, while corporations aim to provide goods and services which hopefully earn profits for its share holders.
Nevertheless, in Australia at the present time, we still retain the heritage of Jane Austen's England and our social values are based on the Judeo-Christian traditions. Christianity is still a much larger identified faith than any of the other diverse religions in Australia today. We are changing, in minor but interesting ways, but not in devaluing the mainstays of our society.
Within this general cultural background, there are many in Government, public service and corporations who hold a passionate commitment to the Christian cause. No one hangs their innate beliefs outside the office door. Expressions of Christian beliefs within our diversifying culture are the new 'unmentionables'. Unlike the country gentry in England of old, an Australian Christian may claim that 'not to hold' any religious value, is a value in itself.
However, Christians within this social atmosphere have a dilemma. To be a committed Christian is to recognise that one is called upon by the Scriptures to speak of the astonishing marvels one has experienced by being a follower of Jesus Christ.
There is a direct call for Christians to take the Good News of Salvation in Jesus Christ to everyone regardless of race, colour or geography. Surprisingly, it is recognised in this present era, that there are more Christian people being martyred for their faith in Jesus Christ than at any other time in history.
Some of the 'unmentionable' passages from the Scriptures that cause offence within our secular social scene are those that call for personal repentance, the clear Gospel call for personal faith and righteousness. Christian teaching has a strong concern for social justice that unreservedly seeks the well-being of the weakest in our society and opposes the abuse of power.
As an example of how our own 'personal values' are reflected within our social networks, Mark Tronson looked at our own backyard. He mentioned two diverse examples: the first family-oriented, such as junior sports team selections, where the favoured but less skilful boys and girls sometimes get the 'nod'; and the second in 'big business' from the building trade to lifetime investments, where serious financial hardship can occur to working 'mums and dads' because of decisions made by sharp manipulators of regulatory systems.
Having worked beside those who are have been ensnared by the system during his 33 years in Christian ministry, M V Tronson commented that even when those 'unmentionable' values are presented in the clear light of day, it is easy for the perpetrators of injustice to duck for cover within a myriad of legislative protections. Judicial outcomes can take years to unravel, and the victims all too often remain victims.
Nevertheless, Christians ultimately look to a higher authority to whom they give allegiance, M V Tronson said. In this realm, the 'unmentionables' become the 'mentionables'. When they are translated into every day experience they become an integral component to advance the common good and contribute positively to our remarkably stable society."