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Denis and Margaret
Thatcher on their wedding day in 1951
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“There’s something frightening about a tough woman with
courage and conviction, when all about her the Nancy men are trembling in their
Gucci loafers.” So says
Wesley Pruden, editor emeritus of The Washington Times.
But why are liberals and socialists so determined to hate
Margaret Thatcher to the very end? Does her death and funeral remind
them of yesteryear? Was it that she dominated
them so terribly?
My analysis is much simpler. She was, more or less, a traditionalist Christian. She believed truth to be an objective reality. And she believed truth leads to freedom. To the extent that she embodied this worldview—albeit imperfectly—she brought Christ to the world stage through politics. And that explains the hatred.
My analysis is much simpler. She was, more or less, a traditionalist Christian. She believed truth to be an objective reality. And she believed truth leads to freedom. To the extent that she embodied this worldview—albeit imperfectly—she brought Christ to the world stage through politics. And that explains the hatred.
Margaret
Thatcher is getting her revenge on the Nancy men who mocked her in life,
and who continue to throw rocks at her in death. Her reputation as “the Iron
Lady” who towered over a plastic age is secure, and she’s getting a funeral
that her girlhood idol Winston
Churchill got before her. Big Ben, the famous clock that towers over
Parliament, chiming the quarter-hour since 1859, will fall silent during the
obsequies just as it did for Sir Winston
nearly five decades ago.
UPDATE
I qualify my posting above with the following illuminating article:
I realize Thatcher supported legalization of abortion. However, she was not a Catholic and that is a significant distinction. The Protestant denominations have compromised themselves severely in many areas of theology and Christian practice. These sorts of compromises take an inevitable toll on the spiritual formation of religious followers and so the culpability of all politicians is not equal.
The interview described in the link above seems to indicate Margaret Thatcher's views on abortion were limited and qualified in nature.
Also see my later posting.
RIP
I qualify my posting above with the following illuminating article:
I realize Thatcher supported legalization of abortion. However, she was not a Catholic and that is a significant distinction. The Protestant denominations have compromised themselves severely in many areas of theology and Christian practice. These sorts of compromises take an inevitable toll on the spiritual formation of religious followers and so the culpability of all politicians is not equal.
The interview described in the link above seems to indicate Margaret Thatcher's views on abortion were limited and qualified in nature.
Also see my later posting.
RIP
