The International Society for Human Rights has estimated that "80 percent of all acts of religious discrimination in the world today are directed against Christians." --- call it revenge or payback ... either way, it's not an American concern.
On Wednesday, December 4, 2013 8:16:55 AM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.christianpost.com/news/paying-in-blood-the-global-war-on-christians-part-1-109855/ > > > Paying in Blood: The Global War on Christians (Part 1) > > . > > By Eric Metaxas <http://www.christianpost.com/author/eric-metaxas/>, > Christian Post Contributor > > *December 2, 2013|5:57 am* > > Sometime in November, the North Korean regime publicly executed eighty > people in seven cities across the country. In each instance, a crowd was > forced to watch as ten people, their heads covered with white bags, were > tied to stakes and machine gunned to death. > > The "crimes" for which these people were put to death were "watching or > illegally trafficking South Korean videos, or involvement in prostitution, > [or] possessing a Bible." > > That's right. Possessing a Bible. > > While what happened last month was horrific, it should not come as a > surprise. North Korea "enjoys" the dubious distinction of being the "most > hazardous nation on earth in which to be a Christian" for eleven > consecutive years. > > That's according to Open Doors <http://www.opendoorsusa.org/>, an > organization that monitors persecution of Christians around the world. > > There's another reason why the executions shouldn't come as a complete > surprise: we are in the midst of what John L. Allen has called a "global > war on Christians." > > That's the title of his new book. In keeping with the subtitle–-"Dispatches > from the Front Lines of Anti-Christian > Persecution<http://www.colsoncenterstore.org/product.asp?sku=9780770437350>"-–Allen > > provides snapshots of the suffering of Christians around the world. > > And nowhere is that suffering more pronounced than in North Korea. There, > the regime engages, in Allen's words, "in systematic barbarity against > Christians and other perceived dissidents reminiscent of the world's most > appalling human rights violations, such as Auschwitz, Treblinka, and the > killing fields of Cambodia." > > An estimated one-quarter of the country's Christians are behind bars. > There, "as many as 70 percent of these prisoners are 'severely > malnourished,' and 'torture, rape, and public executions are common.' " > > For those who aren't behind bars, life in this police state/mass cult is > just as bad. In a scene that hearkened back to the early church in the > Roman Empire, pastors who refused to participate in the personality cult > built around the ruling Kim family experienced their church bulldozed with > them in it. > > As horrendous as these stories are, they're unfortunately only a small > part of the persecution Christians face every day all around the world. As > Allen notes, according to a study by the Pew Forum, "between 2006 and 2010 > . . . Christians had been harassed in a total of 139 nations, which is > almost three-quarters of all the countries on earth." > > The International Society for Human Rights has estimated that "80 percent > of all acts of religious discrimination in the world today are directed > against Christians." > > This harassment and discrimination takes many forms: institutional and > employment discrimination, suppression of missionary activity to the > ultimate form of discrimination, death. > > Allen notes that estimates of the number of Christians who are killed > because they are Christian range from 7,300 to 100,000 every year. Even at > the low end, that represents nearly one per hour. > > As Allen writes, "[I grew] up a Catholic in western Kansas during the > 1970s and 80s, and the closest I ever came to suffering for the faith was > eating fish sticks or macaroni and cheese on Fridays during Lent." > > Researching Christian persecution around the world drove home the fact > that "there's something so precious about faith in Christ and membership in > the church that, when push comes to shove, ordinary people will pay in > blood rather than let it go." > > That's why we're going to spend the next few days discussing Allen's book. > We owe it to our suffering brethren to make their stories known. Please > tune in. > > > > > __._,_.___ > > > > > > __,_._,___ > > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
