I don't even know how to respond to such naivety, and I perceive ignorance. Are you attempting to be humorous, or are you totally unaware of what is going on in the world?
On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 1:30 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]>wrote: > How could it not be an American concern? How is it not a concern to > EVERYONE? No matter your national origin? > --- > christians, jews and muzzies are a violent lot of animals that should be > isolated in the middle east to continue killing each other without our tax > dollars and weapons. > this whine is no different than the jewish whine about persecution. > fund your own charities. > > > On Wednesday, December 4, 2013 12:18:50 PM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: > >> How could it not be an American concern? How is it not a concern to >> EVERYONE? No matter your national origin? >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 11:06 AM, plainolamerican <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> 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. 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