Posted on 12/28/2008 9:48:53 AM PST by PRePublic
Ay...that following the news thing is very bad for you. It can lead you to believe things that are not true.
Yes, there was an exodus of Christians, beginning in 2004.
They began returning in late '07.
Christian (mostly Chaldean) churches began opening again in Baghdad in late '07 and more throughout '08. They are being attended regularly with little to no trouble.
Christians in Mosul are still struggling because al Qaeda hasn't quite been shut down there. Yet.
Iraq was a secular country that accepted Christians before the war and those roots are returning.
Bush has thrown the few Christians in Iraq under the bus so as to convince himself that his policies are working in Iraq.
But they’re Christian! Does anyone in the world “community” care about a few Christians?
(answer - not many)
“I can’t think of one story in the Weekly Standard, Commentary, Frontpage, etc. on the worsening plight of Christians in Iraq over the last decade. Ever wonder why?”
Here’s a possibility...maybe the neocons, most of whom are of distinctly American, and as these things go, distinctly small Christian sects, don’t think Eastern Christians are really Christians at all which is why choosing Mohammedan terrorists like the KLA and the various Sunni and Shiite groups in Iraq over Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox or Coptic Christians has been so effortless for them.
OMG!!!! Thank you for the good news!
Please stay safe!
>>Iraq was a secular country that accepted Christians before the war and those roots are returning.<<
This is so correct. I live in the Chaldean section of the Detroit area. Many Chaldeans attend our church. They said that in the past, both Muslims and Catholics would put flowers at the feet of the Catholics statues of Mary. They got along fine.
When the war started, many left but those that stayed were in fear of their lives. That is the last I heard about a year ago.
Thank you for the news!!!!
A bright spot in this awfulness is that neighboring Syria, where many Iraqi Christians have fled, has a vibrant (about 12% of the population) and openly observant Christian community that has civil equality, admittedly within a politically authoritarian state, with Muslims, and does not live in fear.
I agree in part. The neocons on the whole really aren’t very religious. Many regard religion as a useful fiction to keep the masses in line.
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