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New Zealand shooting: Parkland students heartbroken for their friends in Christchurch
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Posted on 03/16/2019 10:33:39 AM PDT by MNDude

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To: MNDude
The 2018 meeting in New Zealand was totally anti-gun...though the tragedy in New Zealand was related to an earthquake.

I have to do more research to go on further.

Hogg did NOT go on this trip.

21 posted on 03/16/2019 11:00:40 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: MNDude

Just think of this: 49 muslims died on one day by a non-muslim. and there is this:

CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION BY THE NUMBERS
January 16, 2019 by Lindy Lowry in Persecution updates

The 2019 World Watch List report is based on comprehensive and investigative research of 150 countries where Christians are persecuted for their faith. Each year, our research reveals telling numbers and statistics that give us a glimpse at the depth, prevalence and widespread reach of the persecution believers endure.

Below, we share a quick glance at the numbers during the 2019 reporting period (from Oct. 31, 2017, to November 1, 2018). But by no means do the numbers tell the full story. Each fact and figure represent real people with real lives, families, jobs, churches—fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, sons, daughters—who every day make the dangerous choice to believe in and trust Jesus.

IN A YEAR
(from October 31, 2017 to November 1, 2018)

People from different religions, various organizations gathered at the Indonesian Christian Church to pray for the nation in light of the 2018 church bombing in Surabaya. Every month, 105 churches are attacked, vandalized or burned in the top 50 countries on the World Watch List.
245 Million: In the top 50 World Watch List countries alone, 245 million Christians in the world experience high levels of persecution for their choice to follow Christ.

1 in 9: Christians worldwide experience high levels of persecution

14%: The rise in the number of Christians in the top 50 countries on the 2019 World Watch List (WWL) who experience high levels of persecution. (from the 2018 reporting period to 2019’s)

4,136: Christians killed for faith-related reasons in the top 50 WWL countries.

2,625: Christians detained without trial, arrested, sentenced and imprisoned in the top 50 WWL countries.

1,266: churches or Christian buildings attacked in the top 50 WWL countries.

7 out of 9: In seven of the countries in the World Watch List’s top 10, the primary cause of persecution is Islamic oppression.

11: countries scoring in the “extreme” level for their persecution of Christians. Five years ago, North Korea was the only one.

18: Consecutive years North Korea has ranked No. 1 as the world’s most dangerous place for Christians.

Watch the 2019 World Watch List video below:

EVERY MONTH
105: churches attacked, burned or vandalized each month, in the top 50 WWL countries

EVERY DAY
11: Christians killed every day for their faith, in the top 50 WWL countries.

BY THE CONTINENT
1 out of 6: Christians in Africa that experience high levels of persecution.

1 out of 3: Christians in Asia that experience high levels of persecution.

1 out of 21: Christians in South America who experience high levels of persecution.

Source: https://www.opendoorsusa.org/christian-persecution/stories/christian-persecution-by-the-numbers/?mwm_id=326181550234&keyword=christian%20world&b&g&326181550234&1t1&c&1674535876&65414701375&gclid=CjwKCAjwvbLkBRBbEiwAChbckX_CRT94AXG432ghwKe4eQHPyIMJ-2PXQBLe-80A_UJ-1LKdkVo6UBoCNf0QAvD_BwE


22 posted on 03/16/2019 11:02:47 AM PDT by zaxtres
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To: zaxtres

Where is the outrage?


23 posted on 03/16/2019 11:03:24 AM PDT by zaxtres
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To: MNDude

It implies that the trip had something to do with the Muslim Community in Christchurch. I can find no tie.


24 posted on 03/16/2019 11:03:29 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

I wonder if they visited that mosque. Hopefully somebody can find Facebook posts from some of those kids soon.


25 posted on 03/16/2019 11:04:12 AM PDT by MNDude (WWG1WGAalso)
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To: Dalberg-Acton

Will this all go down memory hole like Vegas?


26 posted on 03/16/2019 11:04:41 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: BobL
It was an anti-gun campaign by the Parkland students....nothing more.

Wonder who REALLY funded it. I see anti-NRA "messages" mentioned in one of the articles.

27 posted on 03/16/2019 11:05:45 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: MNDude

Christchurch is a Town. I see NOTHING about them meeting with the Muslims in that Town.


28 posted on 03/16/2019 11:07:11 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

So why would some Florida Kids fly to NZ to meet some Muslims? How were they related to their earthquake\guncontrol mission?


29 posted on 03/16/2019 11:09:38 AM PDT by MNDude (WWG1WGAalso)
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To: MNDude
I totally doubt it.

I think people think that Christchurch is a church instead of a Town and are reading into it. New Zealand is 1.2% Muslim.

30 posted on 03/16/2019 11:15:25 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

Article leaves out a lot of important details.

It says they are “mourning for friends.”

As far as I know, only Muslims from that mosque were killed.

In order to mourn for a friend, you have to actually meet them. But who knows, this is the fake news reporting here.


31 posted on 03/16/2019 11:15:36 AM PDT by MNDude (WWG1WGAalso)
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To: MNDude

Christchurch is the second largest city in New Zealand. They didn’t meet with Muslims. They went to the University of Canterbury. Their mission was a groupie thing...an anti-gun campaign and the NRA was particularly mentioned. Had nothing to do with Muslims.


32 posted on 03/16/2019 11:33:11 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: MNDude

They’re not your friends.


33 posted on 03/16/2019 11:34:29 AM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: MNDude

Clever misinformation....


34 posted on 03/16/2019 11:34:48 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: maddog55

Yes Hogg Face was there alright. As soon as he heard the shooting at the mosque in Christ Church New Zealand he hopped on his bicycle and got there as fast as he could...


35 posted on 03/16/2019 11:37:23 AM PDT by jmacusa ("The more numerous the laws the more corrupt the government''.)
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To: MNDude

We need more gun control. Yup since we’re supposedly not tough enough on guns.

Oh wait - why did it fail in gun control mecca New Zealand?


36 posted on 03/16/2019 12:45:00 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: MNDude

Are they heart broken over the Christians in Nigeria who seemingly are murdered every day by muslims?

JoMa


37 posted on 03/16/2019 1:12:12 PM PDT by joma89
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To: MNDude

Yeah, right. They actually care. Give me a break.


38 posted on 03/16/2019 1:48:16 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: TBP

It’s called virtue signaling


39 posted on 03/16/2019 2:01:29 PM PDT by MNDude (WWG1WGAalso)
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To: TBP

It’s called virtue signaling


40 posted on 03/16/2019 2:01:36 PM PDT by MNDude (WWG1WGAalso)
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