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The Day Christians Were Martyred on American Soil
Fox News.com ^ | October 2, 2015 | Todd Starnes

Posted on 10/03/2015 6:34:57 AM PDT by Kaslin

Life or death was determined by the answer to a single question: are you a Christian?

That was the question asked by an anti-Christian gunman who stormed into a classroom at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College.

Eyewitnesses say the shooter targeted Christians.

Kortney Moore was inside the classroom. She told the Roseburg News-Review that the shooter ordered students to get on the ground – and then told them to stand up and state their religion.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


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KEYWORDS: christians; martydom; martyrs; oregon; persecution; schoolshootings; umpqua
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1 posted on 10/03/2015 6:34:57 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

As I recall, didn’t the shooter in Columbine also ask this of the students?


2 posted on 10/03/2015 6:38:32 AM PDT by tenger (It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for. . .)
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To: Kaslin

The people who attack Kim Davis have blood on their hands.


3 posted on 10/03/2015 6:39:57 AM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Kaslin

Obviously, a law should be passed: No atheists should be allowed to have guns because they are mentally unstable.


4 posted on 10/03/2015 6:43:05 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Kaslin

Waiting for Baraq to condemn violence against Christians.

Still waiting ...


5 posted on 10/03/2015 6:45:03 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Donald Trump: Quality Conservatism Since 2015.")
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To: Kaslin
Local news says the perp asked people their religion, then opened fire. They do not say that he singled out Christians.

The casual listener could conclude the perp was hunting jews or Muslims.

6 posted on 10/03/2015 6:47:01 AM PDT by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: tenger; All

Yes, one of them asked a girl if she was a Christian...she replied yes, he asked “Why?!?!?” and shot her. The story has been disputed though another student may have had a similar story...

Wiki:
Cassie René Bernall (November 6, 1981 – April 20, 1999) was a student killed in the Columbine High School massacre at age 17. Initial reports suggested that Eric Harris asked if Bernall believed in God moments before she was fatally shot. She was reported to have answered “Yes”. This story led to Bernall being presented as a martyr by some Christians, and served as the inspiration for several songs...In the months following Bernall’s death, her mother, Misty Bernall, released the book She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall. In this book Misty describes her daughter’s turbulent teenage life, spiritual conversion and martyrdom.

>>Most examinations of witness testimony state that Bernall was not asked anything before she was shot. According to witness Emily Wyant, who was hiding under the same table as Bernall, Eric Harris said “peek-a-boo” before shooting Cassie, while Cassie continued to pray silently. It has been documented that a similar exchange took place between Dylan Klebold and Valeen Schnurr, another student who was wounded in the library that day. Some have speculated that this exchange was mistakenly attributed to Bernall.


http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2012/10/09/7-myths-about-the-columbine-shooting/

>>Myth #6: Cassie Bernall was martyred for her faith in God. Truth: According to the eyewitness under the table with her, Cassie was shot when Eric poked his shotgun under the table and said, “Peekaboo.” The 911 tape verifies this testimony. The martyr story arose from the testimony from another student in the library, Craig Scott (brother to victim, Rachel Scott), who recounted a conversation that took place across the room. Valeen Schnurr was the one who actually professed her faith in God, and this took place after she was shot. As she lay bleeding, she prayed, “Oh my God, don’t let me die.” Dylan turned around and asked her, “God? Do you believe in God?” Valeen said, “Yes, I believe in God.” When the killer asked why, she replied, “Because it’s how my parents raised me.”


7 posted on 10/03/2015 6:53:28 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: Awgie

Christians were shot in the head. Other faith or none where shot in the leg. This was from an eye witness to the carnage. Sad.


8 posted on 10/03/2015 6:55:17 AM PDT by healy61
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To: Awgie
They do not say that he singled out Christians.

I don't know what the 'local news' you speak of said, but did you READ THIS ARTICLE ?

9 posted on 10/03/2015 6:56:01 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Awgie

...”Local news says the perp asked people their religion, then opened fire. They do not say that he singled out Christians.”...

I would say he was looking for Christians because I doubt that many Muslims or Jews could be found in that student body. Anyway, facts continue to come out. He was born in Britain and came to the US in childhood. Hadn’t heard that before. I would be interested in knowing more about that part of his story.


10 posted on 10/03/2015 6:56:18 AM PDT by jazzlite (esat)
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To: Kaslin

The truly hated GOP in Congress must be soooooooooooo happy.

They are complicit in every murder by allowing
Islamic terrorists to dominate America after
the 911 Atrocity, WHILE arming al Qaeda
and creating ISIS and beginning their now-accepted
IRS Atrocity.


11 posted on 10/03/2015 7:02:45 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: jazzlite

Did you know he was BLACK?? Black mother, white father.


12 posted on 10/03/2015 7:10:24 AM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Awgie
He asked them if they were Christians and when they said they were he told them good because in the next 40 seconds you will stand before God (paraphrasing) and he shot them in the head. The other ones he shot in the knees.

Why would you say that the casual listener could conclude the perp was hunting Jews or Muslims? This makes no sense whatsoever

13 posted on 10/03/2015 7:22:48 AM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Ann Archy

Oh, a mulatto like Obama is.


14 posted on 10/03/2015 7:27:08 AM PDT by jacob allen
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To: Kaslin

I would have just shot him in the face and than said “ Armed pissed off Jew dumb ass “ but that’s just me.


15 posted on 10/03/2015 8:26:38 AM PDT by lostboy61 (Lock and Load and stand your ground!.)
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To: TBP

Yes they do


16 posted on 10/03/2015 9:00:45 AM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Ann Archy

I read that his father was British


17 posted on 10/03/2015 9:04:12 AM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Kaslin

Obamanation lies and peoples die. From another article today concerning the shooting in Oregan by the liberal shooter Chris Harper Mercer

[The Federal Security Services (FSB) is reporting today that an American black-Islamist terror suspect, who yesterday committed an act of mass murder in the State of Oregon (United States), had been included on a list of 87,000 “known/suspected” Islamic terrorists that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) refused last month to accept from the Federation due to its not being “politically viable in the present atmosphere”.
According to this report, the black-Islamist terrorist who committed this act of terror, Chris Harper Mercer, had previously been indentified by electronic intelligence specialists within the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) as being an Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) adherent after he had attempted to gain passage to Syria via Turkey during the first week of September, 2015.
By the Obama regime refusing to accept this terror list from the Federation, this report continues, Mercer was able to accomplish his terror act when yesterday he killed 9 people and wounded 7 others at the Umpqua Community College prior to his being shot and killed by local US police forces.]


18 posted on 10/03/2015 9:17:21 AM PDT by kindred ( Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Kaslin

Yes, white British father, Black mother.


19 posted on 10/03/2015 9:19:41 AM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy

Have you noticed the nose? It’s definitely from his British father


20 posted on 10/03/2015 9:33:58 AM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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