I Wonder...

Viewpoint Journal ^ | October 26, 2003 | David Flanagan

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Maybe so, but they have to realize that, in some areas of the world, the response can range from a prison cell to a painful death.

I know you do not hold the "laws of man" in as high esteem as you do those of God, but violating those laws, especially in a barbaric society, WILL bring consequences, and those so doing should be cognizant of these, and prepared.

[EternalVigilance]

It's 'illegal' to beam radio and television signals into Cuba. Should we stop? Maybe you'll say no because there's no personal risk in that?

[EternalVigilance]

Known very many missionaries?

They are quite cognizent of the risks.

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It's 'illegal' to smuggle Bibles into China. Should we stop?

[antiRepublicrat]

It's 'illegal' to smuggle Bibles into China. Should we stop?

It's your choice entirely after you've weighed perceived benefits vs. the risk involved. Just don't come crying when you get caught. Suck it up like the martyrs of past.

[EternalVigilance]

Just don't come crying when you get caught.

Are you a Christian?

[EternalVigilance]

Are you aware of the huge positive impact on the world that Christian evangleists have had over the centuries?

[EternalVigilance]

Are you aware that the fall of the Soviet Union and its satellite nations was fueled mainly by evangelization and the prayers of millions both in those countries and abroad?

Or are you possessed of the misconception that that great victory for humanity was primarily a political event?

[EternalVigilance]

What do you think would be the impact on the world's security situation if the Arab nations suddenly underwent a conversion to Christianity?

Think things might be a mite different?

[kanawa]

IIRC, beheading is the more popular form of execution.

Yeah but beheading is sooo yesterday.

They have come up with new and more entertaining ways. Like the crowd-pleasing "bury them alive" execution and for the more merciful, the skillful yet effective "gouging out of the eyes"

Rawa

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[antiRepublicrat]

Are you aware that the fall of the Soviet Union and its satellite nations was fueled mainly by evangelization and the prayers of millions both in those countries and abroad?

You keep deluding yourself. There were two main causes (aside from the fact that it was in itself an insupportable system): Ronald Reagan and the spread of easy communication.

[antiRepublicrat]

What do you think would be the impact on the world's security situation if the Arab nations suddenly underwent a conversion to Christianity?

Pretty positive. Also if all of Christianity converted to Islam. Also if all religions were wiped off this planet.

[EternalVigilance]

I knew you'd say that.

Guess you didn't see those crowds of hundreds of thousands of brave people standing up to their communist oppressors by standing in the squares praying.

[antiRepublicrat]

pleasing "bury them alive" execution and for the more merciful, the skillful yet effective "gouging out of the eyes"

Gotta please those crowds! You have reminded me of George Carlin's hilarious take on capital punishment.

[EternalVigilance]

Also if all of Christianity converted to Islam.

That just might be the silliest thing I've ever seen posted on FR.

[EternalVigilance]

I knew I smelt the odor of anti-Christian bigotry when I first got on this thread.

[antiRepublicrat]

Guess you didn't see those crowds of hundreds of thousands of brave people standing up to their communist oppressors by standing in the squares praying.

Which they would not have dared do had not the government been weakened by Reagan. Which they couldn't have done had it not been for better communication. It is strange to see a conservative try to reduce the role Ronald Reagan played in bringing down the USSR.

[antiRepublicrat]

That just might be the silliest thing I've ever seen posted on FR.

Possibly. I try.

[antiRepublicrat]

Actually, I smelt the odor of anti-Muslim bigotry within the first couple lines of the story.