To: Destro
The Christian Church will only grow through martyrdom. That is a fact. Saddam's regime was a brief respite for Iraqi Christians, who before Saddam, suffered dhimmitude. Muslims have killed Christians since the beginning, so in any case, after Saddam, it would have continued.
37 posted on
01/17/2005 10:56:28 AM PST by
Pyro7480
("All my own perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded upon Our Lady." - Tolkien)
To: Pyro7480
The Christian Church will only grow through martyrdom. And, as much as I hate to say it, I don't see how the abductors can turn the Bishop loose without appearing weak to the Islamic world.
49 posted on
01/17/2005 11:16:48 AM PST by
weenie
(Islam is as "...dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog." -- Churchill)
To: Pyro7480; Destro; sandyeggo; Siobhan; Catholic54321
Muslims have killed Christians since the beginning, so in any case, after Saddam, it would have continued. This is what led the Maronites to flee Syria to the safety of Lebanon.
74 posted on
01/17/2005 12:11:56 PM PST by
NYer
("In good times we enjoy faith, in bad times we exercise faith." ... Mother Angelica)
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