[CaptainCanada]

I must say that I'm extremely impressed with the professed courage of so many here (unlike the 2 Fox reporters and me) to claim that they would have martyred themselves had they been is a similar situation.
OTOH, there's nothing that stops any of these brave souls (on this thread) from hopping on a plane to the mid-east and putting themselves in a position to impress the hell out of the rest of us

[pillut48]

LOL. That's like those liberals who swore to leave the country if Bush was ever re-elected! :-) They're still here, aren't they?

[Libertina]

Your anger is misplaced. Many of us have said we hoped we would have the courage. We did not put the hostages down. Yes, I DO hope I would have the courage to stand up and declare my faith in Christ, but I don't know because I have not been tested in that situation. It is because of the deep feelings of something being terribly wrong that has many of us stirred up inside. It is because we are wakening to the knowledge that our beliefs in Christ may put us in danger and what this truly means. And what might we be called on to do in His name.

I agree with you that we should not cast stones. But I support ALL Christians here to examining ourselves how faithfully we follow - when the going is hard, and our very lives are at stake.

I just had a conversation with my mom, who said no problem the hostages were just keeping themselves alive. ButI worry that is the wrong answer.

Please allow the rest of us to examine how deep is our faith. Not for those two men, but for ourselves...