Posted on 05/30/2008 5:57:49 PM PDT by daniel1212
BAGHDAD — A U.S. Marine handed out coins promoting Christianity to Muslims in the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, outraged Sunni officials said Friday. The U.S. military responded quickly, removing a trooper from duty pending an investigation.
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While the Gov. cannot even seem to be evangelizing in Iraq, nor would that work or be Biblical, the sad thing is that even if Iraq becomes an “strategic US partner,” then like Afghanistan, it will still require the death penalty for those who convert to Christ for Islam.
“Photographs of the coins, which were inscribed with phrases in Arabic, were widely distributed via cell phones in Fallujah.”
Yet i pray such may work toward the salvation of some.
“and were seen by an Associated Press employee.” This is the news agency that equated the Bible to toilet paper, and likened Pentecostals who burned some Harry Potter books to Nazi’s.
I cannot believe some of the responses I see on this thread approving of this. This is appalling.
Do I read you correctly that you see all of them as hopeless Serpent Seed?
Especially if you are a heathen AP reporter....
When peace time comes, let the evangelists try to save some Iraqi souls.
Might work for a few, even if they risk death. Now is not the time.
The article gives us the outrageously biased view of an AP reporter, not the Iraquis.
I see your point of view, and I am not sure I would have a problem with someone who was working with people he had a personal relationship over there, guiding them, etc.
But to stand out there in crowds doing this is irresponsible to your mates. They want to do their duty and get back home with a minimum of fuss and in one piece regardless of if they are practicing Christians or anything else.
I could seriously see some of his fellow Marines laying into him for that. Any Marines on this thread want to give an opinion?
When was the time for the thief on the cross?
Some folks still think Abu Ghraib was nothing more than panties on the head, too ... when in fact it was a powerful recruiting tool for the bad guys, and helped to fuel an insurgency that left a lot of Americans dead.
The fact is that things like this matter: I have to think that the partnership between Americans and the Sunnis is pretty tenuous -- and this is just the sort of thing that would make it more tense.
Yeah, I’m sure it went over well with the Iraqis.
The Iraqis are not the thief on the cross, they are just going about their business and everyday lives. The marine’s job is to be a marine, not to represent Jesus at a checkpoint.
Luke 22:36I don't think they were told not to spread the message while they had a sword.Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take [it], and likewise [his] scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
You’re either very young, or very gullible.
The AP has not ever in my lifetime honestly reported the news. No major news agency ever honestly reports such news.
Are you kidding me? This is appalling if you are a Marine looking to keep things on a quiet even keel and prevent getting maimed doing the job your country sent you over there to do because some simple minded idiot in your squad wanted to convert some people and a hothead tosses a grenade in your lap while you are eating your MREs for lunch.
I don’t give a rat’s ass whether the AP reporter was an ACLU plant looking for something to make an issue of. What that Marine did was DEAD wrong and irresponsible to his fellow Marines.
You definately do not know the same Jesus that I do, nor read the same word.
The sword, while in use to kill one’s relatives in the neighborhood isn’t what Jesus had in mind, I’m pretty sure.
No I do not, I must say. You know Jesus through the European filter, I can tell that very clearly.
No I do not, I must say. You know Jesus through the European filter, I can tell that very clearly.
Some folks still think Abu Ghraib was nothing more than panties on the head, too ... when in fact it was a powerfulrecruitingpropaganda tool forthe bad guys, andthe democrats, who helped to fuel an insurgency that left a lot of Americans dead.
Your reactionary assumption is not borne out by the facts.
You cannot point to a single incident where evangelism has caused an attack. Not one.
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