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A Global Slaughter of Christians, but America’s Churches Stay Silent
The Orthodox Church ^ | September 28, 2013 | Kirsten Powers

Posted on 09/28/2013 3:28:23 AM PDT by Ravnagora

Christians are being singled out and massacred from Pakistan to Syria to the Nairobi shopping mall. Kirsten Powers on the deafening silence from U.S. pews and pulpits.

Christians in the Middle East and Africa are being slaughtered, tortured, raped, kidnapped, beheaded, and forced to flee the birthplace of Christianity. One would think this horror might be consuming the pulpits and pews of American churches. Not so. The silence has been nearly deafening.

(Excerpt) Read more at theorthodoxchurch.info ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: christianity; christianpersecution; christians; globaljihad; kirstenpowers; muslimworld
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To: Ravnagora

WHY????!!!!!

Why is no one speaking out? To keep silent is condoning the actions against them.


41 posted on 09/28/2013 5:18:46 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: SunkenCiv

Rand generally doesn’t get the Middle East (or Islam) right.

While Rand’s criticism of his fellow Senators would have been valid, had it been offered while the Obama Admin was busily arming Morsi’s Muslim-Brotherhood-controlled regime, by the time he levelled the criticism, the Morsi regime was already being toppled by the current al-Sisi regime. The al-Sisi regime has shown no reason not to be supported, as it is ruthlessly crushing the Muslim Brotherhood (whose representatives are found in various positions of influence throughout the Obama Administration), but has also been sympathetic to the Christians who have been the constant targets of Muslim-Brotherhood rage.


42 posted on 09/28/2013 5:21:18 AM PDT by man_in_tx (Blowback (Faithfully farting twowards Mecca five times daily).)
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To: RetiredArmy
We are now in a search again to attempt to find a church where a pastor will stand up for the Word of God and is not afraid to speak it.

I listen to such a pastor on the internet, and his church is in Alabama. I am stuck in communist and apostate Red Hampshire where you would NEVER find a pastor such as you describe.

43 posted on 09/28/2013 5:23:14 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: Ravnagora; All

As an interesting aside, I didn’t know Kirsten Powers was Orthodox. Does anyone know if this is truly the case?


44 posted on 09/28/2013 5:30:36 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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Our church prays for these persecuted Christians continually. I post every article I read about the persecution and slaughter of Christians overseas. But this is the difference between Christianity and Islam. One is a religion of freedom and love. The other is a hating death cult.


45 posted on 09/28/2013 5:33:55 AM PDT by scottysmom
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To: FourtySeven

orthodox left winger she is


46 posted on 09/28/2013 5:34:13 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Travon... Felony assault and battery hate crime)
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To: Ravnagora

They are too busy recycling, boycotting Exxon, working for Social Justice (living wages, no criminal background checks) than to care that Christians are being murdered.


47 posted on 09/28/2013 5:37:10 AM PDT by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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To: Texas Fossil

bingo.


48 posted on 09/28/2013 5:41:14 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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Islam is a war plan.


49 posted on 09/28/2013 5:49:23 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: who knows what evil?
I listen to such a pastor on the internet, and his church is in Alabama. 

Please share the good pastors name. I too am hungry for the true word of God to be preached!

I try to say a prayer every day for those who are persecuted in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. I also pray for Christians here in the states to have the courage and conviction to stand solid in our faith and continue to preach the good news, true love and peace of Jesus Christ in the face of every increasing persecution.

50 posted on 09/28/2013 5:58:45 AM PDT by bayliving
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To: Biggirl

Perhaps not, but I haven’t seen them complaining about the deaths of Christians in the Middle East, but I have seen them working hard for immigrants and illegals.


51 posted on 09/28/2013 6:15:45 AM PDT by Venturer ( cowardice posturing as tolerance =political correctness)
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To: driftdiver

my church mentions it along with the dismemberment and murder of babies almost every Sunday


52 posted on 09/28/2013 6:18:37 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Popman

LMAO!!


53 posted on 09/28/2013 6:45:00 AM PDT by SgtHooper (The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
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To: Ravnagora
A Global Slaughter of Christians, but America’s Churches Stay Silent

Thank you for speaking the unspoken! In the past couple of years I have attended services at several Christian denominations, and NOT ONE has even bothered to mention the systematic slaughter of Christians.

54 posted on 09/28/2013 6:50:30 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Syria: Muzzie killing muzzie what's the downside and who am I to stop them ?)
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To: Ravnagora

did you forget the Philippines?


55 posted on 09/28/2013 7:24:57 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: A Navy Vet

>>Good for you guys, but what good has it done? Why are Christians and non-Muslims being slaughtered after all your prayers? Where is your god to stop this? Seems apparent to me he’s just kicking back after creating the universe/planet and watching what happens. So it’s up to us to stop these savages.

We embraced multi-culti and the religion of diversity that demands that we accept all worldviews as legitimate and equal.

We allowed our politicians to subvert the Constitution in exchange for handouts.

We applauded the idea of using up the world’s oil first, while we sat on our own energy reserves, and now we’re shocked that the nations we’ve bought oil from for a half century have all of our money.

We used up our military on “regime change” wars that don’t address the fundamental problem: Islam. In fact, we help Islam move in and take over after we’ve destroyed the old regimes.

We run and hide when some leftist attorney threatens a lawsuit to remove a nativity scene...but we get angry at a minimum wage cashier at Target she wishes us “Happy Holidays”.

We “turn down” the gospel to make it more “accepting” of those who choose sin over sanctification.

We build mega-churches to appeal to the consumer mentality of our people and then wonder why we aren’t creating real disciples.

So, where is “our” God in this? He’s stuck in the closet...right where we put Him. And you are more guilty than many of us because he isn’t “your” God too.


56 posted on 09/28/2013 7:34:19 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: Ravnagora

57 posted on 09/28/2013 7:55:14 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Hardraade

Indeed, jesus never criticized the gays or false religions (sarc off)

These churches are failing like St Peter: they deny christ before the rooster crries three times.


58 posted on 09/28/2013 7:58:26 AM PDT by lavaroise
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To: Ravnagora
Thank You For Posting Ravnagora.

Kirsten Powers articles are always interesting.

I just wish it wasn't about such a grim subject. She was hoping made with Udombo and wants him to give back his Peace Prize over his "Apathy" (really its worse than that) regarding the War in Syria.

59 posted on 09/28/2013 8:33:07 AM PDT by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

If America isn’t appalled at child sacrifice, don’t hold your breath about anything that really matters.


60 posted on 09/28/2013 8:40:31 AM PDT by huldah1776
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