Posted on 01/19/2014 6:03:19 PM PST by markomalley
"When you meet the unbelievers, strike at their necks..." -- Qur'an 47:4
"Violence against Christians in Syria is becoming 'one of the worst persecutions endured by Christians in this part of the third millennium.'" Shhh! "Talk about extreme, militant Islamists and the atrocities that they have perpetrated globally might undercut the positive achievements that we Catholics have attained in our inter-religious dialogue with devout Muslims." -- Robert McManus, Roman Catholic Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, February 8, 2013
"Syria: Beheading of a Christian terrifies community," by Martin Barillas for Spero News, January 16:
Islamists beheaded a young Christian man and seriously wounded another in attack near Homs, a city in Syria.
The pair was travelling by car from Homs to a majority Christian village known as Marmarita.
A group of five armed jihadists intercepted the vehicle in which Firas Nader (29), and Fadi Matanius Mattah (34), were traveling and opened fire.
When the assailants reached the car and noted that Fadi wore a cross hanging from his neck, he was immediately beheaded.
They also stole money and various documents, leaving Firas behind when they thought he was dead.
Following the January 8 attack, Firas managed to escape on foot to Almshtaeih, a nearby town, where he was transferred to a hospital in Tartou.
Christians recovered Mattahs desecrated body and brought it to Marmarita, where locals openly expressed grief, fear and deep indignation.
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), a Catholic charity, has reported that violence against Christians in Syria is becoming "one of the worst persecutions endured by Christians in this part of the third millennium."
More than 600,000 Christians - a third of the total Syrian faithful - are internally displaced or living as refugees in neighboring countries.
Christian leaders fear that the exodus of Christians from Syria, who have been present since the earliest days of the faith, could seriously jeopardize the future of the church in that country....
Are you absolutely, totally and completely certain that your particular interpretation of Verse is the only possible one, and are you equally certain that this beheading wouldn’t be regarded by God Himself as at least a small part of the end times tribulations?
Revelation 20:4
“I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.”
For such a time as this http://www.patburt.com/
And it didn't happen in Iraq with Saddam in charge. Bush got rid of Saddam and Obama wanted to get rid of Assad. It's no wonder that a lot of people, including a growing number of conservative Americans, think that the USA's activist role in the Mideast needs scaling back.
The ME can go hang as far as I’m concerned. There is nothing there worth a single additional drop of American blood or another nickel of American treasure.
I absolutely believe we are in the tribulation. I do believe Jesus will return once to end it.
If I send a couple of crosses to odumbo and moooooochelle, do you think they would wear them? I would hope they would since they are such devout Christians and having gone to Rev Wright’s church for those many years......
The day will soon come when people will immediately kill Muslims upon sighting them — just because the rage against this vile Satanic cult has been building so long and needed to be vented.
Religion of Peace alert.
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