Even Minnesota in the US has problems with them!
The religious breakdown as follows: Note the Protestant is almost entirely Evangelical:
Posted on 10/11/2019 4:12:49 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
The 2019 Nobel Peace has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, multiple news outlets reported early Friday morning.
In addition to his efforts to "achieve peace and international cooperation," Ahmed was also cited for his "decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighboring Eritrea," the Nobel committee said in its official statement.
According to CNN, Ahmed was awarded the 100th Peace Prize after brokering "an audacious peace deal" between the two African nations that had raged for two decades. Although Greta Thunberg had been considered a front-runner for the 2019 prize, Ahmed bested hundreds of nominees including the teen climate activist and New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern.
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It’s more likely to be his Dem opponent.
Greta should never have been considered for the prize. All she did was yell and cry, after getting a free ride on someone else’s hyper-expensive yacht.
Judging from what I’ve read, Ahmed deserved it.
According to Wikipedia his father was Muslim, his mother Orthodox Christian, and he is a full gospel Pentecostal.
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That is correct he is a Pentecostal. In my church we have a large Ethiopian and Eritrean Christian congregation or sub congregation. And one of our pastors is Ethiopia. We have prayed for this prime minister a couple times in our church as a congregation and he is doing a wonderful thing. The two subpopulations in Ethiopia have been shooting each other for years and years however at our church they sit together side by side in the pews. I would submit that the Nobel voters did not realize that he was a Christian and maybe thought he was a Muslim or assumed it since they probably are bigots and racists and stereotype vs. This one must have slipped by them. As a last bit of editorialization their food is wonderful.
I have to disagree strongly with you on this.
In the late 1970s, Ethiopia went Marxist under Soviet and Cuban military “advisers”.
After a dozen or so, they shook this off which led to a religious revival among the Orthodox, Coptic Ethiopian Church and the people. At the same time, their Red Sea state, Eretria, which was Muslim, rebelled.
Eventually, the Eretria’s won their freedom, but have used terrorism against the Ethiopians ever since. Ahmed is finally bringing that to an end.
The country still holds land below the Central Massif (the traditional Coptic Ethiopian highlands) that have a Muslim population, but that is a regional religion. The Muslims are in no way making any headway in the Coptic areas. As far as proselytizing by the sword, that was happening with Eretria, and hence the now (lasting?) peace.
All of this has actually strengthened the Coptic Church. More church growers as a percentage of total population as long as they kept records.
30 Million weekly worshipping Copts out of 104 Million total population: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ethiopian-Orthodox-Tewahedo-Church
Even Minnesota in the US has problems with them!
The religious breakdown as follows: Note the Protestant is almost entirely Evangelical:
That’s Haile Selassie of them.
And that’s my point. After the standard bearer of the Lion of Judah was deposed in 1974, the country fell apart, the rest is a tale of turmoil. Peace? Perhaps, but given the area and the volatility of mussulmen, it may not last the month.
Christianity is growing there. Not Islam.
Yes, the Muslims are killing, fighting, chopping off heads (as they always have with EVERY religion they encounter), but this has not stopped Ethiopian Christians. They’ve been resisting since 650AD; nor will the fail, unlike ALL the other Christian churches in the Middle East and North Africa.
The Ethiopians have remained steadfast. There’s no comparison.
It is that comparison you made earlier to which I disagree.
Ethiopia is still a country? I thought they went communist and disappeared or changed their name.
Islam will overtake Christianity in time as the Catholic Church moves into its submissive orbit under Frankie and his minions while China does its best to eliminate the inner workings of the Christian dogma.
Dude, you are all over the place!
I was only talking about Ethiopia and Christianity, as the OP said a Muslim won the Nobel Peace Prize, on the mistaken believe the Ethiopian President was a Muslim.
Now, about your last post... I do not wish to hijack the thread, but I’ll say this:
I don’t disagree but do believe in Jesus Christ as my Savior. Beyond that lies God’s plan. What He does in regards to the Catholic Church and Islam is His plan, not mine.
I do believe Jesus when He said the Gates of Hell will not prevail against St Peter’s Church (WHATEVER that turns out to be), so, while we are in trouble with this imposter (in my humble opinion) named Francis, we’ve always had Hell against us. I say this as a Catholic, while I acknowledge that Catholics in Christendom are only a part of the world’s Christians. To an extent, I disavow my Church’s older teaching that non-Catholic Christians are damned. They decidedly are not. I believe in the redemption of all who call Jesus Messiah.
I also do believe in the End Times, as God has shown us, where there will be a Great Falling Away. IMHO, I see this as already starting.
We’re also told that Antichrist will behead Christians, and that is the Muslim way in particular, as prophesied 600 years BEFORE Muhammad, so you well may be right.
Lots of Meds today ,LOL
I don't think so. More likely she will do her parents in before she'd direct that anger at herself.
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