[ET(end tyranny)]

Will we have to go to Mexico next because some Christians are persecuted there too?

Story Filed: Monday, March 06, 2000 5:50 PM EST

CATHOLICS BANISH PROTESTANTS IN SOUTHERN MEXICAN TOWN

Las Margaritas, Mexico, Mar 06, 2000 (EFE via COMTEX) -- Roman Catholics in the predominantly indigenous southern Mexican town of Plan de Ayala expelled some 150 evangelical Protestants, a spokesman for the banished group said Monday.

Jorge Hernandez said a mob toting guns and machetes on Sunday gathered in the center of town, fired shots into the air and called for all Evangelicals to leave Plan de Ayala.

After a group of Evangelicals left, the mob, reportedly led by two local officials, ransacked the houses of 31 families, Hernandez said.

The whereabouts of several women, children and elderly people were still unknown Monday, Hernandez said. Many of those expelled ran into the hills seeking refuge.

Chiapas state officials and security forces have arrived in Plan de Ayala to mediate a solution and deter any further use of force.

The resident Catholics have threatened to expel another 300 Evangelists still living in town.

The Catholics have been pressuring the Evangelicals to leave town for several months. In January, 10 Protestants were put in jail when they filed for a permit to build a church.

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Where will it end? Where do we draw the line?

[Stingray]

The difference is that those Catholics are acting contrary to the Bible, while Islamic terrorists are acting in accordance with the Koran.

Put a fundamentalist Christian and a fundamentalist Moslem in a room together. Who has more to fear from the other based on what their respective holy writings teach?

In the meantime, I'm getting sick and tired of reading all these posts that equivocate between Christianity and Islam. There is no moral equivalence, and people who try to make one are just plain ignorant.