Where Have All the Christians Gone?

www.opinionet.com ^ | November 17, 2001 | Carl Pearlston

[GeekDejure]

Christians and Whites are both dwindling rapidly, to the point where I estimate that within 100 years. . . both could be merely a memory on a history book page!!!

What's that loud cheering I hear in the background??? Couldn't possibly be the non-White Muzzel-em throng, could it???

[dtom]

We keep hearing how peaceful islam is, but their behavior around the world tells a different story!!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Uganda is a Christian nation whose courageous President and First Lady, both black, just dedicated their nation to Jesus Christ (no voodoo, Islam or idol worshipping) in a public ceremony attended by grateful Christian Ugandans. They are praying for us, even though they're surrounded by Islamic nations and after having survived the brutality of Idi Amin (sp?). Their pro-family, Christian nation is also the most successful in Africa at slowing the spread of aids. Surprise. Expect the press and the pundits to ignore Uganda. A prosperous Christian nation will not be allowed in Africa. It undermines the agenda of too many leftist, anti-American special interest groups. Pray for Uganda.

[expose]

Our country is losing the moral base. And that's what happened to Rome and all the other super power civilizations in the past.

So, what you are watching, is the destruction of America.

There is only one thing that can save us,

prayers to God.

[foreverfree]

Uganda is a Christian nation whose courageous President and First Lady, both black, just dedicated their nation to Jesus Christ (no voodoo, Islam or idol worshipping) in a public ceremony attended by grateful Christian Ugandans. They are praying for us, even though they're surrounded by Islamic nations and after having survived the brutality of Idi Amin (sp?). Their pro-family, Christian nation is also the most successful in Africa at slowing the spread of aids. Surprise. Expect the press and the pundits to ignore Uganda. A prosperous Christian nation will not be allowed in Africa. It undermines the agenda of too many leftist, anti-American special interest groups. Pray for Uganda.

Documentation please, preferably on the net.

BTW I like the handle.

foreverfree

[Khepera]

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[Restorer]

even though they're surrounded by Islamic nations

Not true.

Uganda has a rather short border on its north with Sudan, which is indeed aggressively Islamic. Its other borders are with Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic (hah!) Republic (hah, hah!!) of the Congo, and Rwanda.

None of these countries are Moslem. Tanzania has the highest percentage of Moslems, at around 30%. The other countries are (or at least claim to be) heavily Christian.

BTW, exactly how is Uganda being effective at preventing the spread of AIDS? The CIA factbook says they are about 8% HIV-positive, which is similar to most of eastern Africa. Sudan is rated at less than 1%, which says something positive about a Moslem country.

[moteineye]

Hollywierd has done nothing but hurt the image of Christians by portraying church going Christians as ,hypocritical,extreme,psychotic,immoral and fanatical morons. I would like to see a few feature films of the persecution of Christians. I have seen countless films about the holocaust.

[JoeSchem]

Islamic was the firebreak that kept Christianity from spreading to the rest of the world during the first millennium. Today it is a reactionary cesspool of violence and hate. May their eyes be opened.

[The Thin Man]

Here's a link concerning the situation in Uganda.

http://www.jesus.org.uk/dawn/2001/dawn09.html

[Fighting Irish]

We are here......not gone.....not dwindling......not weakening......we are on our knees and at the same time getting rightously pissed off.

We are equally tiring of being asked to turn another cheek towards Islam.

[185JHP]

This in a country where Idi Amin tried to force Christians to execute other Christians - His plan is perfect, and it's right on time.

[Valin]

What you have to understand is that the Church only gets stronger as satan drives the last nail in the coffin. Perscution is The Fathers way of keeping us strong.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

I actually heard this report on TV with film from the public ceremony where the President and First Lady of Uganda proclaimed that Uganda was a Christian nation.

Try this link. (^:

[Don Myers]

"This serious error in not recognizing the decline of Christianity in its ancient home by a staff writer and copy editor of a leading newspaper is symptomatic of a general media neglect of the plight of Christians under Islamic governments, facing the abuses of radical Islamicists. "

We have many "Christians," but real Christianity itself is on the decline everywhere.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Sorry about the duplicate link.

Restorer, thanks for the info on the surrounding nations. I didn't mean to mislead. The Christian Ugandans are very concerned about the spread of Islam (mostly through force) in Africa.

Check out the link at #11 or #15:

AIDS: values and condoms
The government and churches united in a dual strategy: condoms and moral change through ethical renewal and a return to Biblical values - with phenomenal success. Uganda is the only nation in Africa in which the AIDS rate is decreasing, the dark predictions turned out to be false, and the WHO, facing a mystery, is investigating "the Ugandan phenomenon".

[Restorer]

The Christian Ugandans are very concerned about the spread of Islam (mostly through force) in Africa.

As they should be. I am, however, addicted to accuracy when it is possible to come up with actual facts.

I firmly believe Christianity can more than hold its own in competition with Islam if the competition is on an even field.

However, if Islam is always allowed to convert Christians, but Christians are not allowed to convert Muslims, then Islam will inevitably win in the long run. This is the practical position that our liberal media has endorsed.

This is the exact cororally of the Brezhnev Doctrine, by which Communism could never lose control of territory. This doctrine was acquicessed in by the American media and in practice by the American government until Reagan refused to accept it. Shortly thereafter, Communism began its slow collapse. The power of Communism was an illusion, much like that of Islam, perhaps?

[RightOnline]

"We are here......not gone.....not dwindling......not weakening......we are on our knees and at the same time getting rightously pissed off."

"We are equally tiring of being asked to turn another cheek towards Islam."

Just 'cause it needs sayin' again..........

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

However, if Islam is always allowed to convert Christians, but Christians are not allowed to convert Muslims, then Islam will inevitably win in the long run. This is the practical position that our liberal media has endorsed.

Great post. Christians are converting Muslims, but with truth and love, not by force. The media and the schools have done such a thorough job attempting to remove God and Christianity from our culture and the churches mostly stood by silently while it happened. There's a change going on within the nation. Janet Parshall commented the other day that for decades the folks in the media have backed away from her. Since 9-11, they approach her. Churches are no longer remaining on the sidelines in the community. People are coming in on their own with no coercion, just a need to know God and make sense out of their lives. Much of America would jump at the chance to take on the ACLU...in the courtroom or a boxing ring.

In communities across the country last Thanksgiving, families offered to bring home lonely or homeless people for dinner. Near our military bases they ran out of soldiers to send to the grateful families in the communities, yet our paper (AP news wire) focused on the hunger in Haiti and criticized our excess, never once asking why....and reported that the food banks didn't have enough food.

The press seems incapable of seeing America's goodness. Isn't it propaganda to ignore the good and hopeful, and focus on the bad and fearful- especially when there is far more good than bad about America?