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Be on gaurd my friend . The same govt and govts that declare this war on terroismThe total number of Christians killed for their faith decreased slightly from 5,898 recorded cases (WWL 2022) to 5,621 (WWL 2023) - the clear exception being Sub-Saharan Africa, as outlined above. The total number of Christians abducted for faith-related reasons increased from 3,829 recorded cases (WWL 2022) to 5,259 (WWL 2023).
There has been promotion of greater tolerance in a number of Middle Eastern countries, including Bahrain (55 points) and the UAE (62 points), and also in Egypt (68 points). Unfortunately, state persecution of converts from Islam to Christianity continued unabated in Egypt. Qatar (68 points, down from 74) also has a lower persecution score this year. This was caused by the fact that no additional churches were forced to close in the WWL 2023 reporting period. However, many churches closed in the previous reporting period remained shut.
But Big Concerns
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces a vast humanitarian catastrophe, as a wave of religiously motivated violence nurtured in Nigeria (7) has swept across the region, targeting Christian populations at an alarming rate in countries like Burkina Faso (23), Cameroon (45), Mali (17) and Niger (28). Signs of jihadist expansion are also clearly visible in Mozambique (32), Congo DR (37) and other countries.
This is the disturbing finding of Open Doors’ 2023 World Watch List (WWL). The WWL ranks the nations where Christians face the most severe persecution and discrimination.
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Open Doors 2023 World Watch List: What Persecution Christians Face (sobering content)
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ore than 5,600 Christians were killed for their faith last year. More than 2,100 churches were attacked or closed.
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Fulani militants and other allied jihadist groups slaughtered 2,500 Christians in the first six months of 2023.www.persecution.org
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We are at war even now my friend . The great war for the souls of men rages onwards . Let us preach JESUS CHRISTskipped five pages,
Maybe I missed it, Dad have you fought in war?
Hamas are butchers of mankind and babies . but i tell us allBecause Hamas hides behind their little bodies.
Any thoughts about the children Hamas murdered? The babies they beheaded?
Why kill children? It's an age old practice in war actually.
If you kill the future enemy when they're sucklings,infants,and children,you won't have an enemy to contend with in the future.
Which is why adults are also killed,men and women.Because they give life to those future enemies should they grow up.
Israel's enemies are not "saved people".I hope you one day realize that saved people are going to heaven.
But you're defending the Hamas slaughter.It would be nice if you also realized God does not want you bombing children.
"But you're defending the Hamas slaughter." Bombings that killed children.Israel's enemies are not "saved people".
But you're defending the Hamas slaughter.
Not to me. It shows a callous cruel inhumanity. As I mentioned they do not have the love of God in themcuting off water and food does make sense --- maybe people on their side will tell them to stop!!! The rest is an unfortnate part of war.
Says who?? There are lots of believers in Arab nations probably considered enemies that are saved. Of course. Israel has zero to do with salvation. Believing is Jesus saves us. And stop lying that i defend terrorists killing children. I made that clear many times here. You like to pretend that if we do not want families massacred by Israel that we 'support terror'. The opposite is true we do not like terror even from Israel.Israel's enemies are not "saved people".
But you're defending the Hamas slaughter.
Does it even bother you that Hamas started this and slaughtered Israeli children?Not to me. It shows a callous cruel inhumanity. As I mentioned they do not have the love of God in them
Israel is mentioned over 2500 times in the Bible. Get a clue!Says who?? There are lots of believers in Arab nations probably considered enemies that are saved. Of course. Israel has zero to do with salvation. Believing is Jesus saves us.
Says who?? There are lots of believers in Arab nations probably considered enemies that are saved. Of course. Israel has zero to do with salvation. Believing is Jesus saves us. And stop lying that i defend terrorists killing children. I made that clear many times here. You like to pretend that if we do not want families massacred by Israel that we 'support terror'. The opposite is true we do not like terror even from Israel.
False. He will give it to them in the future when they are saved. He did try to give it to them in the past. He also allowed them to be removed from it! He did not give it to them today.The quote above yours tells us he is also anti-biblical scriptures. Those clearly state Israel is the land God gave the Jews.
The fact that you pretend that not agreeing with terrorism of Israel killing civilians 'perpetuates terrorism' shows you are not a straight shooter.His advancement of Hamas rhetoric perpetuates terrorism against Israel. And their babies and children,of course.
Who cares what it says?What he and Hamas don't realize is,even the Quran says the same thing.
As long as they behaved they had it. When they did not He booted them out. The next time around He is giving it back to them (this time the gigantic whole promised land) is after they accept Jesus. Not before.... the foundation text of Islam, in fact, recognises the special link between the Jewish people and the Land of Israel. “You will find very clearly,” says Sheikh Dr Muhammad Al-Husseini, “that the traditional commentators from the eighth and ninth century onwards have uniformly interpreted the Koran to say explicitly that Eretz Yisrael has been given by God to the Jewish people as a perpetual covenant. There is no Islamic counterclaim to the Land anywhere in the traditional corpus of commentary.”![]()
What the Koran says about the land of Israel - The Jewish Chronicle
Islamic scripture actually recognises the Jewish link to Israel, says a British imamwww.thejc.com
Even in a good way some of those times! :)Israel is mentioned over 2500 times in the Bible. Get a clue!
Israel targeted highly populated civilian areas and kills hundreds. Crying about how bad Hamas also is does not justify the butchery you seek to justify.Israel,Israel,blame for Israel.
How about saying Hamas, Palestinian terrorists, slaughter children,behead babies,and do not have the love of God in them.
Hamas struck Israel with thousands of rockets,first.
Israel is targeting the enemy that is trying to destroy Israel.The talons of evil united in Jihad against Israel.
If you know of one hiding in a certain apartment somewhere, move in and arrest him? The answer is not to kill the folks he is supposedly hiding behind.Because Hamas hides behind their little bodies.
Yes. Pure evilAny thoughts about the children Hamas murdered? The babies they beheaded?
Not a good one, Not one God likes. If He ordered an operation in Israel's past He knew who was who and was perfectly just. Israel today is on their own and anything but just by killing all those children.Why kill children? It's an age old practice in war actually.
Which is why adults are also killed,men and women.Because they give life to those future enemies should they grow up.
That has what to do with it being wrong to kill kids?Both sides are guilty of that. While in NAM, I gave a standing order to injure, not kill. It takes 3 or more others to remove one from the battlefield. We would approach them, remove weapons and communication, treat their wounds, put them in shade leave food and water. At the nearest well travel path or road, use rocks to make an arrow along with distance in clicks. I met many from their side decades later, after they became US Citizens. I have some dirt roads named after me. Last name is Marsh. They are lenght of driveway and end at swamps or marshs.
That is obvious. But since many Christians preach supporting Israel, it is mete to point out that they are supporting the bombing of apartments, convoys, inhuman starving and water deprivation etc.Israel,Israel,blame for Israel.
How about saying Hamas, Palestinian terrorists, slaughter children,behead babies,and do not have the love of God in them.
Hamas struck Israel with thousands of rockets,first.
Israel is targeting the enemy that is trying to destroy Israel.The talons of evil united in Jihad against Israel.
Deuteronomy 4:40 "Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the Lord your God gives you for all time."False. He will give it to them in the future when they are saved. He did try to give it to them in the past. He also allowed them to be removed from it! He did not give it to them today.
Amos 9:13
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord , that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Amos 9:14
And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Amos 9:15
And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.
For anyone with an elementary knowledge of the bible and prophesy they know when that time is that crops will grow wonderfully etc. The Millennium.
If you want to quote Scripture get some small inkling what you are talking about.
You have no footing upon which to judge straight shooters. Because you are not one. And have no understanding of what it means.The fact that you pretend that not agreeing with terrorism of Israel killing civilians 'perpetuates terrorism' shows you are not a straight shooter.
Hamas. But then again,you talk a lot about this war while claiming to know nothing of the history that has Israel and Palestine arrived to this juncture.Who cares what it says?
Not true. You're in a Christian forum amid Christians who read and know God's scriptures. You can't interpolate God's words, which yet again condemns Israel today,and think you are going to be believed.As long as they behaved they had it. When they did not He booted them out. The next time around He is giving it back to them (this time the gigantic whole promised land) is after they accept Jesus. Not before.
Not according to your post history.That is obvious.
Anti-Israel, anti-Israel,But since many Christians preach supporting Israel, it is mete to point out that they are supporting the bombing of apartments, convoys, inhuman starving and water deprivation etc.
Because those families are allies of Hamas. That's why they shelter them and hide their weapons.If you know of one hiding in a certain apartment somewhere, move in and arrest him? The answer is not to kill the folks he is supposedly hiding behind.
Pure, evil?Yes. Pure evil
You just destroyed your entire argument.Not a good one, Not one God likes. If He ordered an operation in Israel's past He knew who was who and was perfectly just. Israel today is on their own and anything but just by killing all those children.
God is guilty of a hate crime?What a horrible thing to say! I would call that a hate crime.