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Iliyah

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4. Yeah, like persecution of the LGBT family and minorities

Fri Aug 16, 2013, 11:44 AM

Aug 2013

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for centuries. Persecution of women and civil liberties for centuries, et al.,

Onslaught of my religion is way better than yours and you must repent or die. That mankind is only 6-5 thousand years old and walked with dinosaurs during that time and where dragons also existed too. Destroying the USA history in place of bullshit and lies.

Yep, poor persecuted "so called Christians", yeah right.

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Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams tells ‘persecuted’ western Christians to grow up [View all] xchrom Aug 2013 OP

Thank you for posting. Ilsa Aug 2013 #1

I don't think Fox News will carry it, if that's what you mean. Baitball Blogger Aug 2013 #3

But, but... Happy Holidays?! DetlefK Aug 2013 #2

Yeah, like persecution of the LGBT family and minorities Iliyah Aug 2013 #4

Those "Persecuted Xtians" are merely Pissed off that they are Disrespected Demeter Aug 2013 #5

Isn't persecution part of the Christian faith? longship Aug 2013 #6

It's about evangelicals, conservative Catholics, etc. claiming "persecution"... JHB Aug 2013 #10

I have a conservative Catholic sister that subscribes to the Catholic League newsletter put out by Rozlee Aug 2013 #13

I have never heard of persecution being part of the christian faith. cbayer Aug 2013 #17

Well, as I wrote, it's a subthread in the New Testament. longship Aug 2013 #18

I think that persecution may run as a theme through Judaism, so cbayer Aug 2013 #19

Well, maybe only halfway full of shit... longship Aug 2013 #20

When the NT was written Christians were persecuted so everything was written from that mindset. hrmjustin Aug 2013 #30

I am aware of those facts. longship Aug 2013 #34

They are apart of the human story in the end, whether they are true or not. hrmjustin Aug 2013 #35

Story != history. longship Aug 2013 #36

In other words SCVDem Aug 2013 #7

I understand what he's saying but in some cases Christians are facing real persecution. totodeinhere Aug 2013 #8

Perhaps You Missed the Part Leith Aug 2013 #9

I didn't say "Western Christians," I said "Christians." Yes his comment regarded Western Christians totodeinhere Aug 2013 #11

Blame those persecuted Western Christians for that. Gormy Cuss Aug 2013 #12

Blame other Christians but don't blame the perpetrators of the terror and murder? totodeinhere Aug 2013 #15

Reading that into what I wrote is what's ridiculous. Gormy Cuss Aug 2013 #24

Not ridiculous at all. totodeinhere Aug 2013 #25

Context is important. Gormy Cuss Aug 2013 #29

Yes I see your point. By crying persecution here in the US it draws attention away from hrmjustin Aug 2013 #31

That's true, but I think he's trying to make it clear... Momgonepostal Aug 2013 #14

Good for him. cbayer Aug 2013 #16

I wish he'd said this okasha Aug 2013 #21

+1,000,000 hrmjustin Aug 2013 #32

The Myth of Christian Persecution SecularMotion Aug 2013 #22

The reality is the early Church was persecuted and the modern American and Western Churches hrmjustin Aug 2013 #33

I'm skeptical of any group in the West that claims persecution, including skeptics. rug Aug 2013 #23

Lord Williams is a waste of time. He was the biggest dissappointment to ever grace the seat hrmjustin Aug 2013 #26

Disrespected =/= Persecuted. Iggo Aug 2013 #27

K&R ck4829 Aug 2013 #28

Wow... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2013 #37

Wish we could hear a lot more from the sane Christians eridani Aug 2013 #38