Unfortunently this isn't the only tragedy involving the Christian world in the Middle East within the last week. On Friday Februrary 29 the arch bishop of the Iraqi Chaldean Catholic Church in Mosul was kidnapped and 3 additional men were killed when extremeist ambushed his car with a spray of bullets. He is now being held hostage and a ransom has been said to be demanded.

Overall the conflicts in the region has increased the danger to all Christians in the area that was already unwelcome to faiths that weren't Islamic. Hopefully stability can be established so that religous freedom can become a reality but unfortunently until then, if it even happens, stories like this will most likely continue comeing.

http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=27032&page=2

and there are people in Europe and here in the Western Hemisphere who think it's ok to welcome Shariah law... in the name of "inclusion" and "tolerance".

I pray for her family and loved ones that they will be able to get through this tragedy.  Let them mourn her death, but celebrate a life truly lived.

I think it's the other way around. It was the attitude of the majority towards any minority (including Christians) that led to the conflicts.

 

They are called "idiots".

 

Good point there are alot of other smaller ethnic groups and faiths that have been squashed under governments that seem to accept only one single ethnic/religous group.

Makes you glad that we live in a place where we don't have to worry about gunman killing us because of the place of worship you go to.

It's truly a tragedy. But I would say it is not totally surprising. I remember, in 2006, there was an afghan condemned to death because he had converted to christianism! Muslims are true hyppocrit when it comes to converts. But after all, aren't all religions? (some more than others... All right, Islam more than others in our times)



Sharia is an horrible set of laws, drawn by strongly conservative muslims, and should never have any official say, in any civilized country.

No, you're right.  I've seen dozen of reports like this in the last few months or so, but this one hit close to home.  Right now we have a missionary in Kiev, one in Poland (a Pastor), one in Italy among others but this one was a friend of our Assoc Pastor and he had been giving us updates. 

I'm wondering if that's something God may be calling me to.  If so, I really don't care where I go.....where I'm the most wanted or needed I guess.  I believe that man can't touch me until God is ready to call me home anyway.  It is something we've been thinking about and one reason I'm thinking of getting my teaching degree to be useful in that capacity. 

 

I am glad you added that.  And I agree.  Intolerance is never right, no matter the time.  We cannot change history, but we can change the present.

It's just I would like to see that some of you can split hair between the stupid hippies who wants to accept every kind of moral provocation in our countries (such as the Sharia) and those who can take a more-moderate point of view. I describe many of you as "conservatives", but I know you won't go past a certain point of stupidity. You don't seem to hold the same perogative to the majority of liberals.

Back on topic!

I am really wondering how a certain religion evolve into something less aggressive than it has become. How have Christianity evolved from the 14th Century Inquisition to today? Can Islam retrace the same steps?

More and more of these smaller groups are speaking up. Many are now making contact with Israel (as Israel represents the most powerful minority in the middle east). It's getting better.

 

 

We are getting there, however.

 

From my POV and looking at History and studying Prophecy the reason you saw Christianity go from one to the other is the Reformation.  Basically the birthday of the Reformation was 1517. 

As far as Islam going backwards?  No it won't happen.  In fact it's going to get worse.  No matter what they are on a mission to convert the whole world to Islam or kill the infidel.  It's in their writings and even the peaceful Islamic can't debate this. 

This goes all the way back to Isaac and Ishmael, sons of Abraham, where it was prophesied about Ishmael's descendants that his hand would be against his brother.  He would be a man of war.  It hasn't stopped since then so this is not something new.  It goes back about 4,000 years now.