Tag: Christian persecution
Iraqi Christian burned alive by ISIS three times miraculously survives, sees Jesus in vision – The Christian Post
“They were hitting me with big rocks on my body,” he recalled. “The stones were fine, not affecting me.”
The man said that after stoning him, ISIS members drenched him in 20 gallons of gasoline. But even though he was burned alive a total of three times, he said he somehow survived unharmed.
The Anatomy of Offense-By By David Carr
http://www.raptureready.com/soap2/carr4.html
In 2015 there was an Australian Rules footballer who generated much controversy through his taking offense at being regularly booed during the course of his matches. The booing was not all that desirable, of course, but it happens fairly often to certain players and most just laugh it off.
This player, though, of aboriginal descent, chose to believe the booing was racially motivated (apparently the fact that the way he played the game was objectionable wasn’t the main reason, even though many of those who booed him specifically stated as such) and it sparked a firestorm of controversy in the all forms of media, even internationally.
So in our 21st century Western world why do people seem to be falling over themselves to claim such major offense at what are often quite minor provocations. How did we get to this? And what can we do about it? Let’s have a look at the first question to see if we can find an answer to the second. Continue
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