WorthyNewsBot Posted July 30, 2015 Group: Bots Followers: 3 Topic Count: 39,879 Topics Per Day: 6.45 Content Count: 44,458 Content Per Day: 7.19 Reputation: 987 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/06/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted July 30, 2015 By Joseph DeCaro, Worthy News Correspondent (Worthy News) – The U.S. State Department has repeatedly hindered witnesses from testifying about the persecution of Christians by Muslims. According to Jihad Watch, Sister Diana Momenka was scheduled to visit the U.S. last year on behalf of Iraq's persecuted Christians, but was denied a visa because she became an "internally displaced person" after the Islamic State forced her and others to flee St. Ephrem's Seminary in Bakhdida. Momenka was part of a delegation of religious leaders from Iraq that was to meet with the Senate and House foreign relations committees. Every religious leader of the delegation was granted a visa save the sister, who just happened to be its only Christian representative. After her visa refusal went public, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said that the Obama administration never finds a good reason to help Christians, though it always finds an excuse to apologize for terrorists. As a result, the State Department later relented and granted Momenka her visa, but when the United States Institute for Peace gathered all the governors of Nigeria's mostly Muslim northern states for a conference in Washington, D.C., the State Department blocked the visa of Jonah David Jang, the region's only Christian governor. According to a Nigerian human rights lawyer, Jang's denial were the direct result of the U.S. government's bias against Christians. "The U.S. insists that Muslims are the primary victims of Boko Haram," said Emmanuel Ogebe. "It also claims that Christians discriminate against Muslims in Plateau, which is one of the few Christian majority states in the north … The question remains — why is the U.S. downplaying or denying the attacks against Christians?" Why indeed? http://www.worthynews.com/21128-u-s-state-dept-stops-christians-from-testifying' data-summary='The U.S. State Department has repeatedly hindered witnesses from testifying about the persecution of Christians by Muslims.'>View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OakWood Posted July 30, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 867 Topics Per Day: 0.24 Content Count: 7,331 Content Per Day: 1.99 Reputation: 2,860 Days Won: 31 Joined: 04/09/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/28/1964 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Of course, what do you expect in this fallen World? Evil is hiding in plain sight but the World ignores it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted July 30, 2015 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 599 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,254 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,984 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted July 30, 2015 Of course, what do you expect in this fallen World? Evil is hiding in plain sight but the World ignores it. I think it is stemming from this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thereselittleflower Posted July 31, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 58 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 5,457 Content Per Day: 1.68 Reputation: 4,220 Days Won: 37 Joined: 07/01/2015 Status: Offline Share Posted July 31, 2015 what should be our response to evil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted July 31, 2015 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.87 Content Count: 43,798 Content Per Day: 6.19 Reputation: 11,244 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted July 31, 2015 Depends on the evil. For instance certain things we should try and stop. If we see or know of someone actively causing harm to someone, we should try and stop it. Prayer should always be a part of it, but I wouldnt hesitate to try and stop someone from causing harm. Especially if its a crime that has a known likelihood of happening again. Like the stuff the rcc didnt bother to stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FresnoJoe Posted July 31, 2015 Group: Graduated to Heaven Followers: 207 Topic Count: 60 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 8,651 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 5,761 Days Won: 4 Joined: 01/31/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/04/1943 Share Posted July 31, 2015 what should be our response to evil? ~ First? Pray.... For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningGlory Posted August 1, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1,022 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 39,193 Content Per Day: 6.09 Reputation: 9,977 Days Won: 78 Joined: 10/01/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted August 1, 2015 The headline here is misleading. Denying a visa to someone is not the same as refusing to let them testify. I don't disagree that Christians are being persecuted around the world but this news story is a stretch. Why not print actual facts about the persecutions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted August 1, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,993 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,691 Content Per Day: 11.76 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted August 1, 2015 what should be our response to evil? What do you think our response should be to evil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thereselittleflower Posted August 2, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 58 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 5,457 Content Per Day: 1.68 Reputation: 4,220 Days Won: 37 Joined: 07/01/2015 Status: Offline Share Posted August 2, 2015 what should be our response to evil? What do you think our response should be to evil? I agree with ayin jade. And I don't even remember what prompted me to ask the question. But beyond that our first response needs be a close, intimate walk with our Lord. Our lives must be bathed in prayer. Without this, how can we hear the voice of the Holy Spirit direct us on how to discern the best course of action? If we just rush in, we can make matters worse. If we hold back we can make matters worse. We must learn how to discern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyAngeL Posted August 3, 2015 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 23 Topic Count: 155 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,464 Content Per Day: 1.02 Reputation: 8,810 Days Won: 57 Joined: 03/30/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/12/1952 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Of course, what do you expect in this fallen World? Evil is hiding in plain sight but the World ignores it. Exactally Oakwood, you open the door a crack and evil will rush in. America has opened the floodgates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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