North Korea stands at the top of a list of 50 countries where at least 215 million Christians faced the most severe persecution in 2017, resulting in 3,066 deaths and 1,020 rapes mainly targeting women, revealed Open Doors, an organization that monitors ill-treated Christians worldwide.
At the National Press Club on Wednesday, David Curry, the president and CEO of Open Doors, unveiled the 2018 World Wide List (WWL) of the top 50 “most dangerous” countries to worship Jesus. Referring to North Korea, he declared:
Imagine in your mind a leader that thinks he’s god but acts like an animal — devouring his own people with his teeth where people are forced to worship at the statute of Kim Jung Un and bow down and lay flowers at his feet as if he was a god.
Afghanistan came in second place in the list of the top 50 worst countries in terms of persecution — where the cost of being a Christian can quickly turn into a nightmare and the last breath one ever takes.
During the 2017 reporting period covered by the latest World Watch List, persecutors killed 3,066 Christians, kidnapped 1,252, raped 1,020, and attacked 793 churches, noted Open Doors.
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Persecution exists here in this country!
ReplyDeleteIt's happening right here in thr US on our college campuses supported by the MSM and the Democrat party.
ReplyDeleteHow can one even compare what is going on in the U.S. to what Christians are faced with in the East. We have it great here one just has to open their eyes. There are strong and there is weak. I pray to God you do not reference this to race. Time for Libtards and Democrats to suck it up Americans are sick of the rhetoric you spew. At the end of the day we all pray to the same God. One is only a victim when they allow themselves to be one.
ReplyDeleteAdd the words "and Atheists" to the headline and the article and it would still be accurate.
ReplyDeleteThe article tries to make the case for "Christian" persecution... but it's really an article about religious and cultural intolerance, experienced in all nations, and yes, in this one too. If you think Sikhs, Muslims, and Atheists aren't persecuted by Christian Americans you are just dead wrong.
In all the areas listed in this article... being an atheist would be met with the same results, or worse.
I get it, your religion tells you that you will face persecution, so you look for it so hard that you get confused with confirmation bias. However, as an atheist, it just looks absurd to me.
You are not persecuted for your Christianity, in these areas you are persecuted for being different.. just like Christians do here.
In many of the Muslim areas of the world, differing sects of Muslims will be treated the same as atheists or Christians would.. because they are a different kind of Muslim.
This isn't evidence for some grand Christian persecution conspiracy. Do me a favor, when you read this, or think of things like this... ask how an atheist would be treated in the same situation. If the answer is the same or worse, then it's not about you at all.
The article was about Christians being persecuted, not Atheists,Mulims, Hindus, Jews, etc. If you want to know about them then look for articles on that subject. You just simply bashed the article for what it was NOT about!
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ReplyDeleteThe article is WRONG and that is what was being pointed out. It makes the case for "Christian" persecution, and it's wrong.
"Christians" are not unique in the persecution.. they just happened to be lumped in with a bunch of differing people that are being persecuted AT THE SAME TIME because they are different than the status quo .
If the article was being HONEST, and reporting without some sort of AGENDA.... this would have been obvious. This is the problem when you don't draw conclusions from the facts, but rather the conclusions from your presuppositions.
I thought being honest was a moral imperative for Christians.
Christians go to HEAVEN > the rest go to HELL > Fact
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ReplyDeleteFacts require demonstrable evidence to be classified as "facts".
Please to demonstrate your assertion? Until such time, I wholly reject your claim as untrue.