Persecution of Christianity is becoming overt instead of covert.

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CobbVol said:
CNN, the shining beacon for Christian thought.
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It's an article by a Chrstian conservative who also believes in separation of church and state, but who sees that many of her fellow conservative Christians can't abide that.
 
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EXCLUSIVE: 'Debanking' row breaks out after Bank of America shuts down account for ultra-conservative Christian Charity that Serves Impoverished Ugandans

A 'debanking' row has broken out after an ultra-conservative Christian charity which provides necessities to Ugandan orphans had its account shut down by Bank of America.

Memphis-based non-profit Indigenous Advance Ministries has filed a complaint to the Tennessee Attorney-General's office over concerns its accounts were closed because the bank disagrees with its 'religious views.'

The organization - which claims to have had a banking relationship with BofA since 2015 - purports pro-life and anti-same sex relationship values on its website.

BofA firmly denies it 'debanked' the body over these views, telling DailyMail.com that 'religious beliefs are not a factor in any account-closing decision.'

But campaigners are calling for greater transparency over how firms decide which accounts to shut down, adding cases of 'political and religious 'debanking' appear to be on the rise.'


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Indigenous Advance Ministries has filed a complaint to the Tennessee Attorney-General's office over concerns their accounts were closed because the bank disagrees with its 'religious views.' Pictured: Indigenous founder and current board member Steve Happ in Uganda

The charity works with Ugandan ministries to provide support for orphaned and vulnerable children and prisoners in the African country.

EXCLUSIVE: 'Debanking' row breaks out after Bank of America shuts down account for ultra-conservative Christian charity that serves impoverished Ugandans | Daily Mail Online
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
I'd probably just be listening to death metal through my earbuds in my learned age. However...

There was a guy on the Colorado light rail several years back who waited until the doors closed to start preaching the gospel very loudly at around midnight.

Drunk Dink did the right thing... I just started singing Total Eclipse of the Heart louder than he could ramble and before you knew it, what seemed like the whole car joined in.

I love this country.
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Well, that guy/man did a good thing (in general) ; That scene reminds us of many scenes in the Bible ( such as Stephen, who preached, but they didn't want to listen / they drowned him out ) --

Acts 7:2And [a]Stephen said, “Listen to me, brothers and fathers!
9“The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt.
51“You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did.
54Now when they heard this, they were infuriated, and they began gnashing their teeth at him.

Romans 10:14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?

If you want to talk about persecution/censorship against Christians, we should look at the Waldensians (persecuted by men in Rome / men who opposed the actual "gospel")


 
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DinkinFlicka said:
I'd probably just be listening to death metal through my earbuds in my learned age. However...

There was a guy on the Colorado light rail several years back who waited until the doors closed to start preaching the gospel very loudly at around midnight.

Drunk Dink did the right thing... I just started singing Total Eclipse of the Heart louder than he could ramble and before you knew it, what seemed like the whole car joined in.

I love this country.
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Thought about ^ this ^ scene a bit more, and I trust you will accept my pondering of it with reply (it's very thought provoking, imo) --

Apparently, you're trying (by example/event) to teach what is "the right thing" so let's look at another option --


a. in the Bible, Nathan approached King David, to inform him that his actions were completely contrary to right instructions (he was doing the wrong thing)

(we can suppose that the "guy" on rail was taking opp to inform the audience to take heed of Christ and the Cross (the words of the Bible), just as the audience seemingly had the right to proclaim to the rail passengers of the lyrics of "Total Eclipse" << each took upon themselves their right, but one side attempted to drown out the other)

b. King David heard the warning and repented (was sorrowful and confessed his wicked ways)

c. The apostle Peter said, "Be sober-minded; be watchful" and Paul recognized "some of you were once like that" in that they, in their former walk of life, acted in greediness, drunkenness, verbal abuse and slander (of truth and ways of righteousness), 1 Corinthians 6:9-11.

d. Peter also said "Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ" (1 Peter 1:13).

a brief study of doing "the right thing."
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
I'd probably just be listening to death metal through my earbuds in my learned age. However...
There was a guy on the Colorado light rail several years back who waited until the doors closed to start preaching the gospel very loudly at around midnight.
Drunk Dink did the right thing... I just started singing Total Eclipse of the Heart louder than he could ramble and before you knew it, what seemed like the whole car joined in.
I love this country.
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As you might know, the wording "at around midnight" is found often in the Bible (i.e. other literal, real events occured 2000+ years ago, just as yours as testified on the rail << people testified to certain events just as you've testified of yours):

1. Acts 16: About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

^ Paul, a Christian, persecuted by men of Israel (his blood-brothers) / thrown into jail for preaching the gospel

2. Exodus 11: Then Moses said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘About midnight I am going out into the midst of Egypt, ... So there shall be a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been before and such as shall never be again ... And all these servants of yours will come down to me and bow themselves before me, saying, ‘Go out, you and all the people who follow you,’ and after that I will go out.”

3. Acts 20:7, "And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached to them (ready to depart on the morrow) and continued his speech until midnight.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
I'd probably just be listening to death metal through my earbuds in my learned age. However...

There was a guy on the Colorado light rail several years back who waited until the doors closed to start preaching the gospel very loudly at around midnight.

Drunk Dink did the right thing... I just started singing Total Eclipse of the Heart louder than he could ramble and before you knew it, what seemed like the whole car joined in.

I love this country.
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Revisiting this event ^^ / uncanny parallels to Biblical global "politics" --

a. Ninevah -- they could have refused, but even the Ninevites did not drawn out the voice of the preacher -- i.e. they heard, they listened, they took the message to heart and they repented

b. religious leaders among men of Israel, 1st Century a.d. -- as Jesus noted, those men drowned out / attempted to drown out the gospel message ; i.e. many of them (while they heard) did not head the warning / did not accept the invitation (and even attempted to keep others / their fellow countrymen from hearing and believing).

Luke 11:31The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here. 32The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.

c. it should be interesting to anyone paying attention,

that there, that night in this country of freedom, a crowd of persons led by one DD was able to preach a message (by singing the lyrics of "TEotH" "louder than he") so as to drawn out / squash / silence the gospel message being spoken by that of the one man/guy.


Jonah 3:
Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city,a requiring a three-day journey.b 4On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”

5And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.

6When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

7Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh:

“By the decree of the king and his nobles:

Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink. 8Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands. 9Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”

10When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
 
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LadyVolette said:
And your side can’t have one thread without mentioning him.. this is why we don’t take yall seriously
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Some of you are so tribal....your side????🤣 Most binary thinkers have no interest in nuance. It"s no wonder why we have such idiots as elected officials in middle Tennessee. Well, pretty much all of Tennessee for that matter
 
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BernardKingGOAT said:
Some of you are so tribal....your side????🤣 Most binary thinkers have no interest in nuance. It"s no wonder why we have such idiots as elected officials in middle Tennessee. Well, pretty much all of Tennessee for that matter
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What part of the country do you think doesn’t have idiots as elected officials?? If you think other places aren’t just as bad then you’re the idiot. Other places just elect different types of idiots.
 
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LadyVolette said:
And your side can’t have one thread without mentioning him.. this is why we don’t take yall seriously
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I can't take anyone who views religion as an important part of their life and identity voting for Trump seriously.

And you guys are still whining about Hillary and Obama.
 
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Sgt_Nick_Fury said:
It's not happening right?

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How quickly will they move from "it's not happening" to justifying it?
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Seem to have a very basic misunderstanding of what's being said here.

Ad demographic targeting and the words used in a title are not the same thing.

There's no grand conspiracy against...literally...the most popular religion in the western hemisphere. No need for us to have a "woe is us" attitude. Oh the poor majority!

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Horse Feathers.... he has had zero issues until he spoke about Christianity....and his faith. Make whatever excuse you like.
 
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