Persecution of Christianity is becoming overt instead of covert.

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Sgt_Nick_Fury said:
I see a whole lot of people wanting to use "we", but they're actions do not seem to me to be following the same book I'm reading.... I'll leave it up to my creator to decide how much "we" we share..... In any case I'm not sure what you’re saying here, are you saying the Bible says Christians wil be persecuted, and therefore we should blindly accept it and turn our back on fellow Christians? I missed that part, perhaps we have very different editions. The "We" grows weaker in this argument. If Christians had not fought for their religious beliefs historically there would be no western civilization.
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-The way is narrow and few find it.

that seems to be missed by a lot that call themselves Christian.

- on the day of judgement many will say I cast out demons, I fed the poor, I prophesied, all in your name and I will say depart from me you who practice lawlessness, I don’t know you.

that’s Messiah saying that most who call themselves “Christian” are not G-Ds people.
 
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MercyPercy said:
Shhhh.

I'm up early on vacation to go fishing, what's your excuse? Don't tell slice what I'm up to.
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I’m a messianic Jew. G-d makes sure I know all the important stuff. Post your pictures in the fish thread later. I hope you catch a lot but the big ones get away.
 
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Sgt_Nick_Fury said:
I see a whole lot of people wanting to use "we", but they're actions do not seem to me to be following the same book I'm reading.... I'll leave it up to my creator to decide how much "we" we share..... In any case I'm not sure what your saying here, are you saying the Bible says Christians wil be persecuted, and therefore we should blindly accept it and turn our back on fellow Christians? I missed that part, perhaps we have very different editions. The "We" grows weaker in this argument. If Christians had not fought for their religious beliefs historically there would be no western civilization.
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As with the prophets,

the Bible shows and says to continue to preach the word of truth (Hebrews 4:12) ; likewise, just as with Sodom (Genesis 19:1), God and His angels will avenge those who oppose the truth.

John 11 (NASB)
45Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what He had done, believed in Him. 46But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.

Conspiracy to Kill Jesus

47 Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council meeting, and they were saying, “What are we [o]doing in regard to the fact that this man is performing many [p]signs?

48 If we let Him go on like this, all the people will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take over both our [q]place and our nation.”

49 But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, 50nor are you taking into account that it is in your best interest that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish instead.” 51Now he did not say this [r]on his own, but as he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation; 52and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

53 So from that day on they planned together to kill Him.
 
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Acts 22 (NASB)
1“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.” 2When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew,a they became even more silent.

Then Paul declared, 3“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.

4I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison, 5as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

6About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me. 7I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’

8‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked.

‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
I don't make fun of you, Navy, or Nick Fury because you're Christians. I make fun of you because you're mentally unhinged, completely unware, and kind of stupid.
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That makes me special? You don't make fun of me for being a Freedie. :cool:
 
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GVF said:
That makes me special? You don't make fun of me for being a Freedie. :cool:
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My best friend goes to church every Sunday. I joke to him about how Sundays are best spent hungover in the woods, but we'll never agree on that one.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Frankly your opinion means as much as a garden slug. I like it that you make fun of me. Just shows what kind of person you are. Don’t ever stop being you.
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Because you conduct yourself with the utmost level of positivity and productive discourse.

Didn't you make a gay joke earlier? 🤣
 
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ClearwaterVol said:
Christians have been busy imposing their belief system on others in this country forever and now when people start fighting back a bit, Christians play the victim card. Persecuted? GTFOH.
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So imposing a belief system on others is wrong? Very conservative of you to say that under the current environment of social issues.
 
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Christians have been obsessed with pushing their nonsense on people all over the world for centuries--and it is nonsense. The only
people "persecuted" are those who face this endless "god" BS. Look at a couple of conservative states are now trying to do--get taxpayers
to fund religious schools. It's outrageous.
 
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McDad said:
Actually had Christians not died bravely and peacefully, christianity would not have spread as quickly.
God is in control. The world belongs to Satan. God can change the heart of anyone. My God, and yours if youre Christian, is bigger than any social media platform.
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I was thinking a similar thing. They can censor us, but we still win. They know it, and they cannot stand that.
 
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