To those who think no one is harming Christians in Egypt.... UPDATE eyewitness accounts

Wow are we gonna post all the radical crap that Jim Jones wrote and blame all Christians for its existence?

I don't have to do anything. I'm posting about what I am receiving as far as requests for prayers for safety, etc. I don't have to prove anything to you and I'm not going to sit and waste my time trying to prove it to an Anonymous Coward on the internet.

All I'm saying is that the violence is happening and I am asking for prayers for Christians in the Middle East.

No,I think religous tards are just that.tards.Maybe we all need to get the new calender from Russ and all things will be fine.I do not live in egypt.nor will I ever visit egypt,so I just do not care.I do care about americas youth.Just like my Jewish GF is offended by Christians and the way they push Jesus on her kids.Oh,she has no idea about egypt.Her main concern his her children.Just like every other average american family.Billions for this country and that country all the while our country crumbles.And personally.The creator can only be found in your heart.You want to blame someone?Blame the inbred fuck tarded elite who rule over the slaves like us

Ok then. Of course Jesus would want you to pray for the muslims too even if you consider them enemies.

Hasan al Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, called Jihad the sixth pillar of Islam. Its invitation is "to join a movement of social revolution to enforce its own program of reform which it deems best for the well-being of mankind." (Beware of an elite which thinks it knows best the needs of a class, a nation or mankind.) This movement which, the Qur'an calls "Hizb Allah", the Party of God, is left with no other choice except to capture State Authority. Thus Jihad will include Qital (fighting). But "war in Islam is not a casual phenomenon of violence; it is one of the phases of man's striving (Jihad) against all that is evil ... The raising of the sword is only one aspect of the all-round struggle to establish Islam in the world." "Wage war for the sake of Allah. Kill whoever denies Him." (Muhammad) "Jihad has been made obligatory (against pagans and people of the Book) on every Muslim by ....... and in His eyes avoidance of Jihad is the greatest sin."
Each Muslim should have an ambition for martyrdom, be a lover of death. (Every martyr shall have seventy deer-eyed houris as his consorts. ) "Jihad shall continue until the Day of Judgment." (Muhammad)

- S.A.A. Maududi & A.H. Siddiqi "Jihad in Islam", Lahore, 1991

I'm talking about respecting the lives and beliefs of others regardless of your own.

Do you think that Muslims are respecting the lives and beliefs of Christians when they kill and rape them?

I hope you're ready for a long day, Riker. You got a pin, and these folks are relentless. Five stars to counter the 200 one-stars coming your way.

Prayers for God's protection over His representatives in Egypt who probably just want out at this point, and for all the students and tourists caught up in this madness.

How is that bias? It is fact.

You apparently don't know anything about Islam except what you've heard on NPR or BBC.

Have you actually studied it? I have.

If someone obeys the Koran, they will kill, just as surely as someone who eats will eventually shit.

SHut up idiot.

The time of people with your attitude and understanding leading the world is quickly coming to a close.

do you think our christian nation is respecting theirs when they are fired upon with American made weapons? you are saying nothing. it's sad, but hey, it's life.

crazy shit will happen, but don't worry this will be good for all in the end, though people will most assuredly die

I hope you're ready for a long day, Riker. You got a pin, and these folks are relentless. Five stars to counter the 200 one-stars coming your way.

Prayers for God's protection over His representatives in Egypt who probably just want out at this point, and for all the students and tourists caught up in this madness.

Wow. the very first responce comes from another area of the world that kills Christians. China is working on that right now. Way to represent your country there AC.

BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)– Thousands of Chinese Christians have been killed for their faith since the year 2000
[link to chinaview.wordpress.com]

"They hung me up across an iron gate, then they yanked open the gate and my whole body lifted until my chest nearly split in two. I hung like that for four hours."
That is how Peter Xu Yongze, the founder of one of the largest religious movements in China, described his treatment during one of five jail sentences on account of his belief in Christianity.
[link to news.bbc.co.uk]

They bombed one, killing 21, on Christmas. I think they are taking advantage of the current chaos to take out as many more as possible.

I'm talking about respecting the lives and beliefs of others regardless of your own.

Do you think that Muslims are respecting the lives and beliefs of Christians when they kill and rape them?

Thanks Rev. I'm not staying here long, I have things to do and didn't expect such an onslaught of hatred in the face of the violence being done.

I should have realized how much hatred there is towards Christians and the double standards but I didn't.

I'm so freaking sick of people saying that Christians and Muslims are equally violent. Not all Muslims are violent and not all Christians are the epitome of peace....

But I am getting emails from friends with family and/or missionaries in Egypt and it is BAD for Christians in Egypt right now, worse than usual. They can't get out. As if the bombing of churches wasn't enough, now they are fearing for their lives with the Muslim uprising.

I don't care if this is a "movement of the people" if what the people want is to harm the minority!!!

Please pray for peace and protection.

Have you actually studied it? I have.

If someone obeys the Koran, they will kill, just as surely as someone who eats will eventually shit.

That's the problem, you don't think.

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I'm so freaking sick of people saying that Christians and Muslims are equally violent. Not all Muslims are violent and not all Christians are the epitome of peace....

But I am getting emails from friends with family and/or missionaries in Egypt and it is BAD for Christians in Egypt right now, worse than usual. They can't get out. As if the bombing of churches wasn't enough, now they are fearing for their lives with the Muslim uprising.

I don't care if this is a "movement of the people" if what the people want is to harm the minority!!!

EDIT TO ADD:

Please pray for peace and protection.

C'mon what about the 90,000 + Americans who will be raped this year? We wont be starting a thread for them will we?

I know why because you cant demonizer a whole group of people with that statistic.

I in no way am in favor of religion to begin with but I am all for people not dying. I hope those people get to safety soon. Humanity knows no bounds when it comes to cruelty and yes religion is a good source of goodness as well as an assload of prejudice and justifying death. I will send good thoughts towards those who need to be safe.

Ok then. Of course Jesus would want you to pray for the muslims too even if you consider them enemies.

So I was exactly right. You only defend minorities as long as they aren't Christian.

The Christian hate is so intense people have lost their common sense.

5 stars to counter the one star asshole.

I'm not talking about crime in America. I'm talking about the need for prayer for peace and protection in the Middle East.

Haha. You haven't even read the Qur'an but of course you have studied it.

I hear ya! ;)

sura 5:32

'For this cause have we prescribed to the children of Israel that whoso kills a soul, unless it be for another soul or for violence in the land, it is as though he had killed men altogether; but whoso saves one, it is as though he saved men altogether. Our apostles came to them with manifest signs; then, verily, many of them did after that commit excesses in the earth.'

Good, then I will do that. Have a good day.