Christian Pakistani teen escapes death

Worldnetdaily ^ | 8-30-2006 | Worldnetdaily

[JesusBmyGod]

A Pakistani teen who embraced Christianity has escaped death at the hands of her family, who unsuccessfully demanded she recant her faith, an international ministry group says.

Voice of the Martyrs said the girl, identified only as Diana, now is in hiding for her life.

She grew up in a strict Islamic family in Pakistan, the group said, and her life was "typical" until she met a girl named Mary who was a Christian, and Diana decided to embrace the faith.

"When Diana's family learned that she had become a Christian, they repeatedly beat her and insisted she return to Islam," the organization, which ministers to the persecuted Christian church worldwide, said.

"But Diana refused. She was then forced to a local canal where her uncle put a pistol to her head and gave her one last chance to return to Islam. Diana replied, 'You can kill me if you want. I will not leave Christ,'" VOM confirmed.

"It was then," VOM said, "that Diana's uncle noticed an extremely poisonous black cobra swimming in the canal. Believing he could escape any prosecution for his niece's death, he threw her into the path of the cobra."

Miraculously, Diana, who could not swim, escaped and went into hiding, VOM said.

"She recently told Voice of the Martyrs, 'Jesus was crucified for us. Can we not endure some of the same for Him?"

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

compare and contrast...to the Fox journalists who "converted" at the threat of death.

I wonder if Centanni and Wiig have thought this through completely. Since they are now "Moslems" if they denounce that faith in favor of any other, they would be considered "apostate" by true Moslems and thus subject to a death sentence. There are no mulligans for them now.

Regards,
GtG

[Paved Paradise]

Absolutely! I honestly don't think I'd be brave enough if I thought I'd be beheaded, tortured, whatever. Besides, the truth is, I could say words that would have no meaning, which is why the Bible talks about us uttering the words but that we must believe in our heart. Thankfully, God sees/hears both, unlike mortal man.

[Paved Paradise]

Or.... couldn't resist - my shack, your shack, or a bungalow.

[pray4liberty]

Diana's uncle noticed an extremely poisonous black cobra swimming in the canal. Believing he could escape any prosecution for his niece's death, he threw her into the path of the cobra.....

What a coward, to have a cobra do his dirty work for him. That's pretty symbolic. Praise to the Lord for protecting her, may He continue to do so and provide the means for her escape. Thank you God! Amen!