Replies

The truth needs to be told. In the United States, it is in vogue to persecute only Christians, but no other group. And the persecution (while mild by international standards) is becoming more intense and widespread, and it is being led by the U.S. Government and its agencies, the Supreme Court, public schools, and the media. At some point down the road, REAL persecution is going to commence. Are you Christians out there ready to give it all up for Christ? It's a question we all need to ask ourselves.

And the persecution (while mild by international standards) is becoming more intense and widespread, and it is being led by the U.S. Government and its agencies, the Supreme Court, public schools, and the media. At some point down the road, REAL persecution is going to commence. Are you Christians out there ready to give it all up for Christ? It's a question we all need to ask ourselves.

A question we all need to ask ourselves. I have thought about this persecution and have experienced dreams of living in catacombs. The Catholic Church has been and will be persecuted.

"Are you Christians out there ready to give it all up for Christ? It's a question we all need to ask ourselves."

Well, most of us don't want to HAVE to give it all up, but if one is a true BELIEVER, it's probable that they would. The martyrs of Rome had no problem dying for their faith. It was simply what was done. Christians (and Jews) have died willingly for their faith all down through the ages.

The problem with this kind of martyrdom is that it sometimes sets up a cognitive dissonance in the persecutors and observers. To them, who don't believe (regardless of their nominal "Christianity," in such cases) the DEATH OF LIFE is the ultimate end.

For a believing Christian or Jew, death is just a door one passes through to the REAL life. Now: If there is NOTHING on the other side of death, none of these martyrs knew anything different once they were dead. BUT if there IS eternal life on the other side...