Air Force Academy creates worship area for Pagans, Druids, and Wiccans

I don't believe in pagan gods, and presumably, neither do you. Laws are not about pagan gods doing anything, laws are for people. Our constitution requires that people allow each other the right to religious freedom. The constitution does not talk about what God does, or which is the true god. Not even the American constitution does that. Then it's not freedom of religion. Why'd you bring up the Romans now again? It is religiously motivated. That doesn't make it legal under Indian law. Can you show me some sources about Indian law enforcement keeping a blind eye toward the persecution of Christians? Precisely. Just like religious persecution in India. So why is religion more free here? Religions generally have a lot in common with each other, period.Respectfully,-MeldinoorEdited by Meldinoor, : No reason given.

Yes, but in exalting virtue he is explicitly denying the right to exalt one's creed above others and requiring rendering honor to other creeds. This can only be done among followers of equal gods, but Christians do have the "arrogance" to believe we are following THE one and only God above them all, and we cannot say or do anything to imply otherwise. That always eventually puts us under persecution wherever the pagan gods are exalted. Don't think so. "One must not exalt one’s creed discrediting all others, nor must one degrade these others Without legitimate reasons. One must, on the contrary, render to other creeds the honour befitting them .The creeds, not the believers in them. Soon as a Christian dares to suggest to a follower of another creed that Jesus Christ offers him forgiveness of sin through His death on the cross, and eternal life in the presence of God, end of "religious freedom" for Christians because that's exalting one's own creed and dishonoring the other creeds.

How have I dishonored someone else's creed by telling them what I believe? Do you feel disrespected when someone tells you what they believe? Do you feel that your beliefs are belittled whenever a Jehova's Witness knocks on your door?I don't think Indian law prohibits Christians from evangelising, but if you have a source for this claim I'd be happy to look at it.Respectfully,-Meldinoor

Apparently it's mostly that the persecutions are so out of control that the government can't do much about them. Page not Found :( - Gospel for Asia But the Christians aren't getting much protection whatever the reason. The brutality is incredible. Beating, hitting with sticks, kicking in the face and body until they die. Stripping the clothes off the women and chasing them naked through the streets, kicking them in the genitals. I got some pictures of thse things from a little church in india.Sometimes when the police do intervene it's on the side of the Hindus: And in the state of Orissa where all this is going on there are laws against the Christians:

No, of course not, but historically Christians do get persecuted for doing this and it is illegal in many countries. They are certainly persecuted in strict Muslim countries, and were outlawed in the Soviet Union, in Ceaucescu's Rumania and in Mao's China. I get information about persecutions all over the world, including the jailing of Christians for evangelizing or just being pastors of churches, but I'm ashamed to say I haven't been following them enough lately. Good reminder to start reading up on it all again.Do you not know about this very common experience of Christians?I've listened to the testimony of Rumanian pastor Tson who was interrogated periodically by the police and beaten for his Christian teaching, whose hard-won library was destroyed by them on one visit to his home. I read the book by Richard Wurmbrand, Tortured for Christ, also in Rumania, who was imprisoned for fourteen years for his faith, in a tiny dark undeground cell. Watchman Nee, a Chinese pastor whose writings I love spent the last twenty years of his life in prison for his faith. There's also the book The Persecutor by a young Russian whose name I've forgotten who was a member of the KGB assigned to beat up Christians meeting secretly in each other's houses. Oh, Sergei Kourdakov, just came to me. He then became a believer based on a tiny bit of the Bible he happened to read which was enough to show him that his government was lying about what the Christians believe. He plotted for a long time how to get to Canada and finally was able to swim ashore off a Russian ship and found Christians there to teach him. The KGB caught up with him and killed him only a couple years later. Just happened to post one below -- correction, above. Edited by Faith, : No reason given.Edited by Faith, : No reason given.Edited by Faith, : No reason given.

Found some more about the laws against Christian evangelizing in India, but they are put in terms of "force, fraud or allurement" which means the charges, which are apparently numerous, are trumped up. The resource cannot be found.Edited by Faith, : to add link

Columbus's motives were entirely Christian, basically to convert the world to Christ wherever he found anyone in need of conversion. Yes he was looking for a route to India but he understood that God led him to the New World instead.http://www.shalomjerusalem.com/heritage/heritage2.html

One thing I would never -- or almost ever -- trust Wikipedia with is anything having to do with Christianity.America was not founded on Enlightenment principles in the sense you think it was, but Christian principles (which are timeless and not "pre-Enlightenment.")Theocracy is impossible in a fallen world unless you're ancient Israel and America isn't.Edited by Faith, : No reason given.

Fallen world?Sorry, you've gone off the deep end there. No such thing.That is a religious myth, and does not reflect reality in any way.You may believe it, but that doesn't make it so.And no, theocracy is not impossible. There are a lot of folks in this country who would like to impose a theocracy--it they could. They would be in charge of course.I can point you to some links if you like (tomorrow).

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Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.

The KKK isn't outlawed. They've commited illegal actions in the past and probably still do, but actual membership in the group isn't illegal.

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It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds
soon I discovered that this rock thing was true
Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil
Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet
All of a sudden i found myself in love with the world
And so there was only one thing I could do
Was ding a ding dang my dang along ling long - Jesus Built my Hotrod Ministry
Live every week like it's Shark Week! - Tracey Jordan
Just a monkey in a long line of kings. - Matthew Good
If "elitist" just means "not the dumbest motherfucker in the room", I'll be an elitist! - Get Your War On
*not an actual doctor

Actually I do. I believe they are real spiritual beings. I'm talking about the meaning of the law of freedom of religion, simply saying that it's not about honoring other religions as the quote you gave showed that religion requiring, it's about toleration of different beliefs. Answering what you said about how they didn't have a Constitution outlawing the Christian religion. And yes it's not freedom of religion but it IS what passes for freedom of religion in pagan societies, that was the point. ???? Not getting your point, sorry. Christianity is unique. ONLY the Biblical God became a man to die as a sacrifice for the sins of His people. (Yes I know there are some ridiculous pagan imitations, but none of them come close to the reality of Christ).

OK my mistake, I thought they were outlawed.

You wanted MY opinion about theocracy. My opinion is:Theocracy is impossible in a fallen world unless you're ancient Israel and America isn't.What YOU think is another subject.

That would be fine if that was as far as it went. If I say I disagree then drop it don't push the issue. My beliefs aren't wrong, if they were I wouldn't have them. Just because you feel that your beliefs aren't wrong doesn't make it so. You think your beliefs are correct, I think mine are correct so drop the issue, but most of those trying to "evangelize" won't drop the issue when I say I don't agree.

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There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969Since Evolution is only ~90% correct it should be thrown out and replaced by Creation which has even a lower % of correctness. W T Young, 2008

Well it appears that people like Palin, Huckabee, Dobson, Beck and Limbaugh would welcome a theocracy so thay could force their rightwing fascist christian values on the rest of us.

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There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969Since Evolution is only ~90% correct it should be thrown out and replaced by Creation which has even a lower % of correctness. W T Young, 2008