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Christians Murdered in Easter terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka
At leat 150.
Hope the Muslim community come out in support of us like the West’s response to one loonies actions in NZ.
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Is that really your first thought?
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Originally Posted by
AlwaysAway2
At leat 150. Hope the Muslim community come out in support of us like the West’s response to one loonies actions in NZ.
I had no idea you were Sri Lankan.
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I’m a Christian. It is Easter. Our holiday weekend.
Not a bank holiday as the politically correct BBC insist on calling it these days.
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AlwaysAway2
Strangely yes it was.
What do you reckon the Muslims will make of our game with Liverpool?
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Originally Posted by
AlwaysAway2
I’m a Christian. It is Easter. Our holiday weekend.
Not a bank holiday as the politically correct BBC insist on calling it these days.
Yes, those naughty BBC people are the only people who call it a bank holiday, it's probably all a plan to make us turn muslim.
But not you, mate. You're much too smart to fall for that.
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Originally Posted by
lardy
Yes, those naughty BBC people are the only people who call it a bank holiday, it's probably all a plan to make us turn muslim.
But not you, mate. You're much too smart to fall for that.
😂
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AlwaysAway2
I’m a Christian.
Really? You're full of surprises. Of all the people who post on here, you're one of the last I would have had marked down as a religious type. How often do you get to church?
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AlwaysAway2
Strangely yes it was.
That is very strange indeed. My first thoughts were for the innocent people who lost their lives.
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Originally Posted by
AlwaysAway2
I’m a Christian. It is Easter. Our holiday weekend.
Not a bank holiday as the politically correct BBC insist on calling it these days.
If you're a Christian, then Easter Sunday isn't a "holiday", but a Holy Day - the most important feast day of the Christian calendar, more so than Christmas.
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If you are a Christian explain the Dinosaurs.
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insider
If you are a Christian explain the Dinosaurs.
Apparently the world was made with artificial fossils to test man's beliefs.
:hehe:
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The Lone Gunman
Really? You're full of surprises. Of all the people who post on here, you're one of the last I would have had marked down as a religious type. How often do you get to church?
I bet he never goes Plastic:hehe:
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insider
If you are a Christian explain the Dinosaurs.
Large Protestants who Henry VIII had something to do with😂😂😂
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bobh
If you're a Christian, then Easter Sunday isn't a "holiday", but a Holy Day - the most important feast day of the Christian calendar, more so than Christmas.
It's another rip off holy day that was introduced to get Pagans on board.
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Interesting and very sad to see the responses on here to over 130 Christians, who were peacefully going about their way on their most holy day, being blown up by extremists in co ordinated attacks.
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Originally Posted by
AlwaysAway2
At leat 150.
Hope the Muslim community come out in support of us like the West’s response to one loonies actions in NZ.
Must have happened not long after I was admiring the Ramadam section of delights in Tesco last night.
Wonder why outrages against Mosques, etc the media - particularly the BBC - use the word 'Muslims' frequently in their headlines and editorial. Reading the BBC leader article the world 'Christian' gets an indirect mention [via the Pope] after about 500 words.
The BBC journos must must be choking on their falafels..
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Originally Posted by
JDerrida
Interesting and very sad to see the responses on here to over 130 Christians, who were peacefully going about their way on their most holy day, being blown up by extremists in co ordinated attacks.
Indeed, there seems almost to be an air of joviality to this thread.
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I may have misread the reports (now up to 207 dead and over 450 injured) but the attacks in Sri Lanka were on churches and hotels.
Clearly Christians were one target (presumably to create inter-faith conflict and the type of international headlines generated in the last few hours - much like the thread header) but so were Sri Lankan workers (and police), holidaymakers and foreign tourists.
A wider range of victims and probably more complex motives than you suggest. A barbaric act.
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JDerrida
Interesting and very sad to see the responses on here to over 130 Christians, who were peacefully going about their way on their most holy day, being blown up by extremists in co ordinated attacks.
It's not that surprising. The OP derailed it in his second sentence. The thread was never intended to be about the victims.
It is, of course, a tragedy.
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Originally Posted by
A Quiet Monkfish
Must have happened not long after I was admiring the Ramadam section of delights in Tesco last night.
Wonder why outrages against Mosques, etc the media - particularly the BBC - use the word 'Muslims' frequently in their headlines and editorial. Reading the BBC leader article the world 'Christian' gets an indirect mention [via the Pope] after about 500 words.
The BBC journos must must be choking on their falafels..
On the BBC story I read, it mentions churches and Easter right at the start. Are you really so bothered that you need to see the word 'christian' too?
You should take it as reassurance that they assume their readers can join the dots. Maybe Christianity isn't as dead as some on here say?
By the way, it seems a bit poor for tesco to label their food section after Ramadan, which is a festival specifically about fasting. Do they really call it Ramadan delights?
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Originally Posted by
lardy
On the BBC story I read, it mentions churches and Easter right at the start. Are you really so bothered that you need to see the word 'christian' too?
You should take it as reassurance that they assume their readers can join the dots. Maybe Christianity isn't as dead as some on here say?
By the way, it seems a bit poor for tesco to label their food section after Ramadan, which is a festival specifically about fasting. Do they really call it Ramadan delights?
I used to love Ramadan.
I'm not Muslim (not anything but a complete atheist since the age of 12) but in the mid 1980s I was a Sheffield bus conductor and regularly worked with Muslim drivers. During Ramadan one of my regular drivers (Mo) was met at dusk at a bus stop by his wife and kids, and a big bag of food handed over. We would then floor it to the terminus to create a longer turn-around time and share.
Mo's wife was a fantastic cook!
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Originally Posted by
A Quiet Monkfish
Must have happened not long after I was admiring the Ramadam section of delights in Tesco last night.
Wonder why outrages against Mosques, etc the media - particularly the BBC - use the word 'Muslims' frequently in their headlines and editorial. Reading the BBC leader article the world 'Christian' gets an indirect mention [via the Pope] after about 500 words.
The BBC journos must must be choking on their falafels..
Quite often terrorist attacks are carried out in the name of Islam. Now it may not be the kind of Islam practiced by the majority of moslems but it does provide a rationale for media outlets to mention religion.
White supremacist terrorism isn't often done under the banner of Christianity. If it isn't then the religion of the attackers isn't especially relevant, although their politics obviously is.
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Originally Posted by
AlwaysAway2
I’m a Christian. It is Easter. Our holiday weekend.
Not a bank holiday as the politically correct BBC insist on calling it these days.
Well said, bro.
StT.
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Originally Posted by
JDerrida
Interesting and very sad to see the responses on here to over 130 Christians, who were peacefully going about their way on their most holy day, being blown up by extremists in co ordinated attacks.
Amen to that .
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jon1959
I used to love Ramadan.
I'm not Muslim (not anything but a complete atheist since the age of 12) but in the mid 1980s I was a Sheffield bus conductor and regularly worked with Muslim drivers. During Ramadan one of my regular drivers (Mo) was met at dusk at a bus stop by his wife and kids, and a big bag of food handed over. We would then floor it to the terminus to create a longer turn-around time and share.
Mo's wife was a fantastic cook!
Great story .
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Originally Posted by
JDerrida
Interesting and very sad to see the responses on here to over 130 Christians, who were peacefully going about their way on their most holy day, being blown up by extremists in co ordinated attacks.
Thank-you, JD, for bringing us back to the central fact of the post. The grotesque loss of life is tragic, but some feel it legitimate topic to make wisecracks about and seek to score political points before being concerned about the loss of life. Out of the heart the mouth speaks.
StT.
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Steve the Tea
Thank-you, JD, for bringing us back to the central fact of the post. The grotesque loss of life is tragic, but some feel it legitimate topic to make wisecracks about and seek to score political points before being concerned about the loss of life. Out of the heart the mouth speaks.
StT.
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Lets face it, this thread was posted with not a thought for those lives, simply as a tool to make a point. Shameful.
RIP and isn't the world a ****ed up place?
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AlwaysAway2
I’m a Christian. It is Easter. Our holiday weekend.
Not a bank holiday as the politically correct BBC insist on calling it these days.
It's also Passover. I'm not a Christian. Or a Jew. t's just a holiday to me.
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Eric Cartman
Lets face it, this thread was posted with not a thought for those lives, simply as a tool to make a point. Shameful.
RIP and isn't the world a ****ed up place?
Hear hear
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As of this morning 290 people have died as a result of yesterday's bombings in Sri Lanka - may they all rest in peace and my condolences go out to all of their families, friends and acquaintances who are left behind to cope as best as they can.
Some of the stuff in this thread marks a new low for this board.
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How can the BBC get away with describing the victims as people.
It’s just so absurd. They were Christians worshipping their God.
Why are the BBC lefties so scared of reporting the hard truth.
They want a Jihad.
We know that so why pretend it’s just a series of bombings with people killed.
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Originally Posted by
AlwaysAway2
How can the BBC get away with describing the victims as people.
It’s just so absurd. They were Christians worshipping their God.
Why are the BBC lefties so scared of reporting the hard truth.
They want a Jihad.
We know that so why pretend it’s just a series of bombings with people killed.
Oh do please **** off with your faux outrage no doubt fuelled by alcohol and your political views. Unbelievably crass and attention seeking.
Rest in peace to all the victims, what a truly horrendous day for the people in Sri Lanka.
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I’m making a valid point about journalism and if you want to ignore the observation don’t bother being abusive here.
That’s one thing I can’t be accused of.
This is a tragic event for humanity not just the Sri Lankan’s.
It’s probably the largest religious hatred killing occurrence I can recall.
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As shocking as this latest atrocity against (primarily) Christians is, for some Christians in some parts of the world to be a practicing Christian means literally put your life on the line. On average every month:
345 Christians are killed for faith-related reasons
105 Churches and Christian buildings are burned or attacked
219 Christians are detained without trial, arrested, sentenced and imprisoned
Women are the most vulnerable because in some cultures being a woman and a Christian means they face double persecution. Us Christians in the West have no idea of what persecution really means. The worst we can expect at the moment is general derision or more usually total apathy but in the future....?
(Source: Open Doors).
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Originally Posted by
AlwaysAway2
At leat 150.
Hope the Muslim community come out in support of us like the West’s response to one loonies actions in NZ.
I haven't read up on the Sri Lanka incidents, but isn't this more related to their recent civil war rather than Muslim/ Christian sectarianism, seeing as the Christians in Sri Lanka account for about 7% of the population there, and Muslims are about 10%. The rest being Hindu's (12%) and Buddhists (70%).
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Originally Posted by
AlwaysAway2
How can the BBC get away with describing the victims as people.
It’s just so absurd. They were Christians worshipping their God.
Why are the BBC lefties so scared of reporting the hard truth.
They want a Jihad.
We know that so why pretend it’s just a series of bombings with people killed.
Why are you ignoring the innocents killed in hotels?
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Originally Posted by
AlwaysAway2
At leat 150.
Hope the Muslim community come out in support of us like the West’s response to one loonies actions in NZ.
I found this in the time it took to Google "Muslim support for Sri Lanka victims"
http://aboutislam.net/muslim-issues/...lanka-victims/