Christian believers executed in North Korea
Refusal to worship Kim Jong-il, being caught worshiping God brings harsh penalty
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Posted: January 21, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Michael Ireland
© 2007 Assist News Service
Reports about four Christians being executed for their faith in North Korea are circulating in the Christian media.
According to Mark Kelly of Baptist Press: "The Democratic People's Republic of North Korea is well-known as a country where Christians are persecuted for their faith. Because the government there keeps a tight lid on communication, however, only rarely does specific information leak out."
Quoting the World Bible Translation Center's Gary Bishop in a conversation with Mission Network News, Kelly reports that one man who worked as an evangelist was executed after being caught with two Korean New Testaments in his possession.
Bishop says North Korean Christians are becoming increasingly uneasy about possessing a Bible.
He said: "A man that's known to be an evangelist. He's probably not an evangelist to anyone other than his family members, but he was caught with two of our Korean New Testaments in his possession and he was executed for that."
Kelly writes that Bishop also told Mission Network News: "A woman and her grandmother were washing clothes when a New Testament fell out of the woman's clothing. Somebody reported it, and both she and her grandmother were quickly executed. And an army general who had become a believer was caught evangelizing men in his unit and was executed by a fellow officer."
Kelly says Bishop told MNN that despite the oppression – or perhaps because of it – God seems to be working.
Bishop said: "In response to a very, very oppressive government (and) human injustices, people are looking for an answer other than their own government. And, I believe that's awakening the resilience of believers in North Korea to say, 'We have another answer. There is another way to believe.'"
MNN reports that thousands of North Korean Christians have been killed for their faith. Many more are in work camps.
According to Bishop, there's no sign of the persecution easing any. "What you have is a leader who is proclaiming himself to be god. It's prescribed that they daily worship him. And, refusal to do that and being caught worshiping God just brings that kind of governmental response. And, as best we can tell, the tempo of that is not lessening."
Bishop says it's obvious what that increasing pressure on Christians is doing to Bible smuggling. "It becomes more and more difficult to get a person to risk their life to carry those in to North Korea." With rivers frozen, it's a prefect time to smuggle Bibles into the country.
While persecution continues, World Bible Translation Center has no intention of stopping the flow of Bibles into the country. "We do need to begin reprinting and get text ready as God enables people to take those in."
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Sunday, January 21, 2007
Iran Plans 3 Days of Missile War Games
Iran Plans 3 Days of Missile War Games
Jan 21 1:30 PM US/Eastern
By NASSER KARIMI
Associated Press Writer
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran plans three days of military maneuvers, including short-range missile tests, beginning Sunday _ its first since the U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions against it in late December, state-run television said.
"The elite Revolutionary Guards plans to begin a three-day missile maneuver on Sunday near Garmsar city," said the broadcast. The city is located in northern Iran on the edge of Kavir desert, about 60 miles southeast of Tehran.
"Zalzal and Fajr-5 missiles will be test fired in the war game," the television quoted an unnamed commander of the guards, as saying. Both are considered short-range missiles.
Iran conducted three large-scale military exercises last year as tensions with the West and the United States rose.
In November, for example, it test-fired dozens of missiles, including the Shahab-3 that can reach Israel, in military maneuvers that it said were aimed at putting a stop to the role of world powers in the Persian Gulf region.
Sunday's maneuvers are to be the first by Iran since the U.N. Security Council imposed limited sanctions on the country on Dec. 23, banning selling materials and technology that could be used in Iran's nuclear and missile programs and freezing assets abroad of 10 Iranian companies and individuals.
Iran regularly holds large maneuvers, often using them to test weapons developed by its arms industry.
The latest Iranian maneuvers also come just days after the U.S. announced it would deploy a second aircraft carrier to the Gulf, the USS Stennis.
That appeared to have alarmed some in Iran's hard-line leadership. A prominent member of a powerful cleric-run body this week warned that the U.S. plans to attack Iran in the coming months, possibly by striking its nuclear facilities.
The United States has said it is focusing on diplomacy but will not rule out other options.
Washington has accused Iran of backing militants fueling Iraq's violence and has tried to rally its Arab allies in isolating Tehran.
Last year, Iran held three large-scale military exercises. In April, Iran tested what it called an "ultra-horizon" missile, fired from helicopters and jet fighters, and the Fajr-3 missile, which can reportedly evade radar and use multiple warheads to hit several targets simultaneously.
While U.S. officials have suggested that Iran is exaggerating the capabilities of its newly developed weapons, Washington and its allies have been watching the country's progress in missile technology with concern.
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Jan 21 1:30 PM US/Eastern
By NASSER KARIMI
Associated Press Writer
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran plans three days of military maneuvers, including short-range missile tests, beginning Sunday _ its first since the U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions against it in late December, state-run television said.
"The elite Revolutionary Guards plans to begin a three-day missile maneuver on Sunday near Garmsar city," said the broadcast. The city is located in northern Iran on the edge of Kavir desert, about 60 miles southeast of Tehran.
"Zalzal and Fajr-5 missiles will be test fired in the war game," the television quoted an unnamed commander of the guards, as saying. Both are considered short-range missiles.
Iran conducted three large-scale military exercises last year as tensions with the West and the United States rose.
In November, for example, it test-fired dozens of missiles, including the Shahab-3 that can reach Israel, in military maneuvers that it said were aimed at putting a stop to the role of world powers in the Persian Gulf region.
Sunday's maneuvers are to be the first by Iran since the U.N. Security Council imposed limited sanctions on the country on Dec. 23, banning selling materials and technology that could be used in Iran's nuclear and missile programs and freezing assets abroad of 10 Iranian companies and individuals.
Iran regularly holds large maneuvers, often using them to test weapons developed by its arms industry.
The latest Iranian maneuvers also come just days after the U.S. announced it would deploy a second aircraft carrier to the Gulf, the USS Stennis.
That appeared to have alarmed some in Iran's hard-line leadership. A prominent member of a powerful cleric-run body this week warned that the U.S. plans to attack Iran in the coming months, possibly by striking its nuclear facilities.
The United States has said it is focusing on diplomacy but will not rule out other options.
Washington has accused Iran of backing militants fueling Iraq's violence and has tried to rally its Arab allies in isolating Tehran.
Last year, Iran held three large-scale military exercises. In April, Iran tested what it called an "ultra-horizon" missile, fired from helicopters and jet fighters, and the Fajr-3 missile, which can reportedly evade radar and use multiple warheads to hit several targets simultaneously.
While U.S. officials have suggested that Iran is exaggerating the capabilities of its newly developed weapons, Washington and its allies have been watching the country's progress in missile technology with concern.
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Mom, meet your (unborn) child!
Mom, meet your (unborn) child!
Pregnancy centers use ultrasounds to give women opportunity to bond
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Posted: January 21, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Bob Unruh
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Pro-life advocates are adopting a new tactic to reduce the demand for abortion, and it has proven so successful it already is being credited with saving tens of thousands of lives: They just introduce the mother to her child.
They do it with an ultrasound machine, which can provide a real-time video image of the unborn child throughout the pregnancy, and the simple medical procedure could reduce the demand by mothers for abortion to a fraction of its current level, according to Kim Conroy, director of sanctity of human life issues for the Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family.
That group about three years ago launched its national Option Ultrasound program which helps provide the expensive machines to pregnancy centers, helps train people to accurately run the procedures, and helps advance the status of the centers from counseling offices to medical clinics.
The first goal of the ultrasound is to confirm a pregnancy, something abortion clinics use the same technology to reveal (although standard abortion clinic policy is to prevent the mother from seeing the image under any circumstance), but then something else happens in a pregnancy crisis center.
"In the course of that, this miraculous thing that happens is this woman comes face to face with her unborn child," Conroy told WND. "Before it was theoretical information, but now it's 'This is not a blob of tissue, it's not some undefined mass,'" she said. "We want women to have all the facts that they need to make a good healthy decision for themselves and their baby.
"We have had incredible results reported back, both anecdotally, where centers have told us 'We have had this most phenomenal experience,' and statistically," Conroy said. "Eighty-seven percent of the women who are at risk for abortion who undergo both counseling within the centers and ultrasounds are changing their minds and making a statement of their intention to carry their babies."
"This is just a huge response," she said. "We're projecting that up to this date, 31,000 babies may have received life because of these centers' intervention."
And that's with 281 ultrasound units installed through the program so far. The program's goal is to have 650 operating by the year 2010.
"Women deserve factual information regarding their pregnancy. There are significant health risks with abortion, and at the very least they have a right to know the truth regarding this risky procedure from professionals who will not benefit financially from their decision. They also need to know there are positive alternatives for them and their babies," Conroy said
"Women have been fed a lie by abortionists," she said. "Those who are considering an abortion need to know the emotional and physical toll this procedure could have on them – and they deserve the chance to see their baby face to face before they make this life-changing decision."
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Pregnancy centers use ultrasounds to give women opportunity to bond
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Posted: January 21, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Bob Unruh
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Pro-life advocates are adopting a new tactic to reduce the demand for abortion, and it has proven so successful it already is being credited with saving tens of thousands of lives: They just introduce the mother to her child.
They do it with an ultrasound machine, which can provide a real-time video image of the unborn child throughout the pregnancy, and the simple medical procedure could reduce the demand by mothers for abortion to a fraction of its current level, according to Kim Conroy, director of sanctity of human life issues for the Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family.
That group about three years ago launched its national Option Ultrasound program which helps provide the expensive machines to pregnancy centers, helps train people to accurately run the procedures, and helps advance the status of the centers from counseling offices to medical clinics.
The first goal of the ultrasound is to confirm a pregnancy, something abortion clinics use the same technology to reveal (although standard abortion clinic policy is to prevent the mother from seeing the image under any circumstance), but then something else happens in a pregnancy crisis center.
"In the course of that, this miraculous thing that happens is this woman comes face to face with her unborn child," Conroy told WND. "Before it was theoretical information, but now it's 'This is not a blob of tissue, it's not some undefined mass,'" she said. "We want women to have all the facts that they need to make a good healthy decision for themselves and their baby.
"We have had incredible results reported back, both anecdotally, where centers have told us 'We have had this most phenomenal experience,' and statistically," Conroy said. "Eighty-seven percent of the women who are at risk for abortion who undergo both counseling within the centers and ultrasounds are changing their minds and making a statement of their intention to carry their babies."
"This is just a huge response," she said. "We're projecting that up to this date, 31,000 babies may have received life because of these centers' intervention."
And that's with 281 ultrasound units installed through the program so far. The program's goal is to have 650 operating by the year 2010.
"Women deserve factual information regarding their pregnancy. There are significant health risks with abortion, and at the very least they have a right to know the truth regarding this risky procedure from professionals who will not benefit financially from their decision. They also need to know there are positive alternatives for them and their babies," Conroy said
"Women have been fed a lie by abortionists," she said. "Those who are considering an abortion need to know the emotional and physical toll this procedure could have on them – and they deserve the chance to see their baby face to face before they make this life-changing decision."
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Planned Parenthood access to public purse in jeopardy
Planned Parenthood access to public purse in jeopardy
Rapists protected when rules ignored –
grounds for clinics to lose Title X money
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Posted: January 21, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Bob Unruh
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Al Capone, one of the biggest influences in the annals of American crime, was brought down by the paperwork requirements of the federal tax system. Now pro-life activists believe the nation's abortion industry could face a similar collapse, all because of the paper trail that they believe shows the industry has failed to follow the rules and file the proper reports.
"It's a simple audit function," Mark Crutcher, the chief of Life Dynamics, told WND. "All you have to do is go into a state … and look at Title X applications and service reports. Look for all the girls they provided treatment to – pregnancy tests, STD treatments, abortion or birth control. If they provided one of those services to a girl beneath the state's age of consent, that triggers a report."
"Then go to the … Department of Child Protective services (and look at reports). If those numbers don't match, you've got a violation," he said.
He said his research shows that the abortion industry "services" provided to underage girls across the nation outnumber the "reports" of suspicion of assault on a child by 11-1 – under the best of circumstances. "And most reports are not by providers; they're made by pediatricians and emergency room physicians," he said.
So what's the big deal with the numbers aligning – or not? Money, money and more money. Millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars. And the Title X funding mechanism for the nation's abortion industry that requires industry members to follow state laws, including those pesky reporting requirements – or lose the money.
Crutcher, in a Life Dynamics report, said the information about the reports comes from government sources, medical journals, independent researchers and the abortion industry itself.
"The fact that these family planning facilities are in clear violation of child abuse or statutory rape reporting requirements creates an environment for us to demand that their funding be immediately cut off," Crutcher said. "Given their heavy reliance on state and federal tax dollars, losing that money would be nothing less than a financial catastrophe for these organizations.
"Better yet, their failure to adhere to state and federal law means that funds allocated in past years were obtained fraudulently. Because of that, we may be able to force a return of those funds. Needless to say that could literally cripple the entire abortion industry," he concluded.
That means, according to Crutcher and Troy Newman of Operation Rescue, if the report numbers don't line up, the abortion industry could be liable to return hundreds of millions of dollars in past and current payments.
"In all 50 states, sexual activity with underage children is illegal. Also, every state mandates that if a healthcare worker has reason to suspect that an underage girl is being sexually abused, they are required by law to report that information to a designated law enforcement or child protective services agency. That agency is then responsible to investigate the possibility that the child may be the victim of sexual abuse or statutory rape," according to Life Dynamics.
A pregnancy in an underage girl is evidence of sexual abuse, and "any healthcare worker who has contact with a pregnant underage girl has an obligation to initiate a report to the state," the report said.
Abortion industry lawyers repeatedly have claimed that their clients follow the law, including a special case in Kansas recently where a local prosecutor held a news conference to say late-term abortionist George Tiller had followed those reporting requirements, even though a case that had been brought against him didn't make that accusation.
Government budgets show that in 2004 alone U.S. taxpayers allocated more than $280 million for birth control functions, focusing mostly on abortion services, including an estimate of between $50 million and $60 million just for Planned Parenthood, the industry's biggest chain of businesses.
"If you're not following state law, you're not entitled to Title X funds," Newman told WND. "As soon as you defund abortion clinics, they dry up and blow away."
The U.S. "is funding the nation's largest perpetrators of child-murder-by-abortion, Planned Parenthood (report murdering over 200,000 unborn children annually by surgical abortion alone), through both Medicaid (Title XIX) and Title X, with over $50 million per year through each program," said Steve Lefemine, who was the Constitution Party's candidate for Congress in South Carolina's 2nd District.
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Rapists protected when rules ignored –
grounds for clinics to lose Title X money
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Posted: January 21, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Bob Unruh
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Al Capone, one of the biggest influences in the annals of American crime, was brought down by the paperwork requirements of the federal tax system. Now pro-life activists believe the nation's abortion industry could face a similar collapse, all because of the paper trail that they believe shows the industry has failed to follow the rules and file the proper reports.
"It's a simple audit function," Mark Crutcher, the chief of Life Dynamics, told WND. "All you have to do is go into a state … and look at Title X applications and service reports. Look for all the girls they provided treatment to – pregnancy tests, STD treatments, abortion or birth control. If they provided one of those services to a girl beneath the state's age of consent, that triggers a report."
"Then go to the … Department of Child Protective services (and look at reports). If those numbers don't match, you've got a violation," he said.
He said his research shows that the abortion industry "services" provided to underage girls across the nation outnumber the "reports" of suspicion of assault on a child by 11-1 – under the best of circumstances. "And most reports are not by providers; they're made by pediatricians and emergency room physicians," he said.
So what's the big deal with the numbers aligning – or not? Money, money and more money. Millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars. And the Title X funding mechanism for the nation's abortion industry that requires industry members to follow state laws, including those pesky reporting requirements – or lose the money.
Crutcher, in a Life Dynamics report, said the information about the reports comes from government sources, medical journals, independent researchers and the abortion industry itself.
"The fact that these family planning facilities are in clear violation of child abuse or statutory rape reporting requirements creates an environment for us to demand that their funding be immediately cut off," Crutcher said. "Given their heavy reliance on state and federal tax dollars, losing that money would be nothing less than a financial catastrophe for these organizations.
"Better yet, their failure to adhere to state and federal law means that funds allocated in past years were obtained fraudulently. Because of that, we may be able to force a return of those funds. Needless to say that could literally cripple the entire abortion industry," he concluded.
That means, according to Crutcher and Troy Newman of Operation Rescue, if the report numbers don't line up, the abortion industry could be liable to return hundreds of millions of dollars in past and current payments.
"In all 50 states, sexual activity with underage children is illegal. Also, every state mandates that if a healthcare worker has reason to suspect that an underage girl is being sexually abused, they are required by law to report that information to a designated law enforcement or child protective services agency. That agency is then responsible to investigate the possibility that the child may be the victim of sexual abuse or statutory rape," according to Life Dynamics.
A pregnancy in an underage girl is evidence of sexual abuse, and "any healthcare worker who has contact with a pregnant underage girl has an obligation to initiate a report to the state," the report said.
Abortion industry lawyers repeatedly have claimed that their clients follow the law, including a special case in Kansas recently where a local prosecutor held a news conference to say late-term abortionist George Tiller had followed those reporting requirements, even though a case that had been brought against him didn't make that accusation.
Government budgets show that in 2004 alone U.S. taxpayers allocated more than $280 million for birth control functions, focusing mostly on abortion services, including an estimate of between $50 million and $60 million just for Planned Parenthood, the industry's biggest chain of businesses.
"If you're not following state law, you're not entitled to Title X funds," Newman told WND. "As soon as you defund abortion clinics, they dry up and blow away."
The U.S. "is funding the nation's largest perpetrators of child-murder-by-abortion, Planned Parenthood (report murdering over 200,000 unborn children annually by surgical abortion alone), through both Medicaid (Title XIX) and Title X, with over $50 million per year through each program," said Steve Lefemine, who was the Constitution Party's candidate for Congress in South Carolina's 2nd District.
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Exodus Int'l says 'hate crimes' bill a threat to religious speech
By Jim Brown and Jody Brown
OneNewsNow.com
The largest Christian referral network dealing with homosexual issues is voicing opposition to a federal "hate crimes" bill introduced in the House. The legislation, says Exodus International, threatens religious freedom.
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The bill introduced by Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas earlier this month would create additional penalties for felonies committed because of the victims' "perceived or actual" identity, such as sexual orientation, gender, or disability. It expands the scope of current federal hate crime law -- which addresses crimes that prevent an individual from engaging in federally protected rights (voting, for example) -- to include any violent crime, regardless whether it affects the victim's ability to exercise a federally protected right.
In a CNSNews.com report, a spokesman for the National Prayer Network describes the bill as "the most dangerous legislation ever to come before Congress" that "sets us on a slippery slope" toward limiting speech that is offensive to the protected groups.
Randy Thomas, executive vice president of Exodus International, agrees. He says the bill would jeopardize his group's ability to express its opinions on homosexuality from a biblical viewpoint, and to spread the message that there is freedom from homosexuality through Christ.
"In America, in this day and age, where [we have] freedom and speech and freedom of religion -- as well as freedom of assembly -- we have the right to have our support group meetings; we have the right to express our opinions that people can and do overcome homosexuality," says the Exodus spokesman. "If those are deemed criminal, they could close down our groups."
In 2004, for example, 11 volunteers with the Christian ministry Repent America were arrested and jailed for preaching the gospel at a homosexual pride event in Philadelphia. The Exodus International website also notes other examples from around the world where hate crime law has been used to punish, fine, and even imprison pastors for speaking out against "protected" persons or quoting Scripture verses about homosexuality.
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The largest Christian referral network dealing with homosexual issues is voicing opposition to a federal "hate crimes" bill introduced in the House. The legislation, says Exodus International, threatens religious freedom.
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The bill introduced by Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas earlier this month would create additional penalties for felonies committed because of the victims' "perceived or actual" identity, such as sexual orientation, gender, or disability. It expands the scope of current federal hate crime law -- which addresses crimes that prevent an individual from engaging in federally protected rights (voting, for example) -- to include any violent crime, regardless whether it affects the victim's ability to exercise a federally protected right.
In a CNSNews.com report, a spokesman for the National Prayer Network describes the bill as "the most dangerous legislation ever to come before Congress" that "sets us on a slippery slope" toward limiting speech that is offensive to the protected groups.
Randy Thomas, executive vice president of Exodus International, agrees. He says the bill would jeopardize his group's ability to express its opinions on homosexuality from a biblical viewpoint, and to spread the message that there is freedom from homosexuality through Christ.
"In America, in this day and age, where [we have] freedom and speech and freedom of religion -- as well as freedom of assembly -- we have the right to have our support group meetings; we have the right to express our opinions that people can and do overcome homosexuality," says the Exodus spokesman. "If those are deemed criminal, they could close down our groups."
In 2004, for example, 11 volunteers with the Christian ministry Repent America were arrested and jailed for preaching the gospel at a homosexual pride event in Philadelphia. The Exodus International website also notes other examples from around the world where hate crime law has been used to punish, fine, and even imprison pastors for speaking out against "protected" persons or quoting Scripture verses about homosexuality.
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VOM initiative getting Bibles into hostile lands, hungry hands
By Allie Martin
OneNewsNow.com
Voice of the Martyrs is making it possible for American Christians -- without leaving their homes -- to get the Word of God into the hands of fellow believers in persecuted nations. Just a few "mouse clicks" and a few dollars a month make it all possible.
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For nearly a year now, Voice of the Martyrs has made it possible for Christians to get Bibles to other nations through its "Bibles Unbound" program. Those who take part receive five or more New Testaments each month, along with the addresses of Christians in other countries who are in need of Bibles. Supporters can participate in an "operation" in one of four countries where believers are gathering names and addresses from their community.
VOM spokesman Todd Nettleton says the initiative makes it easy to get God's Word into the hands of believers in persecuted countries -- and the program appears to be achieving its objective.
"As of right now, we've mailed over a 100,000 New Testaments into restricted nations like China, like Egypt, like Columbia and Indonesia," says Nettleton. "At this point, we have more than 17,000 New Testaments being mailed every single month."
For a monthly donation of $30, Bibles Unbound sends participants five New Testaments each month, along with everything needed for getting the Word to Christians in persecuted nations. "The Voice of the Martyrs provides the New Testaments, the envelopes, the shipping labels -- and all the postage [for mailing to the restricted nation] is included," he explains. The packages prepared by the donors are then returned to a "re-mail" center for transport to their final destination.
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Voice of the Martyrs is making it possible for American Christians -- without leaving their homes -- to get the Word of God into the hands of fellow believers in persecuted nations. Just a few "mouse clicks" and a few dollars a month make it all possible.
Hear This Report
For nearly a year now, Voice of the Martyrs has made it possible for Christians to get Bibles to other nations through its "Bibles Unbound" program. Those who take part receive five or more New Testaments each month, along with the addresses of Christians in other countries who are in need of Bibles. Supporters can participate in an "operation" in one of four countries where believers are gathering names and addresses from their community.
VOM spokesman Todd Nettleton says the initiative makes it easy to get God's Word into the hands of believers in persecuted countries -- and the program appears to be achieving its objective.
"As of right now, we've mailed over a 100,000 New Testaments into restricted nations like China, like Egypt, like Columbia and Indonesia," says Nettleton. "At this point, we have more than 17,000 New Testaments being mailed every single month."
For a monthly donation of $30, Bibles Unbound sends participants five New Testaments each month, along with everything needed for getting the Word to Christians in persecuted nations. "The Voice of the Martyrs provides the New Testaments, the envelopes, the shipping labels -- and all the postage [for mailing to the restricted nation] is included," he explains. The packages prepared by the donors are then returned to a "re-mail" center for transport to their final destination.
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Unequally Yoked, but Already Married?
Semper Reformanda
By: Pastor Gary Fox
How does a Christian woman handle a situation wherein her husband is not a believer, does not know God and because of that is unable to pray? Or what does a women do if her husband has backslidden away from the Lord and is not serving Him? Thirdly, is a Christian women expected to submit to her husband if he is an irresponsible, foolish, man? We have already explained that wives are not commanded to or expected to submit to abuse. So, for the purposes of this article we are going to work with the assumption that physical and emotional abuse is not in the equation.
First, what if a women’s husband is not saved? Well, Saint Peter the Apostle gave fairly straight forward instruction, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit in his first general epistle to the Church. “Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.” 1 Peter 3:1-2 niv. The Bible is filled with examples of God leading unbelievers to accomplish his will. Look at the brothers of Joseph, they were not aware of it, but God was using them to accomplish His will. Judas Iscariot is another example. So also would be Pontius Pilate. We could go on and on about how God uses even the unbeliever to accomplish his will. So the logic that: 1. my husband is not a believer, therefore 2. he can not hear from God, therefore 3. I do not need to submit to him because he can not hear from God, is a faulty line of reasoning. Unbelievers can be and are led by God without their knowledge…a mystery of His sovereign rule of His universe…a topic for another day! Saint Peter plainly commands the wives within the Church to be submissive (which is not an action but a “heart condition”) to their unbelieving husbands. Even while their husbands are not believers they as wives must trust that God will protect them and will guide their husbands in the leading of the family. And that is what this entire issue boils down to anyway, trust…not in a husband…but in God. Saint Peter then explains that God might use the testimony of a Godly, loving and submissive wife in the life of her husband as a means to draw him to faith. Of course, Saint Peters line of reasoning is flawless…why would any man submit to Christ if his own wife who claims to submit to Christ is confrontational, argumentative, sarcastic, manipulative, inflexible, cold, irreverent and unsubmissive to him as he leads the family?
The same line of reasoning ought to be used with a backslidden husband.
What of the women who is married to a fool? How do we advice the women who is married to an irresponsible or lazy man? I know a situation wherein a woman was married to the same man for over thirty five years…and the man had many more jobs than they had years of marriage. In the five or six years I knew the couple the man had about ten jobs or more. Each time he was fired or let go it would take him two or three weeks to get a new job…and then a week or two before his first pay check. So once or twice a year he would go a month or so with no income. They went bankrupt more than once during that time…twice in about six years…and then lost their home to foreclosure. You see, not only was the man not able to hold down a job (something that was always a problem for the first thirty years of their marriage. It suddenly became an epidemic the last five or six years of the marriage) but he also enjoyed spending money…especially at random times for random things…which kept his wife in a constant state of fear and anxiety. It led as I said to ruin. What was this woman to do? Their children were all grown. He was active in the church. He was not a carouser. He was not an adulterer. He was not a drunkard or gambler. He did not beat his wife and I don’t think he was particularly mean or disrespectful in the way he spoke with her, I’m sure all husbands and wives are short and disrespectful at times, but I don’t think that issue was a stand out defect in him. He was just so foolish that he wrecked the financial stability of their home.
She divorced him. I was against it…I saw it as a desperate move by a desperate women, decisions like that ought not be made while in desperation. But she would not listen to me, she divorced him.
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By: Pastor Gary Fox
How does a Christian woman handle a situation wherein her husband is not a believer, does not know God and because of that is unable to pray? Or what does a women do if her husband has backslidden away from the Lord and is not serving Him? Thirdly, is a Christian women expected to submit to her husband if he is an irresponsible, foolish, man? We have already explained that wives are not commanded to or expected to submit to abuse. So, for the purposes of this article we are going to work with the assumption that physical and emotional abuse is not in the equation.
First, what if a women’s husband is not saved? Well, Saint Peter the Apostle gave fairly straight forward instruction, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit in his first general epistle to the Church. “Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.” 1 Peter 3:1-2 niv. The Bible is filled with examples of God leading unbelievers to accomplish his will. Look at the brothers of Joseph, they were not aware of it, but God was using them to accomplish His will. Judas Iscariot is another example. So also would be Pontius Pilate. We could go on and on about how God uses even the unbeliever to accomplish his will. So the logic that: 1. my husband is not a believer, therefore 2. he can not hear from God, therefore 3. I do not need to submit to him because he can not hear from God, is a faulty line of reasoning. Unbelievers can be and are led by God without their knowledge…a mystery of His sovereign rule of His universe…a topic for another day! Saint Peter plainly commands the wives within the Church to be submissive (which is not an action but a “heart condition”) to their unbelieving husbands. Even while their husbands are not believers they as wives must trust that God will protect them and will guide their husbands in the leading of the family. And that is what this entire issue boils down to anyway, trust…not in a husband…but in God. Saint Peter then explains that God might use the testimony of a Godly, loving and submissive wife in the life of her husband as a means to draw him to faith. Of course, Saint Peters line of reasoning is flawless…why would any man submit to Christ if his own wife who claims to submit to Christ is confrontational, argumentative, sarcastic, manipulative, inflexible, cold, irreverent and unsubmissive to him as he leads the family?
The same line of reasoning ought to be used with a backslidden husband.
What of the women who is married to a fool? How do we advice the women who is married to an irresponsible or lazy man? I know a situation wherein a woman was married to the same man for over thirty five years…and the man had many more jobs than they had years of marriage. In the five or six years I knew the couple the man had about ten jobs or more. Each time he was fired or let go it would take him two or three weeks to get a new job…and then a week or two before his first pay check. So once or twice a year he would go a month or so with no income. They went bankrupt more than once during that time…twice in about six years…and then lost their home to foreclosure. You see, not only was the man not able to hold down a job (something that was always a problem for the first thirty years of their marriage. It suddenly became an epidemic the last five or six years of the marriage) but he also enjoyed spending money…especially at random times for random things…which kept his wife in a constant state of fear and anxiety. It led as I said to ruin. What was this woman to do? Their children were all grown. He was active in the church. He was not a carouser. He was not an adulterer. He was not a drunkard or gambler. He did not beat his wife and I don’t think he was particularly mean or disrespectful in the way he spoke with her, I’m sure all husbands and wives are short and disrespectful at times, but I don’t think that issue was a stand out defect in him. He was just so foolish that he wrecked the financial stability of their home.
She divorced him. I was against it…I saw it as a desperate move by a desperate women, decisions like that ought not be made while in desperation. But she would not listen to me, she divorced him.
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Media watchdog says 'Wife Swap' insulted Christians
By Ed Thomas
OneNewsNow.com
The President of the Michigan-based American Decency Association (ADA) says despite the appearance of good intentions in including a Christian family on the popular ABC program Wife Swap, network television once again took the opportunity to try to cast a negative light on Christians and their belief system.
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Christians should not be fooled by the notion that the January 8 episode of Wife Swap presented an opposing but equally respectful view of wives from Christian and atheist families, and their beliefs, the ADA's Bill Johnson warns. He says the show, which "swapped" mothers between the believing and atheist families, portrayed the Christian mom as oppressive and narrow-minded and the atheist mom as normal, rational, and open-minded.
Despite some letters the ADA received from Christians who saw positives about their beliefs on the show, Johnson feels more mockery than respect for those beliefs was depicted. "For every positive portrayal of Christianity there were many negative misrepresentations of our faith," he says. "For every time the Bible was referred to as God's word, it was shown being beaten on, thrown in the trash, and mocked."
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The President of the Michigan-based American Decency Association (ADA) says despite the appearance of good intentions in including a Christian family on the popular ABC program Wife Swap, network television once again took the opportunity to try to cast a negative light on Christians and their belief system.
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Christians should not be fooled by the notion that the January 8 episode of Wife Swap presented an opposing but equally respectful view of wives from Christian and atheist families, and their beliefs, the ADA's Bill Johnson warns. He says the show, which "swapped" mothers between the believing and atheist families, portrayed the Christian mom as oppressive and narrow-minded and the atheist mom as normal, rational, and open-minded.
Despite some letters the ADA received from Christians who saw positives about their beliefs on the show, Johnson feels more mockery than respect for those beliefs was depicted. "For every positive portrayal of Christianity there were many negative misrepresentations of our faith," he says. "For every time the Bible was referred to as God's word, it was shown being beaten on, thrown in the trash, and mocked."
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Pro-Israel ministry objects to Muslim named Ambassador to UN
By Chad Groening
OneNewsNow.com
Pro-Israel activist Jan Markell says she cannot understand why there is has been virtually no coverage of President Bush's recent announcement that he is appointing a Muslim to the be the next U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
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Markell, founder and director of Olive Tree Ministries, says she had to scour the Internet to learn anything about the man Bush is entrusting with one of the most important diplomatic jobs in the U.S. -- Zalmay Khalilzad, a native of Afghanistan who previously served as America's ambassador to Iraq.
"What it always goes back to is who do we trust in the Islamic world," the ministry leader contends. "How do we know that they will put the American flag and the U.S. Constitution ahead of the Koran?" By definition, she asserts, a true believer in Islam "cannot put national self-interest above the duty of the worldwide cause of Islam and remain faithful to the Koran. If one is a good Muslim, one cannot represent interests contrary to the interests of worldwide Islam."
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Pro-Israel activist Jan Markell says she cannot understand why there is has been virtually no coverage of President Bush's recent announcement that he is appointing a Muslim to the be the next U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
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Markell, founder and director of Olive Tree Ministries, says she had to scour the Internet to learn anything about the man Bush is entrusting with one of the most important diplomatic jobs in the U.S. -- Zalmay Khalilzad, a native of Afghanistan who previously served as America's ambassador to Iraq.
"What it always goes back to is who do we trust in the Islamic world," the ministry leader contends. "How do we know that they will put the American flag and the U.S. Constitution ahead of the Koran?" By definition, she asserts, a true believer in Islam "cannot put national self-interest above the duty of the worldwide cause of Islam and remain faithful to the Koran. If one is a good Muslim, one cannot represent interests contrary to the interests of worldwide Islam."
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EDITORIAL: Choosing life is the right choice
EDITORIAL: Choosing life is the right choice
By Will Hall
Baptist Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Take a good look at Jacob Barker Hall. Whether in person or by photo it’s hard not to see his bright eyes and engaging smile and not know the joy and the zest that define this 9-year-old’s life. His speech and his physical awkwardness give glimpses of his Down Syndrome, but any signs of motor or mental difficulty are overshadowed by the special person he is as a child of God.
Jacob is a great name for my youngest son. Roughly translated into “supplanter,” a more practical definition for his personality would be “steals the show,” but not in a bad way. He showers others with love and encouragement, likely to say “good job” loudly to the choir or the pastor (along with a visible “thumbs up”) -- without concern for when he says it during the service (I finally figured out it’s his way of saying “amen”).
He runs to give hugs to old and young alike, but he especially delights in carefully approaching a baby, gently cupping his hands along the child’s jawline and slowly, tenderly stroking forward until the heels of his palms meet at the baby’s chin.
His affection is authentic and so are his prayers, and he’s likely to pray anytime, anywhere.
One of the most memorable times was during his first trip to see someone at a hospital, an older lady from church. He was six, and not sure about where he was, or what “ministry” meant or “hospital visitation.” But as soon as he saw his “friend” lying in bed, he grabbed her hand and everyone else joined the circle. Jacob has delayed speech, and no one could discern the jumbled words he was trying to say ... yet everyone understood his prayer.
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By Will Hall
Baptist Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Take a good look at Jacob Barker Hall. Whether in person or by photo it’s hard not to see his bright eyes and engaging smile and not know the joy and the zest that define this 9-year-old’s life. His speech and his physical awkwardness give glimpses of his Down Syndrome, but any signs of motor or mental difficulty are overshadowed by the special person he is as a child of God.
Jacob is a great name for my youngest son. Roughly translated into “supplanter,” a more practical definition for his personality would be “steals the show,” but not in a bad way. He showers others with love and encouragement, likely to say “good job” loudly to the choir or the pastor (along with a visible “thumbs up”) -- without concern for when he says it during the service (I finally figured out it’s his way of saying “amen”).
He runs to give hugs to old and young alike, but he especially delights in carefully approaching a baby, gently cupping his hands along the child’s jawline and slowly, tenderly stroking forward until the heels of his palms meet at the baby’s chin.
His affection is authentic and so are his prayers, and he’s likely to pray anytime, anywhere.
One of the most memorable times was during his first trip to see someone at a hospital, an older lady from church. He was six, and not sure about where he was, or what “ministry” meant or “hospital visitation.” But as soon as he saw his “friend” lying in bed, he grabbed her hand and everyone else joined the circle. Jacob has delayed speech, and no one could discern the jumbled words he was trying to say ... yet everyone understood his prayer.
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‘Memorial to the Missing’ gathers pennies to remember abortion’s toll on innocent life
‘Memorial to the Missing’ gathers pennies to remember abortion’s toll on innocent life
By Gregory Tomlin
Baptist Press
EDITORS’ NOTE: Sunday, Jan. 21, is Sanctity of Life Sunday in the Southern Baptist Convention.
JACKSON, Miss. (BP)--Alone, the penny is the least of U.S. currency. Few things, if any, can be bought with it. The U.S. government has proposed no longer producing it, feeling it insignificant and often unused.
But Baptists all over the state of Mississippi now pay attention to pennies even on the sidewalk or in a parking lot, knowing that each one has value.
These Mississippi Baptists don’t pocket the pennies for themselves. They have been bagging the pennies and shipping them in bulk to the Baptist Building in Jackson. Or they may even tape a few pennies to a piece of paper and send them through the mail. Each penny will go to a special place because it represents something -– rather, someone -– special.
However they are shipped, the pennies will find their home among millions of others at a special “Memorial to the Missing,” the Baptist convention’s tribute to the nearly 50 million children aborted in the United States since the Supreme Court legalized abortion in the landmark Roe v. Wade case in 1973.
To date, Baptists in the state have contributed more than 26 million pennies to the project toward the goal of 50 million. Dropping the pennies in the 12-by-16-foot covered, bullet-proof glass enclosure that makes up the memorial is their way of showing the world that no life is insignificant.
“It’s not the 50 million pennies that are important,” said Jimmy Porter, executive director of the convention’s Christian Action Commission. “It’s the 50 million children.”
And though the number of abortions has declined annually in recent years, it is almost impossible to keep up with them. “There is an abortion in this country every 20 to 22 seconds,” Porter said.
The effects of abortion on children are well-known. But since the Supreme Court legalized the practice in all 50 states, it has also wrecked the lives of countless women who have had them and their extended families as well, said Jim Futral, the state convention’s executive director-treasurer.
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By Gregory Tomlin
Baptist Press
EDITORS’ NOTE: Sunday, Jan. 21, is Sanctity of Life Sunday in the Southern Baptist Convention.
JACKSON, Miss. (BP)--Alone, the penny is the least of U.S. currency. Few things, if any, can be bought with it. The U.S. government has proposed no longer producing it, feeling it insignificant and often unused.
But Baptists all over the state of Mississippi now pay attention to pennies even on the sidewalk or in a parking lot, knowing that each one has value.
These Mississippi Baptists don’t pocket the pennies for themselves. They have been bagging the pennies and shipping them in bulk to the Baptist Building in Jackson. Or they may even tape a few pennies to a piece of paper and send them through the mail. Each penny will go to a special place because it represents something -– rather, someone -– special.
However they are shipped, the pennies will find their home among millions of others at a special “Memorial to the Missing,” the Baptist convention’s tribute to the nearly 50 million children aborted in the United States since the Supreme Court legalized abortion in the landmark Roe v. Wade case in 1973.
To date, Baptists in the state have contributed more than 26 million pennies to the project toward the goal of 50 million. Dropping the pennies in the 12-by-16-foot covered, bullet-proof glass enclosure that makes up the memorial is their way of showing the world that no life is insignificant.
“It’s not the 50 million pennies that are important,” said Jimmy Porter, executive director of the convention’s Christian Action Commission. “It’s the 50 million children.”
And though the number of abortions has declined annually in recent years, it is almost impossible to keep up with them. “There is an abortion in this country every 20 to 22 seconds,” Porter said.
The effects of abortion on children are well-known. But since the Supreme Court legalized the practice in all 50 states, it has also wrecked the lives of countless women who have had them and their extended families as well, said Jim Futral, the state convention’s executive director-treasurer.
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Iraqi Christians May Face Extinction
Iraqi Christians May Face Extinction
By Wendy Griffith
CWN News
CWNews.com – Look into their faces and you can see one of the world's oldest Christian communities searching for hope in the midst of desolation.
Iraq's Christians are wounded, killed, and grieving in the violence that's shaking their country. But this isn't just fallout from the fighting between Shia and Sunni Muslims.
Christians in Iraq are deliberately targeted.
"It is too dangerous for Christians in Baghdad we didn't go to church because we were afraid they would blow it up,” said Nadua Khamwa.
More than 15 churches have been attacked since the fall of Saddam in 2003 and hundreds of Christians have been killed. In the past six months alone, seven priests have been kidnapped and two of them murdered.
To understand the significance you must look at the history.
The bloodlines of about 70 percent of Iraq's 750,000 Christians reach back to the Chaldeans or Assyrians, prominent peoples in the Old Testament. Their ancestors began worshipping in Iraq more than 500 years before the birth of Mohammed and Islam.
Many Assyrian Christians still speak and worship in Aramaic-the ancient language of Jesus.
But today fear is widespread throughout the traditional Iraqi church. Last Christmas, Chaldean and Assyrian clergy urged their members to stay home and avoid public celebrations for fear of reprisals.
And it's not just in Baghdad. Even in northern Iraq churches are on edge.
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By Wendy Griffith
CWN News
CWNews.com – Look into their faces and you can see one of the world's oldest Christian communities searching for hope in the midst of desolation.
Iraq's Christians are wounded, killed, and grieving in the violence that's shaking their country. But this isn't just fallout from the fighting between Shia and Sunni Muslims.
Christians in Iraq are deliberately targeted.
"It is too dangerous for Christians in Baghdad we didn't go to church because we were afraid they would blow it up,” said Nadua Khamwa.
More than 15 churches have been attacked since the fall of Saddam in 2003 and hundreds of Christians have been killed. In the past six months alone, seven priests have been kidnapped and two of them murdered.
To understand the significance you must look at the history.
The bloodlines of about 70 percent of Iraq's 750,000 Christians reach back to the Chaldeans or Assyrians, prominent peoples in the Old Testament. Their ancestors began worshipping in Iraq more than 500 years before the birth of Mohammed and Islam.
Many Assyrian Christians still speak and worship in Aramaic-the ancient language of Jesus.
But today fear is widespread throughout the traditional Iraqi church. Last Christmas, Chaldean and Assyrian clergy urged their members to stay home and avoid public celebrations for fear of reprisals.
And it's not just in Baghdad. Even in northern Iraq churches are on edge.
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British Airways to let workers wear crosses
British Airways to let workers wear crosses
Woman had been suspended for refusing to take off Christian necklace
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© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
British Airways, which had banned employees from wearing crosses on necklaces but had endorsed hijabs and turbans for Muslims, is changing its policies to allow those tiny emblems of Christianity, according to a report.
The report from the BBC said the airline had considered allowing the crosses only on lapel pins, but ultimately decided that wouldn't be satisfactory.
The issue arose last year when Nadia Eweida, a check-in worker at Heathrow Airport, challenged a company rule against wearing a cross necklace that was visible. The changed policy now will allow religious symbols on items such as lapel pins and will include "some flexibility for individuals to wear a symbol of faith on a chain," according to the report.
British Airways said earlier that the Muslim garb could be visible since those items could not be worn underneath clothing, but that argument was condemned by both politicians and bishops in the United Kingdom.
It even attracted the attention of Prime Minister Tony Blair, who told airline officials that they should "do the sensible thing."
Eweida has been on unpaid leave since September because she wouldn't stop wearing her cross, and she told the BBC that she's going to return to work as she always worked.
"My dignity has been restored. I've suffered for my faith," she told the network.
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Woman had been suspended for refusing to take off Christian necklace
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1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
British Airways, which had banned employees from wearing crosses on necklaces but had endorsed hijabs and turbans for Muslims, is changing its policies to allow those tiny emblems of Christianity, according to a report.
The report from the BBC said the airline had considered allowing the crosses only on lapel pins, but ultimately decided that wouldn't be satisfactory.
The issue arose last year when Nadia Eweida, a check-in worker at Heathrow Airport, challenged a company rule against wearing a cross necklace that was visible. The changed policy now will allow religious symbols on items such as lapel pins and will include "some flexibility for individuals to wear a symbol of faith on a chain," according to the report.
British Airways said earlier that the Muslim garb could be visible since those items could not be worn underneath clothing, but that argument was condemned by both politicians and bishops in the United Kingdom.
It even attracted the attention of Prime Minister Tony Blair, who told airline officials that they should "do the sensible thing."
Eweida has been on unpaid leave since September because she wouldn't stop wearing her cross, and she told the BBC that she's going to return to work as she always worked.
"My dignity has been restored. I've suffered for my faith," she told the network.
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Modern Pagans Honor Zeus in Athens
Modern Pagans Honor Zeus in Athens
Jan 21 1:12 PM US/Eastern
By PARIS AYIOMAMITIS
Associated Press Writer
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A clutch of modern pagans honored Zeus at a 1,800-year-old temple in the heart of Athens on Sunday _ the first known ceremony of its kind held there since the ancient Greek religion was outlawed by the Roman empire in the late 4th century.
Watched by curious onlookers, some 20 worshippers gathered next to the ruins of the temple for a celebration organized by Ellinais, a year- old Athens-based group that is campaigning to revive old religious practices from the era when Greece was a fount of education and philosophy.
The group ignored a ban by the Culture Ministry, which declared the site off limits to any kind of organized activity to protect the monument. But participants did not try to enter the temple itself, which is closed to everyone, and no officials sought to stop the ceremony.
Dressed in ancient costumes, worshippers standing near the temple's imposing Corinthian columns recited hymns calling on the Olympian Zeus, "King of the gods and the mover of things," to bring peace to the world.
"Our message is world peace and an ecological way of life in which everyone has the right to education," said Kostas Stathopoulos, one of three "high priests" overseeing the event, which celebrated the nuptials of Zeus and Hera, the goddess of love and marriage.
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Jan 21 1:12 PM US/Eastern
By PARIS AYIOMAMITIS
Associated Press Writer
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A clutch of modern pagans honored Zeus at a 1,800-year-old temple in the heart of Athens on Sunday _ the first known ceremony of its kind held there since the ancient Greek religion was outlawed by the Roman empire in the late 4th century.
Watched by curious onlookers, some 20 worshippers gathered next to the ruins of the temple for a celebration organized by Ellinais, a year- old Athens-based group that is campaigning to revive old religious practices from the era when Greece was a fount of education and philosophy.
The group ignored a ban by the Culture Ministry, which declared the site off limits to any kind of organized activity to protect the monument. But participants did not try to enter the temple itself, which is closed to everyone, and no officials sought to stop the ceremony.
Dressed in ancient costumes, worshippers standing near the temple's imposing Corinthian columns recited hymns calling on the Olympian Zeus, "King of the gods and the mover of things," to bring peace to the world.
"Our message is world peace and an ecological way of life in which everyone has the right to education," said Kostas Stathopoulos, one of three "high priests" overseeing the event, which celebrated the nuptials of Zeus and Hera, the goddess of love and marriage.
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