Loading ...A pastor who has refused to recant his faith in Jesus is facing execution in Iran this week.
And Iran has a history of murdering ministers of the Gospel — including an Assemblies of God pastor in 1990.
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September 27th, 2011 at 5:52 pm
Islam, where religious freedom goes to die.
September 27th, 2011 at 8:06 pm
And of course, there’s always Murfreesboro, Tennessee…
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/02/embattled-tennessee-mosque-to-move-forward-with-construction/
September 27th, 2011 at 8:38 pm
Oddly enough there is a Christian representative in the Iranian Parliament. Apparently it easier for a Christian to be elected to the national legislature in the Islamic Republic of Iran than it is for a Muslim or avowed atheist to be elected to the US Congress.
This story is both outrageous and scary. We should remember it every time that someone defines the USA as a Christian nation.
September 28th, 2011 at 8:13 am
Well Jose I’ll enlightne you. There is a Muslim congressman in the U.S. Congress and I’m certain there are atheist’s too. However, in America your religion is not something you wear on your sleeve like in Iran which is a theocracy. By they way, when did we last execute a peaceful law abiding Muslim in this country?
September 28th, 2011 at 10:55 am
So, according to Sophia and Jose, we should “step it up” a notch and execute some Islam folks here in the U.S. as well?
Because apparently all we are doing here is harassing and disrespecting them.
September 28th, 2011 at 4:46 pm
Mike, there are now *two* Muslims in the US Congress. Keith Ellison of Minnesota has served since 2007, André Carson of Indiana since 2008. I didn’t say it was impossible for Muslims to be elected. On the other hand, it is nearly impossible for an *avowed* atheist to be elected to Congress. Last I heard there were none. Nada. Apparently admitting a lack of belief in a higher being is a real handicap for anyone who pursues elected office, because candidates sure like to mention their religious affiliation on their campaign material. Whether they are real believers or just hypocritical skeptics, I don’t know.
Iran is a theocracy. The oppression of religious freedom in Iran is beyond deplorable, and the actions of the Islamic Republic must be condemned. There are many self-professed Christians in the USA who either want to implement some kind of special legal authority for religious institutions in our government or who claim that such a such authority rightfully exists today. That is a kind of theocracy too. I believe it not good for our government and it’s not good for the church. There are too many examples to cite. In Iran, it is the state that restricts religious freedom. We can agree that system is evil. In the USA, there are far too many citizens who use coercion and threats of violence to restrict religious freedom. See downtown Manhattan. See Murfreesboro. See Orange County, California. Will you join me in calling those actions evil?
September 29th, 2011 at 1:20 pm
Jose, the subject is Iran. Why would you use the subject of Iran as an occasion for attacking America? That is an example of being mentally deranged, because you have an unhealthy mental obsession that dominates your thought process.
Yes, we get it, you hate right wing Christians, and despite all appearances, you think they are on the verge of taking over the country and instituting a Christian theocracy.
Ummm, ok…. Sounds like a cool discussion for a post on the contemporary movement to institute Christian theocracy! Which this post is not, I am at pains to point out.
In short, GET A GRIP, man!
September 29th, 2011 at 4:49 pm
When things really start to go south in the world, you can bet its going to start with Iran. Nuclear energy meltdown or worse yet a reactor explosion that spew radition in a trail across the world. It will be denial all the way. History has a way of repeating itself and the world is due for a horrendous act that will kill thousands and maybe millions. Iran will be the center of it. Thats my prediction !
September 30th, 2011 at 3:22 pm
Apparently some folks around here don’t appreciate irony. That’s too bad.
Yousef Nadarkhani is not being punished for being Christian per se. His “crime” is apostasy. You see, Nadarkhani has Islamic ancestry and was previously a practicing Muslim. Americans look down on that. We can agree that any individual should be free to worship according to one’s personal beliefs. Even if that is an entirely different religion from what one used to profess, and even if it is different from the faith of one’s parents. Especially if someone confesses that Jesus Christ is LORD. Right?
The explanation from the Iranian Islamic court reminds me of another pronouncement:
“I think the president’s problem is that he was born a Muslim, his father was a Muslim. The seed of Islam is passed through the father like the seed of Judaism is passed through the mother. He was born a Muslim, his father gave him an Islamic name.”
That, of course, was the Rev. Franklin Graham speaking about our President, Barack Obama. No matter that the President is an avowed Christian, or that his father was actually an atheist. Nope, like the Islamic court Graham considers it significant and noteworthy when someone has a touch of Muslim in his blood. “The seed of Islam”…really?
October 2nd, 2011 at 4:51 pm
Apparently Mr. Taboval misunderstood my post, which was not meant to support the bigots in Tennessee, but to point out that some Americans have their own difficulties in appreciating what freedom of worship actually means.