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The Second Age of Christian Persecution

Christians are one of the most persecuted groups in the world, a recent study by the human rights watchdog Open Doors said. Over hundred millions believers are reportedly suffering for their faith in Jesus Christ.

A fresh annual Open Doors report is titled “2011 Martyrs, a Book on Christians’ Persecution”. The most common offences listed in it include various examples of religious discrimination and some harsher crimes like arrests, torture and even murders.

Eritrea, Nigeria, India, Malaysia, the Maghreb states and the Middle East top the list of the most oppressive countries. Analysts cite the unstable political and economic situation, the rise of fundamentalism and extremism in these nations as the main cause for growing xenophobia.

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http://www.zion.com Dr. V. Powell

"The rise of fundamentalism" Yes Yes Yes…..how people fear the living God. His name is Jeshua. You see, we are told of the atroities and results of the spread of fundamentalism, but we are not told, nor do we see what power and what working of the living God is doing in these countries. God is revealing Himself in many ways: He has literally shown his personhood, He has raised the dead, He has healed the sick and as usual, is and will be victorious. This is what we don't see – but it is happening. In the end, every eye will see Him as these folks are now having the privilege of seeing. Fear will grip the world because the Truth will appear before all men.
- Chris P
  
  What a load of unprovable rubbish.
- Sp.5 / 75075
  
  His name is YE-HUA, I leave 1 of the letters out and in this case it's an S, this I do out of respect for His name.
http://yahoo.com guest

I think this should tell us which religion is the biggest threat to the kingdom of darkness.
Chris P

But Christians are no example. American right wing churches go to Africa and promote hate of gays so the gays get killed.

If there really was a god things would be fixed but there aren't any gods – it is all made up by man with conflicting results that lead to conflict.
- CommieKiller
  
  What church are you referring to? Do you have specifics? Or are you just making crap up to make churches look bad? It is the Christians in Africa who ate being slaughtered you idiot. Do you know anything? Do you research anything? Or just spew your anti Christian hate?
  - http://rationalresponses.blogspot.com/ Jeff Dixon
    
    It is hardly necessary to make up stories about Christian churches causing problems for people. Simply read the paper. However, here is one about the problems they are causing gays in Africa.
    
    Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church and author of the bestselling book The Purpose Driven Life, drew fire last year when he was invited to give the invocation at President Obama's inauguration. His support for Proposition 8 in California, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman only, and his anti-gay-marriage views concerned many in Obama's base.
    
    Now Warren's on the defensive again, this time for his affiliation with Martin Ssempa, a Ugandan pastor who has endorsed proposed legislation in Uganda that makes certain homosexual acts punishable by life in prison or even, in some cases, death. Ssempa has made appearances at Saddleback and has been embraced warmly by Warren and his wife, Kay.
    http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/blogs/the-h…