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Recent content by A_loaf_and_fish

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    Job promotion/transfer to Florida

    Good luck to both of you, Vardela. My prayers go out to you in a trying time-- such personal watersheds are so often tough to navigate. Your languages are a great help in whatever you do, especially the Spanish-- it will open doors for you practically anywhere in the nation, in many different...
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    Drained and Stressed!

    You're showing a lot of strength to acknowledge and confront your challenges like this, Septemberskies. My prayers go out to you. God Bless.
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    The India nuclear deal and Bush's BETRAYAL of India's Christians-- contact Congress!

    It looks as though I can finally post some links on this topic, to provide people with more information on the oppression that Christians in India continue to suffer, and which grows worse every year. The links below focus in particular on the anti-conversion laws and the military operations of...
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    Sleep

    I can sympathize with your jet lag, my friend-- working in overseas ministries, one of the most difficult logistical challenges for us, is how to make it through the first few days! My prayers go out to you. All the best.
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    Writing final and presenting + handing in Business Plan

    Best of luck to you. When it rains it always seems to pour, and it's never easy to juggle so many travails simultaneously. Hope your report goes well.
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    Requesting prayer for my ex-husband

    My prayers go out to you. There is clearly something tormenting him in his heart, and I hope that God can soothe him in such a way that he can connect with his greatest treasures. Best wishes to you and your children.
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    My dad----

    Dear NewSong, My sympathy and prayers go out to you, your father and your entire family in what must be a very trying time. Your fellow Christians are with you now, and our heart goes out to you. If I could hand your hand in comfort through the computer screen, I would-- please consider this...
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    Immediate prayer needed!!!!

    My prayers and blessings go out to you and your son, Susie Jo. It is encouraging to hear this news. Both of you are in my thoughts, and you can be sure that the same goes for scores of others of us here on ChristianForums as well.
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    The India nuclear deal and Bush's BETRAYAL of India's Christians-- contact Congress!

    A good article on the anti-conversion laws: "Where conversion is against the law" in the May 2004 issue of Today's Christian. The BBC also had a good article on anti-conversion laws in its February 2003 compilation.
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    The India nuclear deal and Bush's BETRAYAL of India's Christians-- contact Congress!

    Srev, you portray it as something designed to halt only the (tiny number of) forced conversions in either direction. In practice, particularly in Gujarat it was applied almost uniformly against new Christians who had converted from Hinduism. This is one of the reasons that Christian groups and...
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    The India nuclear deal and Bush's BETRAYAL of India's Christians-- contact Congress!

    Indianx, I know you may be skeptical of this, but I not only fully respect your own Hindu beliefs, but would fully defend them against anyone including any of my own wayward colleages, who would declare you fosaken, damned or wrongheaded for having them. Those of us working as missionaries or...
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    The India nuclear deal and Bush's BETRAYAL of India's Christians-- contact Congress!

    Yes, the anti-conversion laws were some of the most reprehensible acts of official anti-Christian policy in India, and one of the things that has most angered the Christian community within India. ACougar, you cite India as being religiously tolerant, and perhaps 20 years ago I would have...
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    The India nuclear deal and Bush's BETRAYAL of India's Christians-- contact Congress!

    For those interested, a good overview book on Nagalim and the history of the people there and in surrounding states, is B. Ghosh's History of Nagaland. It is written in a neutral and reasonably even-handed style whatever your position on the Nagalim issue, just the outline of facts and the...
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    The India nuclear deal and Bush's BETRAYAL of India's Christians-- contact Congress!

    Indianx and srev, As I said before, I will never defend the things that Portuguese and British invaders of India who called themselves "Christians," often did in the name of the faith while brutalizing the people of India. The henchmen of da Gama and the early Portuguese explorers, and the...
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    The India nuclear deal and Bush's BETRAYAL of India's Christians-- contact Congress!

    I never said anything about the Hindu verses from the Vedas or other texts, Indianx! What I'm talking about here is the on-the-ground behavior toward the Dalits, what's done and not what's preached in the ideal. The Dalits are compelled to do the filthiest of jobs, to scrub dirty walls until the...