Friday, February 27, 2009
"22 Christian Missionaries to be executed in Afghanistan"
I received this text message yesterday, as I'm sure many of you did as well. !!!NOTE!!! The number one reaction to a chain text is to test it's validity! I have been unable to find anything about this event on any persecuted church website, and CompassDirect news, which gives updates on the persecuted church, is reported to have said that this event is a hoax. Something as large as an execution of 22 missionary FAMILIES would be not exactly implausible, but the fact that it is foreign missionaries would raise a lot of outcry. There would also most likely be talks between the Afghani government and whatever nation these missionaries are from leading up to the execution(not saying this is always true, but for the most part these events are political so they are dealt with politically.) The only thing that is relatively similar to this event was in July 2007 when 23 Korean missionaries were held hostage in Afghanistan. You can read more about it here. So, I believe from the evidence presented, it is safe to say that this event, which was sent all over the world via text message, is in fact untrue. BUT, we can still pray for Afghanistan! This war-torn country has a small minority of believers and the Afghani people need the light of Jesus Christ to be shed on the darkness of Islam. Pray for missionaries to be sent that will be willing to give their lives for Christ in Afghanistan for the purpose of others coming to know Christ! Pray that the Lord would increase the boldness of those who are believers and He would strengthen existing missionaries. Above all, pray that God would be glorified in Afghanistan.
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Hi Reality Carp Youth. Great to see someone else blogging on persecuted Christians!
Yeah, this one appears to be a false alarm. Compass Direct would be on top of it if it was real.
I was wondering--who sends out these text messages and where did it originate from? Just curious I guess.
Keep up the good work! I've just started blogging on Persecuted Christians at
"steadfastandfaithful.blogspot.com"
Check back with you soon.
PLM in Texas
Hi PLM :) I'm not sure where this originated from, but it was sent all over the world. If you search on google about this event, one of the first websites is a hacking website (if you don't have virus protection you might be able to look at it, if you do have virus protection, it will redirect you automatically) I have a feeling it was started in dishonesty just to mess with people. However, in the texting world, you may never know for sure :)
Thanks for checking us out!
I love ur text for revealing the truth but stop referring to Islam as darkness. If you claim that God is the beginning and the end. Are you categorically saying that almighty God is a confusionist. Pls desist from this as is only God that knows the right and wrong religion.
I don't understand why set wants to use this as a basic of preaching the gospel. If there is a Christian owned countries like Afganistan and islamm missionnaries go there to preach about Islam, they will also do the Same thing. Let us wisely judge ourself rightly even though it is harmful and bitter
During this Ramadan fasting (2017), a leader instructed their people not to fast in a village and there is a monitoring team to that effect. I am sure if it were to be against Christianity, a lot of names would have been given to those leaders. It is high Time we understand that the law of a nation supersedes the law of any religion regardless whether it is a Christian or Islam.
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