Violence Gets All of the Attention'
Evangelical Yank activists complain about being upstaged by London bombings.
by Tony Carnes in Edinburgh and London | posted 7/11/2005 12:00AM
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She watched Sky Television monitor as bulletproof-vested, Tommy-gun-bearing police strolled by. "Chaos! Chaos! I'm watching it!" Moore said. "I am trying not to cry, chaos and violence gets all of the attention."
As Americans readied for their flights over the Atlantic, they assumed a warrior mode, with prayer their immediate weapon of choice. One group gathered to pray to heaven for the victims far below in the subways. Others discussed how they would continue the protection of the defenseless in places like Africa. One campaigner observed, "We always knew it was going to be a long fight."
Tony Carnes
is senior news writer for Christianity Today.
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