Christianity Today

The murders of these innocent people are horrible. However, what Christian missionaries are doing in Turkey is unacceptable. They go to places where poor people live and promise them money if they convert. The two Turkish converts in this case were actually two mental patients who could not think for themselves. So what do the missionaries do? They find two mentally ill people and promise them the paradise in return for becoming converts. This is why Christian missionaries are not welcome in Turkey. Their tactics are too sleazy. Furthermore, Ataturk the founder of Turkey established Turkey on secular principles. He warned Turks the biggest danger to the young Turkish republic is religion. Christian missionaries please leave Turks alone. They have had enough problems with religious zealots already througout their history and no matter what you do you will have no major number of converts other than mentally sick who can't think for themselves.

It is sad that Diocletian thinks like the peolpe from his homeland: what the state or the traditions of his country (or leading party) says is more important than what I, as a free person, I believe that is best and plausible for me to believe. Maybe Christianity is better than Islam, or better than Communism or Budhism or Confucianism. Or maybe the Islam or Communism is better that Christianity. Why should I have not the right to evaluate and choose; Why should the other dictate me what to believe? God would not ask me at the great Day of Judgement what the other people allowed me to believe; He would ask me why I did not follow the truth (and good), whatever this truth was. I lived in Romania, Diocletian, and I know what I say (probably as well as you know...).

On April 24th, the Armenian Christian community commemorated the 92nd anniversary of the genocide of 1.5 million Christian Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Turks in 1915. Many people wonder why the Armenian community still commemorates this event after 92 years. Last weeks gruesome killings were one reason why. It is hard to believe that Christianity Today could be so ignorant of the direct historical precident in Turkey for persecution, torcher and direct slaughter of the country's Christians. Armenians join together in praying for these martyrs for Christ, and ask Christians around the world to educate themselves on centuries of continued Turkish violence against Christians. How many people must be killed before we become motivated to demand responsiblity and change from our favorite Middle Eastern ally, Turkey?

As Bush said that crusade is started from the first day and US and Britain start illegal war on Iraq and killing everyday more the 50 innocent Muslims women and children and nobody said a single word of sympathy even the Muslim world who is responsible of that: A United Nation who only favours US; or US & UN one sided Pro israeli support.... Germany and France only protest but cannot do anything against US weapons supremacy. Justice should be equal for everyone. Mad and dumb Bush start the third World War on Islam & Muslims. See what will happen if all Muslim countries starts and join this so called war on Terror against US & Britains. Blood of Muslims are also red. This can lead to unity of the Muslim and another SALADIN born every 1000 years. Wait for Saladin or stop this discrimintaions against Relgions. Every one is following religions like Sikhs, Christians and Hindus and show all thhis in there movies but when Muslim do this they called them extremist Rubbish.

I used to feel the same way about Islam and Muslims until I was in a refugee camp in Germany. A Bosnian woman related her stay in a German hospital and how she couldn't sleep because of the cross hanging on the wall. To her, the cross represented the Christians who raped her and killed her loved ones. Proof that our focus is wrong when it is on either Islam or Christianity (or its symbols)... our focus should only be on Christ and Him alone.