October 15th 2008 Commentary

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 15, 2008

            SOME AMERICAN CHRISTIANS THINK OF PERSECUTION AS NAME CALLING, OR A CRITICAL NEWSPAPER EDITORIAL. BUT CHRISTIANS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF PERSECUTION. THEY LIVE IT EVERY DAY.

            IN INDIA, THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS BY HINDUS IS SPREADING. THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTED MONDAY “THE FAMILY OF SOLOMON DIGAL WAS SUMMONED BY NEIGHBORS TO WHAT SERVES AS A PUBLIC SQUARE IN FRONT OF THE VILLAGE TEA SHOP IN THE TOWN OF BOREPANGA. THEY WERE ORDERED TO GET ON THER KNEES AND BOW BEFORE THE PORTRAIT OF A HINDU PREACHER. THEY WERE TOLD TO TURN OVER THEIR BIBLES, HYMNALS AND THE TWO BRIGHTLY COLORED CALENDAR IMAGES OF CHRIST THANT HUNG ON THEIR WALL. THEN, MR. DIGAL, 45, A CHRISTIAN SINCE CHILDHOOD, WAS FORCED TO WATCH HIS HINDU NEIGHBORS SET FIRE TO THE ITEMS.”