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As they withstand wave after wave of assault, persecution, and death<\/a> from members of the Religion of Peace.\u00a0 Of course it\u2019s only a few thousand Muslims in this case.\u00a0 And some Christians probably did something back in the day, so serves these folks right.\u00a0 And of course it doesn\u2019t mean anything about Islam itself.\u00a0 Now when Pastor Jones threatened to burn a Koran despite overwhelming public opposition to his plans, that just proved America has always been a racist nation.\u00a0 But that\u2019s just obvious.\u00a0 Which is why, I\u2019m afraid, more Americans aren\u2019t focusing on what\u2019s really happening to Christians around the world, since we spend all of our time focusing on the sins of our fathers.\u00a0 So pray for those forgotten by so many here at home, may the Lord protect them and keep them from the fury of their neighbors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"