I read:
Bangladesh certainly falls into the “one to watch” category for persecuting countries. Recent elections have placed the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in the seat of power. The BNP is a group with strong Islamic support and ties to some of the most extreme Islamic fundamentalists.
Since taking victory in the fall of 2001, there have been a number of deaths and over a thousand rapes, all attributed to the BNP itself. Members of religious minorities claim that they are threatened to pay substantial fines or their daughters will be taken and raped.
These incidents are eerily similar to the violent events that took place during the BNP’s last term of power in the 90’s. Minorities are fearful that the results could be even worse this time, with the global conflict between Muslims and other faiths on the rise.
and
A cyclone that slammed into Bangladesh’s coast with 225 kilometre an hour winds may have killed at least 1,100 people.
I know. I don’t know for sure. But I am not willing to dismiss the connection as quickly as most. A godless religion oppresses God’s people. Destruction comes. Sounds familiar.
Are you saying that a dead horse is God’s punishment against someone? 🙂
That was good…but I figured as long as it is dead I might as well beat it.
Well, how many of those Bangladeshis were actually involved in the persecution of the Christians? You don’t know and I don’t know. Why speculate? Why do you feel that you have to suggest that there is 1/2 of one percent of a chance that this is in response to something some Muslims did at one time in its 1400 year existence? Rather than use this as an opportunity to feel justified or vindicated, why not raise your voice in humility and say, “Lord, have mercy” or “Glory to God for all things!”?
BTW, happy thanksgiving, Phil, to you and yours.
Chris,
We do not know. And granted probably many of the killed were not of the majority Islamic party, but of the minority. But I still do not believe that weather is as random as we assume or as naturally ordered as others suggest. I still believe God “speaks” through weather. It just seems that even those of us who hold to the reality of God’s direct invention in the days of old have decided that he cannot do so anymore. He does not bring weather. He cannot decide birth. I am inclined to believe our getting so smart has not robbed God of these abilities.
BTW, where are you on my last post. and HT to you also.