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Christian persecution has been going on for centuries.

In the Roman empire, christians were slaughtered.

Jesus said that: You will be hated for my name sake. I will send you out as lambs to the wolves.

In many parts of the world today, Christians are still killed for their faith. Open Doors has a list with the most dangerous places on earth for Christians, such as Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea, Nigeria, Pakistan, India, China etc.

In the western world, it is relatively safe to be a Christian, but in Europe anti christian attacks rose during 2019-2020 with 70%.

In France some Christian priests and clergy have been killed and the most horrific crime was against
Jacques Hamel
  in 2016 when during communion, attackers, ISIS run in a church and while filming slit the throat of the old priest.
Churches all over Europe have been vandalised or even burned down.
In Sweden sad to say that is the case as well.

Swedish TV deletes connections to God and Jesus in hymns that are sung before Christmas and in the EU there is now talks of removing everything that has to do with Christmas, in order to be more inclusive.
For example, you should not be able to wish each other a Merry Christmas, instead say a good holiday, etc.


The world is going crazy  we need prayers

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