While the world was mildly coming to an end outside (translation: a little bit of thunder and lightning), I was watching the PBS special on the Mormons which has been running for the last couple days and I heard one of the Mormon bigwigs (I think he’s a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles or something) was talking about how the Mormons were SOOOOOOO persecuted and no other group has ever seen as much persecution in this country as they had. (Apparently this person hasn’t heard of slavery and Jim Crow laws.) OK… I know Mormons are big on their Church History but they seem to be ignoring the first 300 years of Christianity in the Roman Empire. (Do those years not apply to them?)Â? It’s not like people were lit on fire, beheaded, crucified, killed on the wheel, burned alive, or drowned during that time or anything…
Clothes
My in-laws gave me a HUGE gift certificate from THE BESTEST CLOTHING SITE IN THE WORLD (a.k.a. Lands’ End) so I devoured the latest Lands’ End catalog while I was waiting for the lightning to go away (so I could plug my modem back in).Â? I found some stuff that I can use to look nice and professional (at least until I can learn to sew and make my own wannabe-professional suits) as well as some cropped pants so I can have cool stuff to wear during the summer.
OK… off to go crochet and watch more of the PBS special!
And how many Christians were killed in Russia during Stalin? Millions. Whole monasteries were destroyed and Churches and people who weren’t killed were sent to Siberia for a longer death.
And what about the Egyptian Copts? To this day they are dying for their faith.
Yeah, the only ones every persecuted were Mormons and JWs. *shakes head* As long as it isn’t in the US/Canada people aren’t really persecuted. *rolls eyes*