Re: Bulletin of Christian Persecution May 10 - June 26, 2012

>I have never heard the term Xian until you started using it,
>that would explain your sensitivity
>and I find it just as offensive.
>ok ... as much as I dislike people telling me what words to use, I'll use christian instead.
>What makes it offensive? Because it's an x instead of a ✞?

 

I never heard of it before either. I didn't find it offense, I'm kinda trying to learn to not be offended at anything, it tends to make you an outcast. I'm especially not offended since Kieth mentioned it was a city in China and I can playfully think of it as Zion (Xian). So now everytime you use Xians you can maybe pretend you're saying zionists.

 

Christian Zionism is a belief among some Christians that the return of the Jews to the Holy Land, and the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, is in accordance with Biblical prophecy. Some Christian Zionists believe that the "ingathering" of Jews in Israel is a prerequisite for the Second Coming of Jesus. (clipped from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Zionism)

 

>Again, to the best of my knowledge, the Chinese City of Xian has very little Islamic population, and no war going on with Islam that I am aware of.

 

Here's Xi'an's site - http://en1.xian-tourism.com/ - https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=UTF-8&q=Xian+china&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x366379e922ac17b9:0x85d466fda794582e,Xi'an,+Shaanxi,+China&gl=us&ei=NA_vT6vyKMeA2AW1363fCg&ved=0CLEBELYD 

On Friday, June 29, 2012 3:59:15 PM UTC-5, plainolamerican wrote:

I have never heard the term Xian until you started using it,
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that would explain your sensitivity

 and I find it
just as offensive.
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ok ... as much as I dislike people telling me what words to use, I'll
use christian instead.
What makes it offensive? Because it's an x instead of a ✞?

On Jun 29, 1:34 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually,  I didn't know that,  but then again, I am one that still takes
> offense to folks who say or write, "Merry X-Mas".  What the Hell is "X-Mas"?
>
> I have never heard the term Xian until you started using it, and I find it
> just as offensive.
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> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 6:22 PM, plainolamerican
> <plainolameri...@gmail.com>wrote:
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> > xian is an abbreviation for christian ... but you know that
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> > On Jun 28, 12:27 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 5:07 PM, plainolamerican
> > > <plainolameri...@gmail.com>wrote:

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