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

Well, I ain't all that offended either
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good ... i'll continue to use the abbreviation

On Jun 30, 11:14 am, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> <Grin>!
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> Hey Wes!
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> Well,  I ain't all that offended either......I just needed something to
> slap Plain Ol around about!
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> Good to see ya!  Have a great weekend!
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> Keith
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> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Wes <wesleykell...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >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 ✞?
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> > 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.
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> > *Christian Zionism* is a belief among some *Christians*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity>that the return of the
> > *Jews* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jew> to the *Holy Land*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Land>,
> > and the establishment of the *State of Israel*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel>in 1948, is in accordance with
> > *Biblical* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible> *prophecy*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy>.
> > Some Christian *Zionists* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism> believe
> > that the "ingathering" of Jews in Israel is a prerequisite for the *Second
> > Coming* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Coming> of Jesus. (clipped
> > fromhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Zionism)
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> > >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.
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> > 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...
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> > On Friday, June 29, 2012 3:59:15 PM UTC-5, plainolamerican wrote:
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> >> I have never heard the term Xian until you started using it,
> >> --
> >> that would explain your sensitivity
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> >>  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 ✞?
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> >> 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"?
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> >> > 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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