rock:
There are a lot of church and priests in Turkey. Even more than the Christain public would need. We respect them all.
CRAP!Turkey's Mistreatment of Christians Becoming More Brazen,
Persecution worsening even as the country seeks entry into EU.
URLTurkey's Christians face backlash
Several recent murders have confronted Turkey's growing ranks of Christian evangelicals
URLTurkey’s Record of Intolerance
Christians in Turkey Live in Peril
URLGermany to Turkey: Show Some Respect for Christians
URLWhy Christians feel under threat in today's Turkey
URLHatred Against Christians Has Escalated in Turkey
URLPriest stabbed in latest attack on Christians in Turkey
URLTurkey: Christians celebrate low-key Christmas after recent attack
The remaining Christians in Turkey celebrate Christmas while suffering from increasing persecution.
URLEmine Cemal, a middle-aged Turkish woman nursing a beer in a bar, rejected the idea that the attacks were linked to a rising militant Muslim orthodoxy.
"I don't think this has a religious root, it's about nationality," she said. "To be Turkish is to be Muslim and so Christians are here working against Turkey."
URL...and so on and so on and so on!
Just google Turkey and Christian!
I'm really all for treating Europes turkish muslims like they treat the christians in Turkey!
rock:
The number of active churches in Turkey is 321 at the end of 2006. This number was 273 in 2005. So, 48 new churches were opened to public in one year. The population of christains are approxiametely 100.000. This means 312 person per church. How many active churches are there in any city has a population of 100.000 in Europe. The interesting part of it, although there are only 5.000 protestan in Turkey they have 50 churches and it is increasing day by day.
Even more CRAP!!!
The Vanishing Act of the Church in Turkey
A church worn down by Christian rivalry and Islamic jihad hangs on in the land of Nicea and Ephesus.
Many Greek and Armenian Christians in Turkey suffer the double ignominy of religious and ethnic marginalization. Though the government is officially secular and many Turks are only nominally Muslim, conversion to Christianity is considered a betrayal of heritage and homeland. Persecution stemming from this perspective has stunted church growth and crippled the small Christian community
URLThat's more like the reality!
Oh and that:
rock:
But, I admire Ahmadinejad and Chavez. I believe the president of every independent country has to behave like them.
Is one of the most crappiest things I've ever read. If a PF member every thought about Turks becoming good members of Europe - here is the answer, thank you "Rock"!