{"id":107444,"date":"2014-01-26T12:06:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T12:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?guid=0996651e046bc3157ea164c76d7dd6ca"},"modified":"2014-01-26T12:06:35","modified_gmt":"2014-01-26T12:06:35","slug":"christians-under-attack-in-nj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/christians-under-attack-in-nj\/","title":{"rendered":"Christians under attack – in NJ"},"content":{"rendered":"

*cross posted from Assoluta Tranquillita*<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

I have written many times of Christians being slaughtered around the world. I have also noted attacks against Christians taking place regularly within the US.  These attacks, and murders, are happening today, not in some far distant past.<\/p>\n

Here’s another, from CBS:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Religious Statues Vandalized At 2 Churches In Vineland<\/span><\/h1>\n

January 24, 2014 <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

VINELAND, NJ (CBS)<\/em> \u2013 Police in Vineland are searching for the suspects who vandalized statues outside two churches overnight.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>According to the Vineland Police Department, officers were dispatched to the Sacred Heart Church at 922 E Landis Avenue for reported criminal mischief. An investigation revealed that sometime during the night, the suspects had vandalized several religious statues on church property.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>The vandals hacked off the head of a statue of the Virgin Mary. In addition, the vandals also chopped a statue of Joseph in half.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>A few hours later, officers were dispatched to St. Francis of Assisi Church at 23 W Chestnut Avenue for the same incident. A subsequent investigation revealed statues at this church had been damaged in the same manner as the ones at Sacred Heart.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the St. Francis of Assisi Church, the vandals hammered in the faces of Jesus, Mary and Joseph on a statue.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>\u201cThey are not just statues, but pictures and images of people that should be remembered,\u201d parishioner Jose Rodriguez said.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>For the faithful, it is an emotional attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>\u201cI cannot imagine what is going through the mind of a person that would deliberately go deface statues that are dedicated to our savior,\u201d Deacon Richard Sampson of Christ the Good Shepherd said….<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


There are pictures, and a video of this disgusting desecration HERE. <\/a><\/span>

<\/span>Apparently not everybody in America respects ‘freedom of religion.’ Are YOU paying attention?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

*cross posted from Assoluta Tranquillita*<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

I have written many times of Christians being slaughtered around the world. I have also noted attacks against Christians taking place regularly within the US.  These attacks, and murders, are happening today, not in some far distant past.<\/p>\n

Here’s another, from CBS:<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Religious Statues Vandalized At 2 Churches In Vineland<\/span><\/h1>\n

January 24, 2014 <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

VINELAND, NJ (CBS)<\/em> — Police in Vineland are searching for the suspects who vandalized statues outside two churches overnight.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>According to the Vineland Police Department, officers were dispatched to the Sacred Heart Church at 922 E Landis Avenue for reported criminal mischief. An investigation revealed that sometime during the night, the suspects had vandalized several religious statues on church property.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>The vandals hacked off the head of a statue of the Virgin Mary. In addition, the vandals also chopped a statue of Joseph in half.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>A few hours later, officers were dispatched to St. Francis of Assisi Church at 23 W Chestnut Avenue for the same incident. A subsequent investigation revealed statues at this church had been damaged in the same manner as the ones at Sacred Heart.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the St. Francis of Assisi Church, the vandals hammered in the faces of Jesus, Mary and Joseph on a statue.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>“They are not just statues, but pictures and images of people that should be remembered,” parishioner Jose Rodriguez said.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>For the faithful, it is an emotional attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>“I cannot imagine what is going through the mind of a person that would deliberately go deface statues that are dedicated to our savior,” Deacon Richard Sampson of Christ the Good Shepherd said….<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


There are pictures, and a video of this disgusting desecration HERE. <\/a><\/span>

<\/span>Apparently not everybody in America respects ‘freedom of religion.’ Are YOU paying attention?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1237,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[461],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-107444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-editorials"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}