Nativity displayed at U.S. Capitol for first time, Haitian warlord orders massacre of 180 elderly, FBI Director Christopher Wray announces resignation

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By Jonathan Clark

Another state in India considers an anti-Christian conversion law

The North Indian state of Rajasthan moved forward with an anti-conversion bill last week.

If passed, the region will become the twelfth state in India to have an anti-conversion law. The measure requires people to tell officials if they are converting to another religion, two months in advance! The law also punishes attempts at unlawful conversions, like fraud or force, with up to 10 years in prison.

However, such anti-conversion laws are often used to target Christians who are sharing the Gospel.

India is ranked 11th on the Open Doors’ World Watch List of nations where it is most difficult to be a Christian.

European religious freedom champions point to Finland and England

Religious freedom experts met at the European Parliament last week.

The panel discussion included Anja Hoffmann, Executive Director of the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe. Hoffman highlighted religious freedom violations in Europe like Finland’s prosecution of a Christian politician for tweeting a Bible verse and the U.K.’s conviction of a pro-lifer for praying silently outside an abortion mill.

Dr. Gudrun Kugler, an Austrian member of Parliament, also spoke on the panel. She warned that “there are a number of legal restrictions on religious freedom, including parental rights, across Europe.”

Participants agreed that the European Union should create a position for combating anti-Christian hate crimes.

Haitian warlord orders massacre of 180 elderly

Yet another gruesome gang horror has played out in Haiti, as at least 184 people — most of them elderly — were variously slashed, hacked, or shot to death on the orders of a warlord who’d been advised that aging slum residents had used sorcery to give his son a severe illness, reports ZeroHedge.com.

Interim Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé called it “a barbaric act of unbearable cruelty.”

The brutality was reportedly ordered by Monel “Mikano” Felix, who leads the Wharf Jeremie gang. The carnage took place last Friday and Saturday in the densely-populated seaside slum of Cité Soleil, a neighborhood in the capital city of Port-au-Prince which The Guardian has called Haiti’s “most notorious slum. Much of the slum is an open sewer where infant children bathe in water contaminated with sewage. The stench is unbearable.”

In a statement to the Haitian Times, members of Haiti’s Committee for Peace and Development said Felix’s son had contracted a serious illness. When Felix sought the counsel of a Voodoo priest, he advised the murderous warlord that elderly people in the gang’s area of operations were harming his son through the use of witchcraft. That’s when “he decided to cruelly punish all the elderly people and Vodou practitioners who, in his imagination, might be capable of sending an evil spell to his son.”

Isaiah 8:19-20 says, “When they say to you, ‘Consult the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter,’ should not a people consult their God? . . . To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”

FBI Director Christopher Wray announces resignation

FBI Director Christopher Wray confirmed Wednesday that he will be resigning from his post before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, reports TheBlaze.com.

WRAY: “After weeks of careful thought, I’ve decided the right thing for the Bureau is for me to serve until the end of the current administration in January, and then step down.

“My goal is to keep the focus on our mission, on the indispensable work each of you is doing every single day. And in my view, this is the best way to avoid dragging the Bureau deeper into the fray, while reinforcing the values and principles that are so important in how we do our work.”

Wray announced he will resign just seven years into his 10-year term in the aftermath of external pressure for him to step down, most notably from Trump. Trump has instead decided to nominate Kash Patel for the role, indicating to Wray that he would either have to resign early or be fired.

Trump nominated Wray to take over as FBI director in 2017 during his first presidential term. At the time, Trump fired former FBI Director James Comey after he launched the now-debunked investigation into the Russia hoax in 2016.

Trump unlikely to restrict the Abortion kill Pill

NBC’s Kristen Welker interviewed Donald Trump for “Meet the Press” on Sunday.

When asked about the Abortion Kill Pill, Trump said he probably would not try to restrict access to medication abortions.

Listen.

WELKER: “Let’s talk about abortion. Sir, you have taken responsibility for overturning Roe v Wade. You’ve said that abortion is now a state issue. There are steps that you could take though as President to restrict abortion through executive action without Congress. More than half of abortions in this country are medication abortions. Will you restrict the availability of abortion pills when you’re in office?

TRUMP: “I’ll probably stay with exactly what I’ve been saying for the last two years. And the answer is no.”

However, Trump was not willing to make a commitment to that, saying that things can change.

Nativity displayed at U.S. Capitol for first time

And finally, a Nativity was displayed at the U.S. Capitol for the first time in history.

Organizers held a “Christmas Carols and Nativity Display” event yesterday on the southeastern steps of the Capitol building.

The historic event happened thanks to the work of Rev. Patrick Mahoney. He won a federal court victory back in May, allowing peaceful demonstrations on the steps of the Capitol building.

Mahoney, the Director of the Christian Defense Coalition, talked to The Worldview last night.

MAHONEY: “We are so very thankful for the opportunity to share the joyful and powerful message of Christmas at the steps of the United States Capitol. … The words spoken by the prophet Isaiah centuries ago are still relevant for us today. ‘For to us a child is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.’”

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