Stacy,
Are you busy tonight? Cause someone's going to have to stay up all night with my terrified preschoolers after they view that picture.
They know people persecute Christians, but at age three and four they don't need to have nightmares about it.
Now I know I should only visit this site when my young children aren't with me... I would have appreciated a warning.
I heard it mentioned on Bill Benett's 'Morning In America' program today.
http://www.bennettmornings.com/
OMG,
The killings have succesfully made some Christian become haters.
That's very sad.
Stacy, you live far away from my country, you will not be hurt if anything happen in Indonesia.
But all who are in Indonesia would be in deep trouble, if many people turn to hate each other because of such propaganda like that.
You are not Christian at all, if hate is what you spread.
Jesus suffered more than us but He never spread hate.
He will suffer more if we hate each other.
At least pay respect to the death. Showing her like that...
What will happen if one of the girl's relatives see that pic?
What do you want by putting sadictic into your website?
You even don't put the sign that this site is not safe for children.
Btw, I'm Christian, Indonesian, and live in Indonesia.
Please, if you don't want to pray so the killers can be caught and punished, at least don't pray for our deaths.
God bless you.
Matthew 5:44
Stacy,
A Word of Encouragement to You!
Re 20:4 "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years." --from Bill
Stacy;
A Christian position on the last days.
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Revelation 12:11
I think we all need a reality check about the days in which we are currently living. It isn't pretty but it is a reality and we need to awakened to how serious these times really are. Thankyou for caring enough to slap the church out of it's slumber including me.
Sorry Stacy,
I look at this site for updates & opinions - I already know what the effects of evil look like.
I think you made a mistake publishing those pictures.
Scripture tells us to treat parts of the body (our phycisal body and the spiritual body of Christ) with modesty.
The physical bodies of our martyrs are surely worthy of that dignity.
Philippians 4:8
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
(No hard feelings, I hope.)
Blessings
Nick
Hmmmmmmm
Have we forgotten the Halocaust?
Stacy,
It’s true the photo is horrific…but I believe we don’t really grasp what many of our brothers and sisters are suffering for the cause of Christ.
It is disturbing, and well it should be..often words on a page don’t tell the whole story..someone said “a picture is worth a thousand words”
Maybe some of your readers will remember the movie “The Passion of Christ” graphic for sure, but few will forget it.. Holy Communion for many will never be the same..
You keep up the good work, don’t let the weak kneed among us slow you down..
God Bless you
Stacy,
I have to agree with some commenters that you might want to put up a warning for such material, and only show it upon a second click.
But I agree with you in saying that, while we do not want to promote hate or revenge, we do want to heighten awareness of these types of outrageous atrocities - our media is so tolerant of Islam and other evil ideologies that it barely reports on these items, and everyone who loves freedom and peace should be outraged at such things and demand that their governments crack down on individuals that commit crimes and the organizations that promote such sedicious activities.
The fact is, this is not just the work of a few crazies, and "Islamic extremists" are not just a fringe group within Islam because *their founding documents teach violence*. And while we can never bring righteousness or faith with the sword, the sword of our governmental agencies will have to be used against such radicals, lest their brand of religious naziism destroy and oppress even more nations. Europe, as we have seen in Paris, has just begun to face the scurge of Islamic intolerance and hate.
Having even more graphic pictures than this of this terrible travesty, we ultimately decided not to release them apart from one of two of the girls being placed in a body bag (you really can't see much). The reason I chose not the use the more graphic ones was out of respect of the girls themselves. I won't criticize Stacy for deciding differently. I am sure she didn't mean to do it for sensationalism.
This was not a matter of a right action or not. Personally, I just was so heart-broken over this story that I couldn't go ahead and post the pictures, as I tried to imagine how their parents must feel. I had put together a slide show of the pictures and then I looked at them again. I thought to myself, "I can't post that one" Then I removed another and another. And then I realized that I just couldn't do it. I have a teenage daughter; I wouldn't want this kind of picture to be the lasting image of her life. Hence, this was a personal choice on my part. I respect Stacy for having the courage to post the picture. As a Communications Director for VOM Canada, perhaps I should have posted them. I just couldn't do it, as a father.
I am amissionary in Mexico. A country that "talks" of religious freedom but doesn't walk it. Though we have not the level of persecution in the area I and my family(wife, 5 children (8-18))work there are many stories that come out of areas further south of us (chiapas) that show the true nature of this countries religion (and its not Islam).
I beleive the church in the US needs to wake up.
I think that the youth in our day and age that are used to seeing images far worse than that of our sisters from indonesia, need to see that there are young people giving their lives for Christ. Many youth are so hung up on relationships and dating and "x"box and whatever the latest thing is that they (as well as their parents) need a good cold jolt of what being a christian is really like in many places outside of the good old U.S.of A. It isn't about a mega church and dramas and great worship bands. Its about hiding in the dark to pray, sharing a page from the Bible because a page is all you have. It is living with the daily stress that your children may not have a tomorrow, let alone and "x"box or a boyfriend.
I remember when I went to a traffic school once when I was younger and the CHP (Ca. Highway Patrol) showed their graffic pictures of highway fatalities, trying to make a point about driving safely. It worked. I beleive pictures like this will also.
My heart goes out to the families and I pray that they may (if they even see the pictures)see them as a tool to wake up sleepy Christians to the horrors that our brothers and sisters face every day. This is reality.
Why is it an indignity to show the body of a martyr? We westerners have a strange view of death...
I would suggest a warning, 18 and over before viewing the picture. But I believe it should be shown. People who turn a blind eye to these atrocities are the ones who get burnt in the end. I just got back from Egypt, a one month graduate study program. And I can tell you that there was hardly a time, that I wasnt getting and unwelcomed stare.
I would not suggest traveling in these countries without alot of protection in numbers.
i hate to see that its horroble this will stop and they will pay some day for what they have done.
remember we all will have to stand a the alter some day.
Well i just seen the video's of the hostages in Irag being beheaded,as well as the photo of the girl at the top of the page,rest her sole. I tell you it's changed my life,to see such a total disregard for life,Haterid at its worst, It brings me to my knees.I'm some one who belives in God and the teachings of Jesus, but i also follow Buddhist teachings as well,I'm very open to all people and their belifes,Islam,Jews,humanists, call me what you want a Christian or a buddhist it makes no differice to me ,The bottom line is we have to stop labeling people,this draws lines between us,gaps that allow for hate to spring up ,we are all chideren of God.We have to have more unconditional love, forgiveness, compassion, empathy, understanding, harmony, acceptance, peace, contentment, openness, concerns for others (caring)for all people.This is the trueth.
Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love,
Where there is injury, pardon
Where there is doubt, faith,
Where there is despair, hope,
Where there is darkness, light,
Where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much
seek to be consoled as to console,
not so much to be understood as to understand,
not so much to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
it is in dying that we awake to eternal life.
This i Pray for us all ,God Bless!
Nahum 1
2 ¶ God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
psalm 79
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
Re 22:10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
Rest assured my soul, our King is coming soon. He is just and Holy. He will revenge the blood of His saints in due time. On that day what He thinks will count, and you know what He thinks, He abhores shedding innocent blood, not to mention the blood of His own saints
Proverbs chapter six
16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren
Stacy,
That's what happens when people like The Princess Diaries. Consider the picture fair warning.
I am beyond outraged that those CRIMINAL Pseudo-Islamist Extremists/Murderers can get away with the most hideous atrocities committed against innocent people.
What do we do? We ( the U.S. ) need to send highly-trained SWAT-like Navy Seal-type assasins who can blend in with the locals in hostile lands. These assasins should easily blend in with the locals so they can track down the terrorists and kill them - mercilessly of course. These assasins(spies) should be like those Special Ops Forces who, at least by appearance, blend in with the locals. Instead of offering a $25 MILLION DOLLAR BOUNTY to just anyone for the capture of Bin Laden and Zarqawi, why NOT use that money to pay the salaries of specially-trained assasins whose sole job is to find and kill terrorists. Any trained gunman/assasin who can take out Bin Laden and his posse deserves more than a $25 Million Dollar Reward. So what you think of this idea? I'm probably NOT the first person to think of this NOT-SO-RADICAL idea.
L.A. j. Ramos
Mid-state New Jersey
You are not a true Christian .
So stop propagating such things online as such truths are already covered by many organisations . No point in propagating what is already desensitized and known by the masses .
What you sould do are to provide with a more solid and better understanding that all men are created from the same source .
Make peace not hate by propagating
I am truly sorry as a Christian that I can not do more, but this is where Christians stand apart from the perpetrators of this gross act of malicious murder - we do what our Holy Bible teaches us - "Love those that hurt you and bless those that curse you" "Be not afraid of those that murder the body, but those that murder the soul" - Our Christian values are so great we can not hate the perpetrators - though we can hate what they do. Jesus on the cross said "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do".
To the families of the three murdered girls, let me say this - I do know how you feel. My nephew Peter was murdered in Australia (yes, in Australia) in 1980 by a gang of peodophiles. He was a Christian boy of just 13 years of age, and was in music/song ministry in the local church and his songs went to far-east Russia.
I forgave his murderer's because our forgiveness releases them into God's grace. This is the hardest thing for a Christian to do and it is the acid test of our faith.
Let's rise above all those things that try to pull down our faith and love those that do grievous things to us - that my friends is what our faith is about.
Rick
I am from Slovakia, I not speaking good english.I reading this article and looking photo from this beheaded girl.It is horror, it is evil.I please the God for peace for this girl.Better for me is german language.Ich werde betten fuer dieses girl ich hoffe das Herr Gott ihr Frieden und ein himmlischer Paradies schenkt.
Ludovit
i am a christian in england. we can so often take our faith for granted. i am so upset to see these pictures. but the lord now has them with him. the lord our God is so great and he will look after his own where ever they may be
tara.
may god the the martyars who died for god , ipray god will so some miracal that will save our people
Stacey...
I just want to say thank you. I needed awake up call. I needed to fight for something agian. I live in a sm. peaceful community and have no knowledge of what is going on elsewhere. Now I will stay informed. I do not think you were at all wrong by posting that picture.
Thanks, for the Graphic Picture I have been surfing Google for 2 hours to find some pictures for a college speech on religious persecution, and sofar yours is the best. This picture is worth 1,000 words. It's not a candy coated version of the facts,it is the TRUTH, and the TRUTH HERTS! I hope this makes you take action, because the worst thing all of us can do to her sacrifice; is ignore it!
Are you grossed out? Good. I had a friend send me more pictures of this grisly beheading that is continuing to be ignored by the mainstream media.
