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Laos Christians Pressured To Worship "Local Spirits"

Thursday, July 16, 2009 (2:06 pm)

By Worthy News Asia Service

VIENTIANE, LAOS (Worthy News) — Dozens of Christian families in a village in Laos have been warned they will lose their homes and remaining live stock unless they abandon Christianity and start worshiping “local spirits” in accordance with Lao traditions, rights investigators said Thursday, July 16.

Authorities already slaughtered pigs of the 53 Christian residents in Katin village in the Ta Oih district of Saravan province,  each worth the equivalent of six weeks' salary for an average laborer in the area, said The Human Rights Watch for Lao Religious Freedom (HRWLRF).

On Saturday,  July 11, local authorities also announced they would confiscate other livestock and properties following a meeting for all residents where they announced that they had “banned the Christian faith in our village,” the advocacy group said in a statement distributed by Compass Direct News, a Christian news service.

Christians said the measures were a form of punishment for ignoring the order to abandon Christianity.

BUFFALO SEIZED

Last September officials seized a buffalo worth approximately US$350 from a Christian resident identified only as Bounchu, telling him the animal would be returned only if he renounced his faith, Christians said.

The Katin village leader said spirit worship was the only acceptable form of worship in the community,  according to HRWLRF investigators.

It comes amid growing pressure on Christians in rural areas of Laos, amid concerns within the government about the spread of Christianity in the Asian country, Christians have said.

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  • Brendon

    I was just wondering because before year 2000 came Christianity in Laos grows so fast. With all the population of Laos Vietnam how many Christians were there before this laws were established? And did they do anything at all to at least fight for their rights as Laos Citizens?
    I feel pity with our Christian brethren though who are being persecuted due to their faithfulness and desire to worship the only true living God. Yet I salute them also to their courage and strength because due to the fact that their is a law that leads to their death (physically) if they don't give up their faith they never fear. So I pray for their victory over this persecution that they are now battling.

  • FresnoJoe

    {{{… spirit worship was the only acceptable form of worship …}}}

    Never It Is Correct Nor Is It Wise To Worship Demons – For The LORD God Says

    "And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people."
    Leviticus 20:6

    And There Is Only One LORD Of Hosts The Redeemer

    "Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God."
    Isaiah 44:6

    And He Is The LORD Jesus The Christ

    "See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever."
    Deuteronomy 32:39-40

    Who Came Down From His Daddy Far Above

    "And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven."
    "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:"
    "That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life."
    John 3:13-15

    And Suffered And Died To Save Folks Like You And I

    "Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God."
    Hebrews 12:2

    From The Wages Of Sin And Death

    "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
    Romans 6:23

    And The Wrath Of God

    "The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand."
    "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him."
    John 3:35-36

    Trust Him

    >>>>>()<<<<<

    Believe

    "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
    "For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved."
    "He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."
    John 3:16-18

    And Be Blessed Beloved
    Love. Joe

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