After listening to a talk given by an Archbishop of the Syrian Orthodox Church, I learned that Syria is technically not a "Christian" country (contrary to what I said in a previous post), but is a secular country. What this means is, two things, while the government led by President Assad is not pro-Christian, it is not anti-Christian either. I have heard from numerous sources from Syria that Christians have been allowed to live and worship in peace under Assad. Which will not be the case if the US takes Assad out of power. If the rebel groups are empowered by the US and topple Assad, then pro-Muslim (read: anti-Christian) groups will make life and worship very difficult for Christians. But this is no different than what has happened in every other Middle Eastern country that the US has gotten involved in and aided Muslim rebel groups in.
Please pray much for this situation and tell your Senator that the US should not strike Syria.
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