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| Every Day 50 Iranian Young People Convert to Christianity |
| 2004-10-09 |
| From Compass Direct Concern is growing among Iran's evangelical community for the safety of a pastor arrested four weeks ago by the Iranian security police. Iranian authorities have refused to give any reason for the arrest and prolonged detention of Hamid Pourmand, 47, a lay pastor in the Assemblies of God Church. No one has been allowed contact with Pourmand since September 9, when he was arrested along with 85 other evangelical church leaders. However, Compass confirmed today that Pourmand, who is a colonel in the Iranian army, was allowed one very short telephone call to his wife last week. Without saying where he was or giving any other details, he simply told her that he was all right. |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #8 tw. I thought my projections were too simplistic. When I started to think too much about it, it became mind-boggling. 28% of the population is 0-14 yrs, 67.2% is 15-64 years, and 4.8% >65 yrs. Probably some kind of differential equation birth-death model. I was feeling a little lazy today. |
| Posted by: John QC 2004-10-09 11:47:22 PM |
| #7 tw, Man Oh Man!!! Put the knife down before you cut somebody. |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2004-10-09 11:15:08 PM |
| #6 John Q, societal trends tend to accelerate, rather than remain straightline. Try recalculating using a logrithmic scale ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-10-09 6:57:59 PM |
| #5 69,018,924 Iranians est 2004. 50 conversions/day. 1,380,378 days. 3782 years. Doesn't seem worth the effort. I'll check in routinely to see how this project is going. Posted a post yesterday. Remember firearms and alcohol don't mix. Blogging and alcohol probably don't mix. Maybe some of you have had a better experience. One says all kinds of outrageous shit. Yesterday in my rantings, I said I wouldn't mind the desert lands being turned into a glass parking lot. All of a sudden I could not get back on Rantburg. Almost panicked. Thought I got booted off for stepping over the line. I think I am getting a little paranoid spending so much time on the site. Turns out the site was down for a couple of hours. |
| Posted by: John (Q. Citizen) 2004-10-09 2:56:45 PM |
| #4 There, there, Atropanthe. Take a deep breath, count backward from 20 by threes, and get a grip. |
| Posted by: mom 2004-10-09 10:16:28 AM |
| #3 Faster please. After the coalition of the nations The former presidential candidate, Jon bon sKerry, can find work as a human shield after his monumental defeat. Fill his pockets full of nuke fuel, strap Danny boyee Rather between his legs, and let him spin on out of the universe. Heck, let him wear a helmet a drive a tank over like a true blue MA demo-rat. After the first debate, my 14 year old, totally non-political daughter said it all: Is Kerry gay? Yes, he is, in the worst possible way. |
| Posted by: Atropanthe 2004-10-09 1:47:41 AM |
| #2 This means more and more have their eyes opend to the evils of the ruling fanatics and will gladly fight them with our assistance....which is coming after the election after the nuke weapons plant is removed by Israel. |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-10-09 1:01:56 AM |
| #1 But authorities have remained tight-lipped about Pourmand, a former Muslim serving as the volunteer pastor of a congregation in Bandar-i Bushehr. Nuff said? He is a martyr without a head. |
| Posted by: Atropanthe 2004-10-09 12:44:48 AM |