Here's another reminder that things are not always what they seem to be. Many, many people have perpetuated this prayer request from India. Before reading, know that IT IS NOT TRUE. As always, you can check these things out at snopes.com. Here's a form of the request: Urgent prayer request! Please pray for all the churches in India. Buddhist extremists burned down 20 churches last night. Tonight they plan to destroy 200 churches and they plan to kill 200 missionaries . . .
The request goes on, asking for prayers to our "Almighty and Victorious Lord."
When we receive such requests, it is our responsibility to determine their validity before forwarding them. Further, we need to ask ourselves why we believe such a claim without first verifying it. Finally, we pray for Buddhists in India (there aren't many of them) who have been defamed and disrespected by our actions when we forward such requests.
Let's try to use the Internet responsibly.
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