{"id":6566,"date":"2011-02-25T14:13:56","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T20:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/?p=6566"},"modified":"2011-05-03T16:55:10","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T16:55:10","slug":"adopt-a-terroritst-says-christian-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesusneedsnewpr\/2011\/02\/adopt-a-terroritst-says-christian-group.html","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Adopt a Terroritst&#039; says Christian group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/2011\/02\/22-most-wanted-terrorist.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/2011\/02\/22-most-wanted-terrorist.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"550\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/02\/25\/adopt-a-terrorist-for-prayer-site-urges\/?hpt=Sbin\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/02\/25\/adopt-a-terrorist-for-prayer-site-urges\/?hpt=Sbin\" target=\"_blank\">According to this post at CNN<\/a>, Christians are being encouraged to adopt terrorists! No, not you would adopt\/sponsor a child through World Vision or Compassion International. This adoption process only means that you would make an effort to pray for a specific terrorist&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Like this man, Mustafa Ali Salat&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/2011\/02\/normal_salat_ma.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/2011\/02\/normal_salat_ma.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Could you pray for people who planned bombings, carried out shootings  and terrorized civilians? A movement in the U.S. is asking Christians  to do just that.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At <a href=\"http:\/\/atfp.org\/\">atfp.org<\/a>, Christians are asked to  \u201cadopt a terrorist for prayer.\u201d A quote from the Bible on the site urges  visitors to \u201clove your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Where is the Christian response to terrorism?&#8221; the site says. &#8220;If  the struggle against violence done in the name of Islam is primarily  spiritual, then defeating it requires a spiritual response.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Adopt a Terrorist For Prayer (ATFP) spokesman Thomas Bruce tells CNN  the site&#8217;s main goals are to teach people how to pray for their enemies  and to spiritually reform the terrorists.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The site was launched in 2008, with the  interactive adoption feature being added in 2009. Bruce says 603 people  have registered to prayerfully adopt a terrorist.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>While the idea of praying for your foes isn\u2019t new, Bruce says his  team created the site in hopes of transforming the war against  terrorists.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019ve been fighting this for about 10 years with material means, and  it hasn\u2019t really changed the nature of it,\u201d Bruce says. \u201cBy bringing  spiritual perspective to it, and as the Lord answers some of those  prayers, it could and should hopefully have a profound change on the  viciousness of the conflict we\u2019re in.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The ATFP\u00a0site lists 165 people available for \u201cadoption,\u201d most of whom  are designated by the FBI and State Department as terrorists or  sponsors of terrorism. Just sign up, scroll through the list and choose  which individual you\u2019d like to pledge to transform through prayer. CNN  could not verify the authenticity of all the names listed on the ATFP  site. <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/02\/25\/adopt-a-terrorist-for-prayer-site-urges\/?hpt=Sbin\" target=\"_blank\">READ THE ENTIRE STORY HERE<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Prayer is a good thing. And I suspect that praying for a terrorist on a regular basis might have a bigger impact on the pray-er more than the pray-ee. I could be wrong. You know that old saying&#8230;\u00a0<em> <\/em>\u201cSometimes the answer to prayer is not that it <em><\/em>changes life, but that it changes me.\u201d<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em>And I admit&#8230; prayer does change me.<\/p>\n<p>Sent to me by Jessica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to this post at CNN, Christians are being encouraged to adopt terrorists! No, not you would adopt\/sponsor a child through World Vision or Compassion International. 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