Comments on: Olympic Boycott | Does it Matter? http://www.nikao.ws/2008/08/05/olympic-boycott-does-it-matter/ the price you pay for the life you choose Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:30:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vince http://www.nikao.ws/2008/08/05/olympic-boycott-does-it-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-2018 Vince Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:45:28 +0000 http://www.nikao.ws/?p=654#comment-2018 great links jordan, there is so much going on in the world that we need to be educated on. great links jordan, there is so much going on in the world that we need to be educated on.

]]> By: jordan http://www.nikao.ws/2008/08/05/olympic-boycott-does-it-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-2013 jordan Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:23:36 +0000 http://www.nikao.ws/?p=654#comment-2013 One more...not trying to pound you...promise. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/tarrant/stories/DN-newnorthwood_26met.ART.North.Edition1.4262fb2.html One more…not trying to pound you…promise.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/tarrant/stories/DN-newnorthwood_26met.ART.North.Edition1.4262fb2.html

]]> By: jordan http://www.nikao.ws/2008/08/05/olympic-boycott-does-it-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-2012 jordan Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:21:27 +0000 http://www.nikao.ws/?p=654#comment-2012 http://www.globalengage.org/media/release.aspx?id=720 Sorry they moved the link. http://www.globalengage.org/media/release.aspx?id=720

Sorry they moved the link.

]]> By: jordan http://www.nikao.ws/2008/08/05/olympic-boycott-does-it-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-2011 jordan Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:09:07 +0000 http://www.nikao.ws/?p=654#comment-2011 Yes, I read that you were consistent in that. Some people are not. They'll be a Christian business person who says we should boycott the Olympics while they put the label on the cargo crate they are shipping there. We work in Vietnam and have found out sometimes it is better to partner with government and show them the love of Christ in serving their people rather than grandstanding. We just signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Vietnamese government for freedom of religion. (You can read more about it here... http://mynorthwood.northwoodchurch.org/?p=27 ) Yes, I read that you were consistent in that. Some people are not. They’ll be a Christian business person who says we should boycott the Olympics while they put the label on the cargo crate they are shipping there. We work in Vietnam and have found out sometimes it is better to partner with government and show them the love of Christ in serving their people rather than grandstanding. We just signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Vietnamese government for freedom of religion.

(You can read more about it here… http://mynorthwood.northwoodchurch.org/?p=27 )

]]> By: Vince http://www.nikao.ws/2008/08/05/olympic-boycott-does-it-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-1965 Vince Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:58:41 +0000 http://www.nikao.ws/?p=654#comment-1965 @jordan....i am more concerned about the money people boycotting at one end there is the thought that Christians have more important things to care about that the olympics and at the other, we have to figure out at what point to we jump in and care about injustice? @jordan….i am more concerned about the money people boycotting

at one end there is the thought that Christians have more important things to care about that the olympics and at the other, we have to figure out at what point to we jump in and care about injustice?

]]> By: jordan http://www.nikao.ws/2008/08/05/olympic-boycott-does-it-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-1953 jordan Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:15:29 +0000 http://www.nikao.ws/?p=654#comment-1953 As a swimmer I have friends who had to miss 80 because of Jimmy Carter's boycott. My question is why do we put pressure on the athletes to boycott but allow the business-persons to go on with zero pressure? Why don't we ask them to boycott? Hmmmmmm. Oh yeah, because of billions of dollars in money. I just wish people would be consistent. If Phelps or Tyson Gay should boycott so should McDonald's. As a swimmer I have friends who had to miss 80 because of Jimmy Carter’s boycott. My question is why do we put pressure on the athletes to boycott but allow the business-persons to go on with zero pressure? Why don’t we ask them to boycott? Hmmmmmm. Oh yeah, because of billions of dollars in money. I just wish people would be consistent. If Phelps or Tyson Gay should boycott so should McDonald’s.

]]> By: Vince http://www.nikao.ws/2008/08/05/olympic-boycott-does-it-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-1944 Vince Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:33:17 +0000 http://www.nikao.ws/?p=654#comment-1944 Yeah, it's a tough question. I want to care and i want people to know that I care. Yeah, it’s a tough question. I want to care and i want people to know that I care.

]]> By: Damon http://www.nikao.ws/2008/08/05/olympic-boycott-does-it-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-1938 Damon Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:08:24 +0000 http://www.nikao.ws/?p=654#comment-1938 Not disagreeing with you at all, but as I finished reading this, my mind turned to that oft-overused phrase "What Would Jesus Do"...and it occurred to me that I really don't know what he would do. The Romans were probably 10x worse than the Chinese, and were not above an atrocity or two to get the day started, but you never hear about Jesus picketing Pilate or anything. Was his method (surely more effective) to work from the other side in, by sharing his promise of eternity with the people and letting them provide the pressure? Interesting... Not disagreeing with you at all, but as I finished reading this, my mind turned to that oft-overused phrase “What Would Jesus Do”…and it occurred to me that I really don’t know what he would do. The Romans were probably 10x worse than the Chinese, and were not above an atrocity or two to get the day started, but you never hear about Jesus picketing Pilate or anything. Was his method (surely more effective) to work from the other side in, by sharing his promise of eternity with the people and letting them provide the pressure?

Interesting…

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