face of the earth along this area because of their refusal to adopt and to embrace Marxist-Leninist philosophy. An example of the extent of the persecution can be illustrated by a 25 year old pastor by the name of Biardo, who was awakened early one morning when Sandinista troops came into his village. They called all of the men together outside the church, gave them shovels, had them dig their own graves, and shot them in the back. The women and children were taken inside the church, and there in front of Pastor Biardo they were violated and tortured in such ways that I cannot begin to describe to you today. The pastor was mocked, tied up to a pole, spat upon, and the Sandinista troops said, "Where is your God? Why doesn't He ever hear you? Why doesn't He ever answer your prayers?" They set the church on fire. The pastor was soon terribly burned on his arms, legs, his hands and feet; and a result of the fire was that the ropes that bound him were also burned through. He was then able to rescue some of the people inside the church. They made their way through the jungle, hiding in the daytime, and traveling at night, in what has come to be known as The Trail of Tears, to one of the refugee camps along the Honduras Nicaragua border inside Honduras. That is but one example of the persecution of the church in Nicaragua.'” The story of Africa is another story of the betrayal of an entire continent into the hands of those who hate Christianity. Out of 52 nations, the vast majority are ruled by one-party dictatorships with no chance for democratic reforms. The truth about these betrayals, and the resulting war against religion, has been withheld by 136 The Secret Side of History