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Question

i have seen some christians claim they are being persicutated here in the U.S.

would some one please provide some details to this persicution for me please?

i am truly interested in how you are being persicutated.

someone even said they knew some one who was fired from their job because of their faith. this is illegal here in the U.S. so i would like to know if this person sued the company that fired them.

please honest and respectful answers only. and i am only interested in things concerning the U.S.

so far every example i have seen is either been vague, or has happened to non christians also. i am how ever thankful for the respectful answers given so far. also as a manager of a buissness, i know that a person has to be given a specific reason for beinf fired and it has to be in writting, so a company cannot just go into court and say whatever they want.

Answer 1

When I was a Christian, one time I saw a pagan bumber sticker and thought,"Oh my, why must I be so persecuted!!???"

Answer 2

Yes, Christians are persecuted in the United States of America:
Check out the ACLU
Southern Poverty Law Center
National Endowment for the Arts
National Education Association
Planned Parenthood
9th Circuit Court of Appeals
National Public Radio
Hollywood
For verifiable cases:
American Center for Law and Justice
American Center for Law & Policy
American Family Association
Focus on the Family Action

Answer 3

I really think the only way we are being persecuted is by taking all reference to religion out of schools, government buildings, and job sites. But there is a bit of irony here also. How can a country or people who have turned their back on religion ask God to help them in time of need. The ACLU is the biggest enemy we Christians have at this moment. And the reasons they do what they do, is for the press. If Christianity got half he press the ACLU does, this world would be a much better place.

Answer 4

hmmm...It truly depends on what christian religion they are. There are so many religions who claim to be a part of Christianity, I can't truly give you any specific "it happened today" answers. But, I do know that during World Wars, Jehovah's Witnesses, who indeed are Christian, did receive persecution for not going to war. Today, it almost seems unheard of, because we do not even have the draft in place, but during the draft, these people who considered themselves minister, and truly did serve as ministers, were not granted the right to bow out as consciencious nonparticipants. Many young men right in the United States were put in jail, and those who were not were tarred and feathered in some communities for not supporting the war effort. I can imagine that some may have lost their jobs, because Witness children who would not salute the flag were expelled from their schools. At one point, even the members of the religion who had the responsibilty of printing out materials and basically directing the education for the rest of the organization were jailed for erroneuos charges of going against the government, when it was really the government denying these people freedom of speech and freedom of worship.

Nowadays, no such persecution has happened on quite that scale again, although many communities try to keep the Witnesses out and hamper their freeness of speech, which all cases have been taken to courts, including the Supreme Court, and have been turned over in the Witnesses favor.

Even in the online world, people may not think of it as persecution, but continual baiting and calling out "Christians" to try to stir up some debate, only to feed the questioner's ego on this site is yet another example of those who worship God getting the bad end of the stick.

Granted, this is not without good reason sometimes, because many have been turned off by Christendom's involvement with war, and most definitively The Inquisition, as well as contact with intolerant, hateful members of the religion who do not "practice what they preach." It is hard, but such people who have had a bad taste left in their mouth need to realize that trying to make things difficult for those who do not profess the same moral values as much of Christendom but are still Christian, as well as mocking and degrading those people who had nothing to do with their own personal experience with church goers will not allay their pain and hate. Instead, they need either to confront those actually guilty of these things, investigate Christendom and find true Christians, or be the better man and move on.

Answer 5

Persecution, usually affiliated with foriegn affairs, does, indeed, occur in the US. Most of the time it is no more than alienation or criticism, but sometimes, as I've experienced, people can do far worse based solely on faith. Even though it is illeagal to do so, I know of people being fired because of faith. They couldn't sue because the company would just find another reason and use that. Christians definately don't have it easy.

Answer 6

I ran a search. One site I pulled up reports:

Tolerance of anti-Christian attitudes in the United States is escalating. Recently, a woman in Houston, Texas was ordered by local police to stop handing out gospel tracts to children who knocked on her door during Halloween. Officers informed her that such activity is illegal (not true), and that she would be arrested if she continued. In Madison, Wisconsin, the Freedom from Religion Foundation distributes anti-Christian pamphlets to public school children entitled, "We Can Be Good Without God." The entertainment industry and syndicated media increasingly vilify Christians as sewer rats, vultures, and simple-minded social ingrates. The FBI and the Clinton White House brand fundamentalist Christian groups as hate mongers and potential terrorists. The Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago warns that plans by Southern Baptists to hold a convention in the Windy City next year might foment "hate crimes" against minorities, causing some Christians to fear that speaking openly about their religious beliefs will soon be considered a crime. All this, while Christianity itself is often a target of hate-crime violence. We remember the students at Columbine, and the United Methodist minister who was fatally beaten and burned in a remote part of Chattanooga, Tennessee, to name a few of the recent examples of interpersonal violence aimed at believers....

And there are many, many more examples. It isn't as bad for Christians here in the US as it is in say, China...but it is only a matter of time, I'm afraid.
If you don't think so, just watch how ugly it sometimes gets in this forum.
And the beat goes on.....

Answer 7

It happens every day. Especially in public schools and colleges. In some government offices and in almost all large corporations. The supreme court justice from Alabama was prosecuted out of office because a federal judge broke constitutional law and ordered him to remove the '10 Commandments' from the court house. Unfortunately even most Alabama lawyers and judges are anti-christian. You probably don't hear much about it on the news. Most media outlets are anti-Christian so they will not cover this type of news. You have to find a christian news station to hear it.

Answer 8

I think more Christians are persecuted in other countries such as China opposed to here in America. We know nothing of persecution- not really. Not compared to the martyers of the faith after Jesus died. That was the first church age. We are in the church age of "laodicia" today. IT's the last phase before the coming of Chirst, and it means us Chrisitans are "luke-warm", and have need of nothing. Christians today might think that persecutions is angry words, or getting fired from their job, or other such petty stuff that the Christians in the catacombs so many years ago would think it was "high-living" I'm sure. "Lift up your eyes chruch- your redemption draweth nigh". He is KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS

Answer 9

First year at a Liberal State College here in the USA I got an F on my English paper because I talked about my faith in God

Answer 10

Persecution comes in many flavors and unless you catch the perpetrators red handed with a smoking gun if you will, it's speculative at best.

How about obese people, older folks, ugly folks - all are persecuted at some time for being who they are.

If you were "different" and people were uncomfortable around you, then you would probably be as persecuted as well.

Answer 11

Christians are indeed persecuted in the US. Here's an eye-opening article for you to read that says it all:

http://www.worthynews.com/christian-persecution.html

Also, take a moment to read the hateful posts Christians receive on Yahoo Answers; we are vilified, called awful names, and hated. But we understand Jesus Christ told us in advance that this would happen.