Where are Christians being persecuted in America?

Question

I have no bias against groups of people. But I can't help thinking how rediculous this notion is. Or maybe it's me. Maby I'm just not looking in the right place.

No disrespect, but where exactly is all this happening?

Answer 1

LOL. Christians are the privileged ones in the United States.

They'd get a rude awakening if they were treated fairly.

Answer 2

Where are Christians being persecuted in America? well the question more appropriate may be why do they feel they are? Truth is, in the US, Christianity has been the defacto religion of the state, like it or not. Now, today Christians must share the world with others who do not necessarily share their values or follow their belief structure. Like any only child who all of a sudden must share with another, there is the inevitble matyr complex and persecution delusion. Christians perceive themselves as persecuted because they no longer control the agenda of a nation.

Now, at this point I must note that Christians have been made the whipping boy and in some cases unfairly.....BUT, Christians have themselves to blame on that account. You cannot continually attack other people, which they do regularly, without expecting a backlash.

I am reminded of the biblical line: "As you sow, so shall you reap".

This quote I think illustrates exactly what Christians need to remember. You may not like gay people, you may not like women who have abortions, and you may not even like people having the freedom to choose surgeries involving stem cells, but when you continue to attack, condemn and even forcibly make you point, you do inevitably invite a response.

Remember, if Christians feel persecuted, it is of their own making. The Chickens have come home to roost and you don't like the crowing outside. Until Christians own up to their own hatred, and like it or not, some of what they preach is hatred, they can never be trusted and thus will always see themselves as the victims instead of what they really are, the victimizers.

Answer 3

Those in power feel threatened when they lose that power. Christianity has had a stranglehold on America for a couple of centuries. Now that free thinkers are finally able to speak out and educate people, the Christian leaders point to false threats and try to change us back (see comments made about 9/11 and homosexuality).

And of course, you garner more support if you make yourself look like you're persecuted. Organizations can be very adaptive, and Christian churches have noted how effective it can be to be persecuted.

All you need to do is to look at a group that is honestly persecuted (such as the homosexuals). Then you just whine and claim that you suffer just as much as they do.

Of course, you cannot claim persecution if people see how much power you have, so you conveniently dismiss claims that Christians have so much power, despite the fact that every President has been a Christian and that every blue law passed benefited Christians.

Answer 4

Well, I can give a few examples. There are places in the country where you cannot talk about or express religion/God at your workplace, or at school. One person who had a bunch of religious bumper stickers on her car was asked to move it from the faculty parking lot. Some people aren't even allowed to bring Bibles to school if they want (though they have a perfect right to do so).
A pro-lifer was picketing a Planned Parenthood clinic and some guy drove up on the sidewalk and tried to run him over. A little old lady got pushed to the ground by a "peaceful pro-choicer". I've personally been attacked by pro-aborts and they tore up my sign and stole it.
If a Muslim says or does something that's politically incorrect, people say that's just his culture and we should respect it. If a Christian says or does something that's politically incorrect, he or she is called a hatemongering bigot.
Many people are under the false belief that we can't teach Creation in the classroom, but that's false. If they actually read the laws, they would find that teachers cannot be FORCED to teach it, but they can teach it if they want to. However, a student has to have the religion of evolution shoved down his throat in order to graduate.
Sometimes Seventh-Day Adventists suffer persecution. I tell my boss when I get a new job that I won't work on Saturdays for religious reasons. Sometimes they won't let you so you have to quit, or get fired for not coming in on Saturday.
I think things will only get worse before they get better for Christians in this country. It's still not as bad as in other countries that are very hostile to Christians, but it's there.

Answer 5

I have not begun to ascertain the day the position Christians experience like the minority and are intimidated through maximum persons who are not Christian because they declare to be proper. not taking position! and that is the reason i'm not Christian. :) If some thing, i imagine its Christians persecuting one yet another, with the Fundies and all, you realize. yet "it will all be ok in case you really repent and resign your life to God and Jesus Christ! And positioned a touch better than a greenback contained in the plate once you come back to affix us in worship, and then tell all of your different little non-Christian friends to be Christian too, because there is no opposite direction to salvation!" Yeah, thats how that's, that and $9.ninety 9 plus shipping and dealing with. Thank Goddess i'm not Christian.

Answer 6

The simple answer is nowhere. They love playing the victim though and to listen to them, you'd think everyone is out to get them. Christians have it better in America than anywhere else in the world. Religious organizations are exempt from zoning laws, anti-discrimination laws and collective bargaining laws. In other words religious groups are free to persecute as they wish. See the boy scouts ruling on allowing homosexuals if you doubt me.

Answer 7

Christians aren't being prosecuted against any more than any other religion has been...it just seems like it now because the things like the Pledge of Allegiance is not as widely accepted as it used to be. They are now finding out how it feels to have their religion scrutinized a bit!!

Answer 8

The ACLU is doing their part.Teaching evolution in our schools,and not creation or both is a form of persecution.Some of the people in this forum asking perverted and defacing questions is a form of persecution.
Persecution: A program or campaign to exterminate, drive away, or subjugate a people because of their religion, race, or beliefs: the persecutions of Christians by the Romans.

Notice the word campaign.People do it everyday,but it's okay to offend Christians,right?
That school in California removing the words "under God"is persecution.

For a broader view of persecution you can check out this link.
http://persecution.com/

Answer 9

actually not many religions are persecuted in america, america is becoming more and more accepting everyday of radical behavior, the only religion i know of that is persecuted in america, is the jehovahs witnesses, but then again jesus stated that he was persecuted for his beliefs, and so will true followers of his beliefs.america is quick to say that there is good in all religion, so very accepting, but ask any american how they feel about jehovahs witnesses.......and theres your answer

Answer 10

It isn't. They're just so used to being the clear majority and having no one speak out against them that now that people are they feel persecuted. They should try being any of the minority religions in this country if they really want to feel persecuted.