Is the Christian Persecution Delusion (CPD) caused by an inflated sense of entitlement or ignorance of misery?

Answer 1

lack of acceptance for consequences of their own actions most of the time--also the innate inability to see how their actions affect others, they are incapable of empathy or sympathy

Answer 2

It's the Bill! ^_^

CPD is probably caused by actual events. What religion hasn't been persecuted? However, Christians have, sadly, persecuted more than have been persecuted. E.G: The Spanish Inquisition, Salem Witch Trials, case of Brandi Blackbear, etc.

John Lennon's song "Imagine" is probably the best way to have world peace. Plus, it's just so awesome.

Answer 3

If you are talking about the "we're being persecuted" cry of Christians in the United States, it's really not that difficult to understand.

I'm not agreeing with it, mind you...but whenever a group (ethnic, religious, whatever) has had special privileges for a long time, it is difficult to be forced to give those up.

A lot of white people thought they were being oppressed when black people got the vote.

A lot of men felt oppressed when women got the vote.

This was not, in fact, oppression or persecution, but they felt that it was.

When you're had things your own way for a long time, being forced to play on a level field is going to make a lot of folks unhappy.

Answer 4

I guess Fox's Book of Martyrs doesn't exist on this guys bookshelf. Nor does he pay attention to the news around the world, or he would've heard about the story of Noviana Malewa & her three Christian friends.

Sad. But, I guess I can thank the ACD (Anti-Christian Delusion) for this inflated diatribe.

Answer 5

Much of the so called persecution is brought on by themselves. For some reason they feel like they have the right to infringe upon the freedoms of others. Moreover they seem to also believe that they can treat others poorly (call them names, threaten them, cheat and lie, etc) without any repercussions.

Answer 6

It's propaganda that the church leaders are spreading to their flock to instill the belief that although the Christian church has been responsible for some of the worst massacres in history...it's okay...because they're persecuted too.....
What B.S.

Answer 7

excuse me? People of all religions, nationalities, tribes, backgrounds - almost every single group alive - has had some sort of persecution to deal with in their lives. We live in the flesh. We have to live with each other;
No rose garden has been promised at anybodys birth.

But if historical fact says a group had been persecuted, why would you feel it was a delusion? Do you live in that rose garden?
Give us all directions so we can come and live there, too.

Answer 8

It's entitlement. When children who believe in magic don't get what they want... they complain and sulk and blame others rather than doing an honest and rational evaluation.

Answer 9

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.

A few years ago, Dr. Paul Vitz, then professor of psychology at New York University, worked with a committee that examined sixty social studies and history textbooks used in public schools across the United States. The committee was amazed to find that almost every reference to the Christian influence of early America was systematically removed. Their conclusion: the writers of the commonly used textbooks exhibited paranoia of the Christian religion and intentionally censored Christianity's positive role in American history.

Intolerant, Christ-hating censors of religious expression target the media and public school curriculum because this is the best place, outside of the churches and families, to indoctrinate children and thus manipulate the future political and cultural landscape. If one succeeds in separating Godly principles from public education and the media, they deny citizens the knowledge of good and keep them from embracing the laws of God. To that extent, they are pawns of evil and subvert and destroy both the message and the messengers of righteousness.
Social scientists claim this generation's inability to define absolutes, and a growing pattern of anti-Christian behavior, may ultimately result in the collapse of the American superstructure, as situation ethics, AIDS and other forms of sexually transmitted diseases, the redefining of the family unit, and other abandonments of biblical standards of morality come to their dangerous and natural conclusion.
UST THINK OF IT

America's Founding Fathers understood that all government is based on either a theistic or anti-theistic foundation. Adepts of history like George Washington understood that countries whose systems of government embrace national anti-theistic views ultimately come to ruin. Strong religious convictions therefore played a role in the development of the United States, which was established on Christian principles and open to all people of good will. In 1892 this was argued before the Supreme Court of the United States. After exhaustive deliberation, the Court said, "Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. [It is] impossible that it should be otherwise; and in this sense and to this extent our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian."

Imagine that. A nation whose laws and institutions are based on the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. Why, such a place would surely become the leader in education, invention, and the arts. Such a place would probably become a haven of religious liberty for more types and religions of people than has ever existed anywhere or at any time on earth. Instead of religious persecution and intolerance, such a place would offer hope and opportunity to the huddled masses of the earth.

Answer 10

My church history includes Rape, murder, humiliations, torture, forced relocation, and many other physical persecution. If you call this "CPD" then your delusional.