Is it really persecution if I don't allow you to bulldoze me with your beliefs?

Question

Really?

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No, I'm not mad about the mandrills! =0)

What I am talking about is people who cry persecution when the United States allow freedom for all, not just the majority. I'm well aware of what persecution means...

Answer 1

Bette, check this out,

http://www.persecution.org/suffering/index.php

This is a website that talks about Christian persecution.

Ok, notice the countries that are listed there.

Indonesia, China, Pakistan, Iran.

These are countries where people who are Christian are being persecuted.

When someone who sits here in the United States of America and says that they as a Christian are being persecuted because we want to have abortion be legal, or have two gay men have the right to be married, and to not have any one's religious belief about the origin of man taught in a science class but only theories for which their are empirical evidneces, it is not only disgraceful and hypocritical, but a joke.

This is a mockery they bring to Jesus H Christ who was put on a crucifix.

This is disgusting.

Words are powerful, I know, I know. Pretending to be "jim darwin' on yahoo answers I've learned how powerful words in the English language are.

My point is,

they are not persecuted. They who use the word persecution in reference to treatment on yahoo answers are hypocrites and a danger to our society in that real attention needs to go to those countries where real human beings are suffering real religious intolerance and genocide.

How dare they.

How dare they use the word persecution when there are real Christians who tonight will be tortured.

Its not just Christians. Budhists in Tibet tonight will be tortured.

Religious tolerance is the greatest priority for those of us who want peace on Earth.

There are a few bad apples yes, such as those who say we need to step on Christians like cockroaches,

but please,

thats the words of an immature 16 year old kid whose mommy is sleeping with the neighbor and daddy is working late and he smokes up his bong and goes on yahoo answers and thinks hes being funny.

He is not.

He is not being funny because his use of language is offensive, intolerant,

but he is foolish and his is only cowardly words,

not the cruel actions taken by the governments of those countries, pakistan, iran, etc.

Answer 2

No.

But constatly asking questions designed to stereotype all "Xtians", saying "You're all stupid! You all hate science" and asking what parts of the Bible make the best toilet paper are done out of bigotry.

Is it intolerance if I stand up for myself???

And Arron, you're wrong. There are Christians being tortured, jailed, raped, and killed...even in the great atheistic communist countries.
http://www.persecution.org

And I hardly think your beliefs are being "bulldozed".

Jim, I didn't say Christians were being tortured and killed in America. And last time I checked, atheists weren't either. And just because the Christians being tortured aren't any America doesn't diminsh it as a reality. Atheists are being persecuted. And it's more than just angry 16 year olds (like the one that pretends to be a Doctor). So far the asker hasn't given an example of how her own personal beliefs as an atheist are being bulldozed. That's because they're not.

Answer 3

No, ignorance.

A friend of mine Richard Wurmbrand,a messianic Jew,(Jew converted to Christianity) knew "real persecution".

As he was tortured for 6 years by the Nazis in Romania, for being a Jew. Then tortured 8 mores years under communist Romania (when they were "liberated" by the Soviet Union), for being a Christian. I have seen numerous large holes in his back,where red hot pokers were inserted into his flesh. He endured this and many more intense tortures, yet would not deny Jesus so that he could be set free.

This, is rather, an example of real persecution.

Answer 4

No, but when atheists constantly say things like "Christians are like cockroaches. You have to keep stepping on them" and other hateful crap like that I've read tonight alone, yeah, I can see why they feel like atheists hate them.

Jim Darwin, do you see the nut case with links to Elf and Alf about arson and sabotage? THIS IS WHAT I MEAN! It's going too far and someone somewhere is going to get hurt over it, I don't care what anybody says! . He's said atheists need to bomb churches in some of his other answers. I think we older and wiser atheists need to try to educate the younger hot headed ones. I'd feel really, really bad if the only atheist someone met was "virtually" on yahoo Answers. That's all.

Answer 5

Yes! How dare you not listen to me... only I know what is really good for you... You are obviously confused, so I must step in and show you the "way".

I have seen this attitude time and time again in here. I can't believe anyone could possibly think they are being persecuted just because someone does not agree with them or doesn't want to listen to them. They must really think that God died and left them in charge of teaching everyone else.

Answer 6

In most Christian nations throughout history...the answer is yes. At least judging by the tactics of groups like the Dominicans. The playing the victim thing is so incredibly aggravating. The only thing I find as annoying as the oppressed Chrisitan majority is the oppressed, angry, white man.

I think if they want to experience discrimination they should live for a few months in Saudi Arabia. A nation with close family ties to their Christian warlord President.

I loved the Monty Python quote....

Now we see the violence inherent to the system!

Answer 7

The context in which you are using persercution is wrong. You are using the wrong meaning. The persercution you are speaking of is "to harass or annoy persistantly." Believers who do that are NOT be persecuted. They are just not showing the love of God in the right way.Those that do show it in the a loving way and are oppressed because of their beliefs are in fact being persercuted.

Answer 8

I won't bulldoze your with my beliefs if you don't try to cram your brand of law down my throat. There are plenty of atheists who would like nothing better than to curtail freedom of religion expression or prohibit it altogether. Just read back through the questions asked on this forum, if you want examples of that.

You have the right to believe whatever you'd like. Just keep your hands off my rights to do likewise.

Answer 9

Amazing isn't it? I've noticed those Christians who complain about "persecution" are actually persecuting everyone else and getting slapped down for it. They threw the Puritans out of England for trying to overthrow the government to establish a theocratic state. We can dream.

Answer 10

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