How is the persecution of Christians in the USA increasing?

Question

This is branching off of my last question, which I got a lot of respectful and GREAT answers from.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aidj9kdhChxnJttVORkys5Tsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20070928083157AAuhoYN

Now, I want to elaborate a little more on some of the answers I received.

First, I know that Christians are persecuted severely in other countries. I am not comparing the homosexual persecution to those of the "christian women being raped and murdered in third world countries".

This question is strictly for Christians in the USA.

How is persecution increasing here in the US?

Someone brought up the removal of god from our schools in 1963. Would this really count as persecution?

Look at it this way. Our country has the seperation of church and state, a law. In order for that to be persecution, wouldn't it have to an an UNJUST and CRUEL restraint?

How does that compare to homosexuals not being allowed marriage in the government recognized sense?

I'm agnostic, and not kidding.

Read the whole question and check out the link to the other question.

I've seen several questions and answers talking about Christians being persecuted in the US...and I want to know HOW.

Outside of Y!A...tell me how it's getting "worse".

For those that won't read, didn't read, etc. the last question...

The definition of persecution is:

To persecute: To oppress or harass with ill-treatment, especially because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs.

Answer 1

As a mainstream Christian I would say, it isn't.

There is fear, and rightfully so, of fundamentalists -- but persecution of Christians? None.

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Reyn
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Answer 2

chirstains may be being persucued a little bit through media and things like that. You can't say they didn't have it somming then.they think taht everything they do is right becasue there pastor told them it was or God told them.. they funny thing is that God mostly seems to say what they want him to say. i used to be Christain until i realized how stuck up and full of crap they were. one expanpme is that when harry potter was really popluar our pastor had gotten an emial talking about how it was satinic and JKrowling wanted death on us all and how in the book they said that chirstains are weak. then i read the books and the only thing i have ever read that was anitchristain was Voldemort saying stuff. and he's bad so that doesn't count. then reciently i was looking up stuff and i found a person callling out the person taht wrote the emial saying taht all her infomation as form a tablod thing on the internet. some of the stuff on there was exatcly what my pastor said. So pretty much Christains judge without knowing anything they don't even try. and you can pray outside to God my old school used to do it. Wiccans got made fun of or largely ingored and Muslims had to go to a difrent room. I don't think that it's right that people are trying to get rid of christan things out of everything, but they are not replaing it with muslim or wiccan sybmols. And the bringing down christains to be fair to all the other religons is just the same as bringing downs white to be fair to the minorites.

Answer 3

I would argue that it's very likely that everything some view as persecution is actually good for christians also.

For instance, Keeping government or at least trying to keep government organizations free of religious influence is just as good for christians as non-christians.

Do christians truly want a system where government defers to the beliefs of the dominant religion? Just because christianity is the dominant religion in the US now does not mean it will always be that way.

Imagine if the US congress opened every session with a prayer to L Ron Hubbard. Imagine that every form of legal currency having something like "We embrace L Ron Hubbard" written on it. And how would you react to the scientologist view of creation being taught as science? And would you applaud public schools leading prayers if those were scientologist prayers?

The system in the US isn't perfect but it bends over backward to accommodate christians and religion in general. It even errs many times on allowing religion to go too far.

Answer 4

Christians arent really persecuted. We are allowed freedom of religion here. So we don't live in a country that is completely Christian, and not everyone sees our views...that's not being persecuted. We don't have to secretly pray, or hide the fact that we go to church. Go to China and see what its like to be a Christian over there!

Answer 5

The persecution depicted here in the United States is one from within not from without. If anything it's the Christians themselves who are creating a hostile atmosphere. When a professing Christian fails to live according to the teachings of Christ and His Church it creates a false view of what Christianity is. Thus, the media picks up on it and portrays Christianity as they see it from those who fail to exorcise their God given call.

This, in turn, creates a warped view of Christianity and the secular society runs with it.

Answer 6

If you are really interested in this please read this article:

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

The current "hate law" legislation is going to be directly used against Christians.

It is okay to hate Christians if they believe an activity is a sin or a violation of God's laws.

Those who hate Christians are themselves exempt from the "hate laws". Tolerance laws include everything EXCEPT Christianity.

It is always amazing to me that Liberals, in particular, believe they are standing up for our 'rights' especially through organizations like the ACLU--yet, who do they stand up for? Pedophiles on the net--NAMBLA and those who tear down our country--Communists.

When have they ever stood up for a Christian's rights?


"The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with."

Eleanor Holmes Norton

You have a right to believe how ever you wish--but so do I.

Answer 7

Every faith and religion is persecuted all through history and still is, mostly by people of different faiths and religion.
Religion has a long history of bloodshed behind it instead of love and understanding.

Answer 8

The persecution in the U.S. is not as severe as it is in other countries (yet).

The removal of God from school was a step up in persecution. But is OK to say a prayer or chant to another deity.

People are trying to remove any mention from radio or tv.

Efforts are being made to keep any out ward display of Jesus and the Bible to only be acceptable inside a church.

But there are efforts to allow any other religion to do those things in the name of fairness.

Answer 9

Christians are more or less spoon fed with everything, not prosecuted. Most defiantly not prosecuted. Homosexuals are prosecuted, atheists are prosecuted (by Christians no less) but the most Christan's are being "prosecuted" are the gay Christan's, maybe?

Answer 10

persecution is being used very incorrectly and is being abused in this whole notion.

Faith is personal, thus US is democracy or did I misunderstand the reasons US is killing the world and trying implement their democracy. If it is democratic, how can christianity ONLY be taught in schools?? How democratic is that??

Question does not make sense.