If Christians in America are persecuted
Why can’t I stand at a public bus stop without someone telling me I need to take my daughter to church?
Why have I been handed literature explaining how I need to get right with Jesus for simply entering/exiting a store, leaving a bar or just stepping onto a bus?
Why do people sound surprised that my daughter attends a public school instead of a religious alternative?
Why is it assumed that I want to have my daughter attend religious alternatives to secular holidays?
Why I am questioned about which church I attend as opposed to to being asked if I attend such things?
Why do complete strangers wander around our neighborhood carrying Bibles in clear view of the residents while going door to door telling people being godless is wrong?
Why do these things and so much more happen every single day around the nation?
You’d think that for such a persecuted group these would be things they wouldn’t feel to comfortable doing, especially in a state that’ll pretty much less you shoot who you want provided they’re not white middle class straight men?
We’re supposed to be persecuting them because they exist and they really believe Jesus is going to rescue us from them send us to Hell where we belong, right? Wouldn’t actually annoying the shit out of us as we go about our lives kick the persecution up a notch or two at the very least?
Then again, the cries of persecution could be just another instance of lying for Jesus. What do you think?
Furthermore, why is it that no one assumes in manner and/or deed that I’m an atheist, that our daughter is an “atheist-in-training” and that the three of us do not do the God thing? We evil little bastards are supposed to be ruling the world aren’t we?
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Great post! Of course, we both know the answer is that they feel persecuted when we object to how they want to practice their religion. And just how to they want to practice their religion? By shoving it in other people’s faces and trying to convert everyone. By telling the rest of us how we are supposed to live and then condemning us for not doing so. By promoting their hatred and intolerance of anyone who does not believe exactly what they do.
My Religion Involves Screaming Gibberish…
Growing increasingly tired of hearing conservative Christians whine about how they are persecuted against by “secular progressives,” I thought it would be fun to see if I could highlight the absurdity involved in such claims……
When you say “public school” do you mean government run school?
I find state worship just as offensive as superstition.
Jim
State worship? What the hell is that? Oh, you mean when citizens vote in representatives and choose through the form of government we have to pay to have our children educated so that it isn’t the privilege of the wealthy.
Perhaps Jim Babb would prefer to return to the days of serfdom, when you stayed in your class and dared not venture out. We could learn our trades as apprentices and stay in the trade until we died. I think that would be much better for society than the state worship he fears.
Perhaps he fears the ideal, which has not been well achieved I admit, of an informed citizenry. Libertarians, what a hoot. They are as tied to their ideology as creationists. Never want to let facts shake our tree, do we Jim?
I’m not sure what you mean by “government run” by I mean a school that is funded by the public and is available to all students within the school’s district.
Exactly what do you mean by “state worship”? Assuming you mean that it is the idea that the state is is an unquestionable authority figure that must be obeyed because it is the state, I can agree that it’s stupid to worship the state. Otherwise, I’m not sure what you mean.
“Exactly what do you mean by “state worship”? Assuming you mean that it is the idea that the state is is an unquestionable authority figure that must be obeyed because it is the state, I can agree that it’s stupid to worship the state. Otherwise, I’m not sure what you mean.”
Yes, that’s a good description. Where I live, it is assumed that as a parent, I turn my kids over to the designated government authority for 5 days a week. I find the assumption as offensive as the author’s experience with those that assume participation in god-worship.
While religious people may subject their kids to god-worship propaganda for a few hours each week, state worshipers are content with all-day, all-week conditioning for state-worship, where children are “socialized” into accepting the welfare/warfare state. (Every war was for a good reason, capitalism is bad, government intervention is good, etc.)
I have no idea what the incoherent, anonymous attack of post 5 is about.
jimbabb, there are a lot of religious people out there subjecting their kids to god-worship propaganda 24-7. It’s what they do in religious schools and even worse for kids home-schooled by religious parents. Home schooling, by the way, is the only way to be sure your kids are taught exactly what you want them to learn. But they learn other stuff anyway.
You speak of persecution of Christians, and you ask why we aren’t scared to show our faith and share it with others? Why should we be?
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. (Matthew 10:28)
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD they God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. (Joshua 1:9)
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This is one of the ways in which Canada differs greatly from the USA. I have never experienced what you describe in almost 50 years in this country. I’ve had to fend off the odd (in both senses of the word) Jehovah’s Witness at my door, but I have never experienced any preaching on the street, or any persecution or prejudice when I happen to mention I’m an atheist. Perhaps the reputed Canadian politeness is somewhat at play here. Most people wouldn’t dream of attacking someone else for something that, in this country, is accepted as a personal and private choice.