persecuted christians?
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I really like your questions you get right to the point yeah the only time Christians were persecuted was back in the Roman Empire. Ceasar was the first emperor to kill Christians and then Nero who killed Peter and Paul and set Christians on fire as torches to make light for his chariot races on Vatican Hill. That's basically the only time. In some countries now you have some killings but not major ones. The Jewish people went through a hell of a lot more. Especially with Hitler. I don't know why people whine so much. Everyone believes in something different deal with it you know. Just because you don't think it's right doesn't make it wrong. To them your religion may seem weird. I have studied all the major religions and find them quit interesting. I can see the point that they are coming across with. I think the people who want to be ignorant should go do some research before they open their mouths. GOOD POINT!!!!!you made.\n\n\n\nand Genesis...i think you are the one who has to do some research. I don't know where you got your ideas from but they are not right. Other religions do not kill you for caring around the bible, a few countries do but thats not persecution. Muslims kill other Muslims for converting Christianity. Muslims don't like Christianity for the fact they think the trinity refers to three different people.. they are monotheistic. They don't kill us for caring the bible. As a matter of fact your not even allowed in Mecca, their holy city without being Muslim. DO SOME RESEARCH GESH!!!!!! And Jewish people do not believe in Jesus, they just think he was a jewish guy. And they weren't killed because they believed in the true god. Hitler just didn't like them.\n\n\nFirst of all just because a couple of thousand Christians are killed in other countries doesn't make it persecution we kill thousands of people of different religions with hate groups that are supposedly Christians and they don't call it persecution they call it justification. Now 6 million Jews being killed I classify as persecution. Grow up people\n\nSanta Claus was based on a real person St. Nicholas he had lots of money and used to go around at night and throw money into the houses of poor people. They have just added a few things to it now but it's not a myth it actually happened.
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we think it might be bad here i have a magazine from Voice of the Martyrs(VOM) and Christians are persecuted alot worse in foreign countries than we are!!their churches are torn down and  ppl and murdered.so we really dont have it bad like we think!!i pray in public no matter whio ikm with or what im doin or who ever is around me i stand up for JESUS CHRIST!!!im Baptist and that is how I am  brought up!
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As soon as Atheists thingies stop persecuting Christians...  by the way... what are victrims??
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It's funny, but there is almost no group in history that doesn't have the feeling they are persecuted. The whites, during the fifties felt they were persecuted. At a time when they were lynching blacks, they felt persecuted. Many Christians, in this country feel persecuted. They are in the vast majority, yet feel persecuted. Often they feel persecuted because the courts have prevented them (the Christians) from forcing all children from praying in schools. \n\nAll groups are attacked at some time or another. It is extremely psychologically stable to get into a defensive mode of thinking.\n\nRight now, Americans feel persecuted, Muslim Arabs feel persecuted, Israelis feel persecuted, Palestinians feels persecuted.  All of these groups have been attacked, but is it truly persecution?
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Well as a Christian I would argue that not all Christians are like that by any means. Sadly like all religions there are charlatans who take advantage of people and compel them to do terrible things, (Pat Robertson calling for the assasination of Hugo Chavez, for example) and distort religion for their own sinister purposes. These particular 'Christian' leaders (Robertson, Fallwell, Swaggart, Baker, Dobson, ect) contradict the original teachings of Jesus Christ on almost everything. But I hope you don't lump ALL Christians in with them. To be honest they would probably do the same thing to Jesus now that the Pharisees and Saducees did to him in the 1st century: they accused him of sedition (calling him an enemy of Caesar), accused him of heresy (for not sticking to their rigid, burdensome, and unmerciful traditions), and eventually killed him. So by no means are all Christians fanatics, many of us are decent, respectable people who simply wish to practice our faith  without infringing on others' beliefs.
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I'm British so maybe shouldn't get involved with your countrys politics, but as a believer, no I don't think atheists should be persecuted, or anyone for their beliefs. Most of my friends and family are not Christians and we respect each other's beliefs.
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Who cares? It's just a story. And if it does, so what? They're only Christians.\n\n-SD-
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Amen, sister!\nIt soon became obvious the majority(not all) of non -religious Q/A posters are not here in search of the truth/real answers/religious debate...but their motives are strictly  my opinion so I'll keep them to myself\nI used to get extremely annoyed at people for accusing Christians as a whole of being like the few obvious bad apples that are well known...but then God showed me something in the bible to put me at ease\nHe said:\nJohn 15:19-21 \n19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. \n20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. \n21But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.\n\ncomforting to know!\n regarding the accusations people make of Christians trying to "shove" God down the throats of others- my experience is most of us aren't like that. Just talking about God and his love doesn't constitute trying to convert people.  But we all have witnessed a few people who ARE like that...He told me to remind them of this-\n\nMatthew 10:13-15 \n13And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. \n14And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. \n15Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.\n\nThat made me realize what a HUGE responsibility we have to say the right thing when we are talking to others about God! So I pray and ask God to make sure when I speak  of Him only what is true comes out of my mouth!  I am sure He answered me too, because a few times I tried to answer posts and it just wouldn't go through, got erased, disconnected, etc! I love God...He saves me from myself regularly  :-)\n\n\nAs long as we do our part to spread the Word of God, we are doing what is right;their judgement will be on them!- we can't worry about people who REFUSE to hear, time is precious! \nSo I stopped arguing with people on this forum about God..I'll say what I want to say in praise of God, and anyone who doesn't like it can take it up with the Judge\nPEACE\n\np.s. I know what you mean about "we've found something and want everybody to get it too"\nIts such an overwhelmingly good feeling that when you try to describe it to people, its like bluh,bluh,bluh  because there are no adequate words!
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In India christiamns are not attackled , they are the aggressers.\n\nMissionaries in India are using their age-old tactic \nof posing as victims to camouflage their aggression \n\n             -Dr. David Frawley \n\n\n*Background: Christianity and intolerance* \nChristianity does not have a notable reputation for tolerance and respect \nfor other religions. \n\n The Christian failure to honor other religions, \nparticularly non-biblical traditions, is well known, with Christians still \ndenigrating the sophisticated yogic traditions of Asia as mere superstition, \nidolatry and polytheism. Christian missionaries have had a reputation for \nusing methods to promote conversion that are not always honest, including \nemploying military and political force during the colonial era. Their \ntargeting of the poor and illiterate for conversion, shows that they don't \nlike open debates in the light of day. Yet Christians like to ignore such \ninconvenient facts while posing as peaceful people concerned with human \nwelfare, not with conversion. They are surprised if members of other \nreligions are suspicious of them, even if they look at these religions and \ncondemn them as works of the Devil. They feel easily hurt and insulted \nshould anyone question their motives or their actions that they would \ncertainly not allow other religious groups to practice in their own \nChristian communities. \n\n\nIn the modern secular world Christians now demand conversion as a democratic \nright, even though their religion is authoritarian, not democratic, \naccepting only one way, and not honoring pluralism in approaching the \nDivine. \n\n*Posing as 'victims' \n* The Christians of India continue to harbor attitudes hostile to the other \nreligions of their country. They want a freedom to convert others but they \nare not willing to accept the other religions of the land as valid. They \nhave abused Hindu tolerance and respect. \n\nToday Christians in India are highlighting minor attacks on Christians\n done by unidentified groups as a concerted Hindu campaign against them, \nwhile they themselves are actively working to change Hindu India into a Christian \nnation by all available means. While Christians have a long history of \naggression against other faiths that certainly has not come to an end, they \nare quite offended if their religion faces minor obstructions or even \ncriticism from the groups they have long maligned and, not long ago, \nactively oppressed. In all this they assume an aggrieved posture and claim \nto be victims of the very type of persecution that they themselves have \nhistorically practiced. \n\n\nThis came to the fore soon after the arrest of the members of a Muslim \norganization showing it to be responsible for serial church bombings in \nSouth India. It proved that the charges made by Christian leaders against \nHindu organizations for the bombings were unfounded, if not malicious. \nHowever, instead of admitting their mistake Christian leaders and \norganizations started a propaganda campaign, again blaming the Hindu \norganizations for 'creating an atmosphere' that led to these crimes! \n\n\nRecent arrests in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have shown that, Deendal \nAnjuman, a Muslim organization led by a Pakistani national was behind most \nof the bomb blasts and attacks on Christian groups in South India. The \nChristian response has been to ignore or deny the report, though it is quite \nwell documented and occurred in states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, not \nruled by the so-called Hindu BJP party. (See 'Church Blasts: Truth and \nPropaganda' by S.Y. Seshagiri Rao, in this volume.) In fact many Christians \nin India - especially its so-called 'leaders' - are defending the ISI, the \nPakistani intelligence agency that has long tried to destabilize India, by \nabsolving it of responsibility in the affair even without any investigation. \nThis would be like an American religio
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Even though I admire your efforts, the way you have asked the question, will only make the christians feel insulted and become defensive. Only a very openminded one would read your post and seriously think about what you are saying. Good points, though.
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Most of the mistreatment I experience stems from my unapologetic adherence to Catholicism. The Words of Jesus provide great encouragement:\n\n"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. "Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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ummm, which christians are you talking about....i'm christian and i ain't braggin bout nuttin...\n\n\nwell, basically, after centuries of oppression and slaughtering diferent societies, such as the Incas, we have been told that there must be a better method in spreading the word......so, instead of complaining, be happy we are no longer taking over countries to "spread the good word".
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LOL. Christians are the privileged ones in the United States. \n\nThey'd get a rude awakening if they were treated fairly.
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Probably Pentecostal Christans praying over the area. They are only semi-dangerous, as long as you don't dare speak to them.
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the Holocaust and Christianity.
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well they've got to get followers somehow!\njust another glaring hypocricy within christianity.
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Christians are NOT the only ones who discriminate against others. Most organised religions talk  'smiting the infidel'. They all believe that their's is the one true way.