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The Persecution of Christian Americans (or … not)

As a Christian-American myself, let me say:

1. Welcome to the club. Non-Christian Americans have been (and still are) railed against, insulted, mocked, threatened, suspected, denigrated, looked askance at, considered un-American, poked fun at, greeted with obscenities, shunned, misrepresented, accused, and otherwise mistreated since before the founding of the Republic (note: that's included such "non-Christians" as Baptists, Quakers, and Catholics at various times).  

2. Counting the reaction to your video on YouTube as specific persecution (a) betrays a woeful naivete about the cess pit which is YouTube comments, and (b) betrays a woeful naivete about what the word "persecution" means.

3. "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you." — Matthew 5:11-12

4. "You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well." — Matthew 5:37-41

5. "If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you." — Proverbs 25:21-22

In other words, quitcherbitchin.  If you think that people are treating you unfairly, point out their error with charity, not militant outrage.  If you want to demonstrate the love of neighbor and the redemptive embrace of Christ, then live by His word, not through complaint. Jesus didn't complain about being treated unfairly, or about the mean things that people said, or about how not everyone treated him with deference.  As a Christian, shouldn't we be at least as humble in our faith? 

Given that a significant majority (in the 70-80% range) of people in the US identify as Christian, the wailing and gnashing of teeth about "persecution" strikes me as not only silly, but a form of self-aggrandizing martyrdom ("Help! Help! I'm being oppressed!"), and taking offense at folks who don't treat us as the privileged purveyors of truth and light and goodness.  In other words, it's being a sulky six-year-old who wants everyone to pay attention to them and to obey their whims.

There is persecution of Christians in the world.  There are countries where to profess Christianity is to be an outsider at best, an enemy of the state at worst — and to try and convert someone to your beliefs can lead to prison or worse.

The United States is not one of those countries. Not by a long shot.

Christian kids have been persecuted long enough and they’re fighting back.
Pity the Christians in this country. It’s really tough for them these days what with all the persecution they go through despite being the dominant religion in the United States. Being called bigot…

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3 thoughts on “The Persecution of Christian Americans (or … not)”

  1. Fred Phelps. The Odious Phelps is still walking around loose, isn’t he? If he is, then I, as a Christian, have nothing to worry about regarding “persecution.”

    That repulsive video is full of half truths and outright lies, and the adults who encouraged it and provided the false information should remember what Jesus said about millstones.

    1. Phelps is on the loose. Fischer has a job and income. Robertson hasn’t been committed to a reeducation camp.

      Bottom line, “social disagreement” and “hostility” is being parsed as “persecution.” I’m not sure if it’s a martyrdom syndrome, myopically puzzled hurt feelings, the pains that come from a shift in presumed privilege, or ginning up of the troops by people afraid they are losing power.

  2. Another passage I ran across: 1 Peter 2:19-25

    "It is a credit to you if, being aware of God, you endure pain while suffering unjustly. If you endure when you are beaten for doing wrong, what credit is that? But if you endure when you do right and suffer for it, you have God's approval. For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his steps. He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth. When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten; but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. For you were going astray like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls."

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