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Provide me some examples of what you consider Christian persecution (in the UK) that encompasses both spiritual and/or physical attacks..
Persecution is the mistreatment of an individual or group by another group. Therefore, whether the means of persecution is physical or spiritual it makes no difference to the magnitude of the persecution itself.
Globally speaking Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world. This has been in the news on many occasions over the past couple of years – most recently just 3 days ago at the annual United Nations General Assembly general debate.
In terms of Europe and the UK, the persecution is primarily spiritual. As this is where we come back to the original topic of conversation – Secularism. Although Christianity is the largest religious group in the UK they are clearly a minority relative to the population of the whole country. So we are a minority group.
There are plenty of examples of persecution of Christians in the UK. I personally know people who have lost their jobs due to their Christian faith. There are numerous examples of people of loose their jobs because they are wearing Christian crosses and have been asked to remove them because they “might offend people”.
My uncle lost his job as a hospital porter because he refused because of his Christian faith to take women who were about to have abortions to the operating theatre.
People are apparently “offended” by Christmas now – so local councils are having Winter Festivals instead. Easter in the popular media is celebrated using Easter Bunnies & eggs – not a mention of Jesus Christ suffering a brutal, bloody and premature death and then being raised 3 days later.
I very frequently come across blasphemous content in the advertising world, and also on tv programmes shown well before the 9:00pm watershed. Christians are expected to turn the other cheek if there is something insulting about our Lord. If something was broadcast that was insulting to Islam they’d be a Fatwa on some tv producers head?
Legislation is putting enormous pressure on Christians to be “tolerant” to sections of society, yet is this attitude equally reciprocated? In my honest opinion, no it isn’t. Where I work I have to be tolerant to all sections of society within the workplace whether it goes against my religious beliefs or not. I can get in to trouble if I voiced my true feelings based on my faith on gender realignment or homosexuality. But isn’t this intolerant to my Christian belief?
If I want to raise money for a good cause my employer will match what I raise as long as the good cause isn’t a religious one. Why?
There is also persecution of Christians from within the church in the UK. There is false teaching going on (and I know of places where this is happening) which is ultimately causing Christians to loose their faith and reject Christianity. This is made abundantly clear to us in Acts 22:28-30 and 1 Timothy 4:1-2,6
Why is this happening? Because of the influence of a Secular society seeping in to the Church. The church now paints a compromised and confused picture for people both inside and outside the church. What is the clear biblical position on gay clergy, women clergy, gay marriage, divorce and so on?
As far as I’m concerned the church should be leading this country uphill rather than following it downhill.
There are many more examples of persecution I could reel off, but I am actually surprised that I need to spell this out to other Christians? Do you actually live in the UK? You mentioned in one of your early comments that Secularism has been on the fringes for the past 40-50 years – and you are quite right. And look where we’ve ended up…
The battle in this country is for the mind, therefore it is spiritual persecution NOT physical. It’s very subtle and a lot of Christians in this country right now are falling for it I’m afraid...
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