Lets take a look at one of your links and see what's going on.
http://www.worthynews.com/christian-persecution.html in blue.
I found many problems with the article, but since we are talking about specific persecutions lets just stick to that.
"Recently, a woman in Houston, Texas was ordered by local police to stop handing out gospel tracts to children who knocked on her door during Halloween. Officers informed her that such activity is illegal (not true), and that she would be arrested if she continued."
I disagree with what the police did, but shouldn't we also consider when it is appropriate to spread the gospel? I can see how this is persecution. We don't know what kind of tracts she was handing out, if they were inappropriate for children, then I can see why the police might step in. Would you want people handing out pornography on halloween? Some people might not want certain types of inappropriate information given to their children.
"In Madison, Wisconsin, the Freedom from Religion Foundation distributes anti-Christian pamphlets to public school children entitled, "We Can Be Good Without God.""
I disagree with the handing out of anti-christian pamphlets.
This seems a bit hypocritical as the last persecution was for preventing someone from handing out religious pamphlets. Are they suggesting that it is ok for christians to hand out tracts (that can be anti other religion) but not ok for other religions to do the same?
"The entertainment industry and syndicated media increasingly vilify Christians as sewer rats, vultures, and simple-minded social ingrates."
And "Passion of the Christ" was such a big grossing movie because?
Of course, as we find out, this was written a bit before passion. But I would expect that by leveling such a claim against hollywood they could at least give a citation of a few movies that do what they claim and provide statistics that christianity is vilified more than any other religion.
"The FBI and the Clinton White House brand fundamentalist Christian groups as hate mongers and potential terrorists."
Clinton white house? This is a rather old article I am guessing. Which fundamentalist groups are being labeled this? Groups that support people who have murdered in God's name. What about groups that celebrate the death of gays? After 9/11 many people were ready to throw all muslims into concentration camps, and recent studies show that a large portion of america (although not a majority) supports the idea that muslims should have less rights than other americans and some even though they should be put in camps.
"The Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago warns that plans by Southern Baptists to hold a convention in the Windy City next year might foment "hate crimes" against minorities, causing some Christians to fear that speaking openly about their religious beliefs will soon be considered a crime. "
Would groups such as Fred Phelps' ministry be joining that convention?
" We remember the students at Columbine,"
But do we remember the important parts of that event? Do we remember that the kids felt that it was actually retaliation against the persecution christians at school had subjected them too? What they did was wrong, but we must remember why they did it, they felt that it was the only way they could get back at those that persecuted them.
Do we also remember the "Good christian" parents who invented the most famous story of the shooting, The test of faith in the library story (where their daughter was supposably asked if she believed in God, and shot when she said Yes). Do we remember them getting rich by selling the invented story of their daughters death?
"and the United Methodist minister who was fatally beaten and burned in a remote part of Chattanooga, Tennessee, to name a few of the recent examples of interpersonal violence aimed at believers."
So far I can not find that his death was related to being a minister. It appears he was in the wrong place at the wrong time (If you have any information it would be nice.).
So far it doesn't really seem like a lot of persecution. Combine that with the fact that christian fundamentalists have gained ground since it was written and I don't see much to complain about.
To repeat myself, yes christians are persecuted and Yes it is wrong, but take my challenge, tell people you are a witch or an atheist and see how you are treated, learn about how pagans and atheists are treated by christians. Christians do not hold a majority when it comes to being persecuted.
On a side note, I find it interesting that many polls on religious demographics in the US believe that the number of pagans is greatly under reported because of fears people have of saying they are pagan in the US.
Subordinationist said:
