When Atheists are asked about having been persecuted for their beliefs they have responded with items such as George Bush's comments against Atheism. Their complaints are indignation at the opinions of others, not physical attack or economic oppression. This appears to be true around the world, for Atheists, many of whom are wealthy, famous and even in governing positions in Atheist nations such as Viet Nam, China.
Here's how it is for Christians.
In Mosul, Christians are being murdered, expelled, and their homes destroyed.
In India, a Hindu revolt is massacring all Christians that can be found in the Orisa region, with hundreds of churches blown up and "many dozens of Christian tribals have been slaughtered"[source: private email from Orissa].
In Viet Nam, Catholics are imprisoned and churches destroyed.
All over S.E. Asia, Christians are persecuted, and many are killed.
In China, Christians are persecuted, jailed and never heard from again.
Many humans are persecuted who are not Christian, as well. The list is extensive, as is shown by the Human Rights Watch. There seem to be three major categories of persecutors, not only of Christians, but humans in general: Muslims, Hindus and Atheists.
But to western Atheists, it is the indignation they suffer at the mere existence of Christianity in public that amounts to discrimination and persecution. So they invest heavily in total secularization, which is the forced reduction of worldviews to one: theirs. Only the approved worldview - Atheist Secularism - is to be allowed; violation of this will result in... legal persecution/prosecution.
It is hard to imagine anything more totalitarian or less tolerant than the secularization movement. It is similar in intent to the persecution by Muslims and Hindus described above, where tolerance of differences is anathema. The frequently cited Atheist fantasy of being burned at the stake by Christians is a measure of the delusional worldview that is being installed.
In fact, the Enlightenment massacres of the French Revolution occurred much more closely to our era than burnings at the stake. And these reflected into the Enlightenment massacres of the 20th century humanist movements in the USSR, China, and the Communist wannabes such as Laos, Cambodia, Viet Nam, etc. These are all within memory, and were driven by Atheists, secularists.
Secularism will not likely be stopped in the USA, until the government is returned to its original intent, which was anti-totalitarian. And that might not be possible at this point.
3 comments:
To be fair, sir, in the U.S, at least, many atheists claim that they're persecuted due to the existance of laws which prohibit anyone who "denies the existence of the Almighty" and similar things to be a witness, have custody, etc. Forgive me for linking to Wikipedia, but the external links it provides are reliable:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_atheists#United_States
I don't agree with it, mind you, and I think atheist claims of persecution really are fairly overblown. But I'm just sayin' that's what a lot of them feel.
You really hit the nail on the head with this post. One only has to look at history to see how an irrational sense of victimhood has lead to atheist totalitarianism and genocides.
Without a full knowledge of those statutes, I suspect that they are ancient, stagnant and unused. If ever one were used it would make headlines in the NYT I'm certain.
Acknowledging that the original colonies had onerous religious restrictions has little bearing on the total religious freedom that religious tolerance brought under the union.
When professional victims like, say, Whoopie Goldberg, make claims that are exaggerations beyond rational bounds, they are displaying an agenda, not truth or anything near it. no one in the national media ever questions these outrageous claims.
Atheism has been declared a religion by the courts and has been given the same protection under the law. For Atheists to claim persecution is a feint to deflect attention from their own intolerance.
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