^ Of course we are allowed to with freedom of speech, but as soon as you open your mouth to criticize ridiculous religious superstitions you'll be accused of religious intolerance or will be called a bigot. No, if an idea has no basis in reality, then it very well should be criticized so that it spreads no further. This is more attributable to social interaction. It's "impolite" to criticize someone's beliefs. Sure, people talk shit about religion on the internet all the time, but you won't have very many friends in real life if you criticize deeply-felt convictions of people in person.
Haven't you ever heard the cliche "it's impolite to talk about politics or religion"? (Mind control propaganda in my opinion.)
The bigotry probably feels greater then it actually is because the Leftist have the near ENTIRETY of the Media Sources in most of the modern Western World pushing their views and opinions down everyone's throats. And it is a Basic Fact. The LEFT HATES CHRISTIANS. Straight up HATE them.
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I feel like the ultraleftists hate Christianity because it goes against their post-modernist world view, whereas defending Islam and thereby displaying a cultural relativist point of view fits in perfectly with postmodernism.
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Leftists don't like the thought of there being a "Higher Authority" then them. Like the old commie saying goes. "State is Mother. State is Father. STATE is GOD!"
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In my experience, there is no en-masse bigotry against Christians in the US. It's mainly a vocal outspoken minority on the internet and a similarly vocal outspoken minority in Hollywood. Either way, not worth addressing unless you're in the mood to troll (or counter-troll in some cases ).
It's a SPIRITUAL BATTLE FOR SOULS. The devil doesn't care about all of the NUMEROUS world religions. But he (viscerally) HATES Christianity. The devil and his angels (who are already DEFEATED) are working tirelessly to rid the World in general, and America specifically, of all traces of Christianity. That's the short answer. That's why there's this universal INTOLERANCE towards Christianity, that doesn't exist for Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, New Age, etc. Homosexuals in America are free to practice their lifestyle (beliefs) publicly without fear of reprisal or discrimination from state legislators. Children are being introduced to Yoga, indoctrinated with Islam in some PUBLIC (not private) schools, and even required to memorize surahs in the Koran. However, the Name of Jesus is banned from being used in military funerals, public advertisements, graduations, sporting events, from a daily newsletter at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, police department chaplains, in opening state-house sessions, from school poems in memoriam, etc. There is NO POWER in any other Name BUT the Name of Jesus; Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other Name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. This explains why there's such a concerted effort to silence the Name of Jesus in public places.
I don't think you have to know everything about Christianity to be an Atheist. If you don't believe in something, why would you want to become an expert of it? I know enough of the Bible for me to conclude that imo, it doesn't make sense, but I definitely couldn't recite it for you verse for verse.
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And that's fair enough, but if somebody is going to make a point out of acting against Christianity they should at least know their shit.
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Christianity is the most persecuted religion in the world, according to a new study. The study found that over 90,000 Christians were murdered for their faith in 2016.
Below are the listed key findings from Open Doors' 2016 research:
•North Korea is number one again, as it has been since 2002.
•Worldwide, persecution of Christians has risen for the fourth year in a row, with Asia, particularly, showing a rapid rise.
•Pakistan rises to fourth in the list with levels of violence even greater than northern Nigeria.
•As Hindu nationalists batter the churches, India climbs to its highest ever ranking of 15.
•In Laos, Bangladesh, Vietnam and tiny Bhutan, things are getting more difficult for Christians.
•Buddhist nationalism returns Sri Lanka to the top 50.
•Islamic extremism fuels persecution in 14 out of the top 20 countries, and 35 of the top 50.
•Sudan rises to five as President Omar al-Bashir seeks to fulfill his 2011 boast, 'Now we can impose Sharia here.'
•Turkey rises to 37 as President Erdogan uses 2016's failed coup to purge opponents and push the country towards increasing Islamisation.
•Wars in the Middle East continue to catch Christians in the crossfire: war-torn Yemen returns to the top ten, while in Syria and Iraq Christians continue to be targeted by Islamic militants.
Obviously Christians are going to be persecuted/harmed in the places you mentioned. They're actively hostile areas. Why would Christians even go there? I wouldn't walk into the women's restroom and not expect it to go over poorly.
It's not necessarily Christians are going to those places but Christians who happen to live in those places and some of those places (such as North Korea) makes it difficult for them to even leave.