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Old 12-08-2014, 10:58 PM   #94 (permalink)
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According to a large part of my religious family members with their forwarded emails and shared Facebook posts, it's the Christians who are being persecuted in modern America.
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As a Christian, I am SO ****ing tired of morons saying this. No, you are not persecuted you idiot. What you are experiencing is called "not having everyone around you agree with your ludicrous and sometimes borderline insane beliefs." Move to Iran or North Korea and then we'll talk about the persecution you're facing, but until then, shut it.
Maybe not the to the extent Christians in Syria, or Egypt or the other places you mentioned. Where they are not just teased about their religious beliefs but are physically persecuted, or worse killed.

But yes there are Christians in the US who feel persecuted.
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