I'm just gonna speak for myself here. Trying to respect people's rights to religion AND their rights to not have particular religious beliefs imposed upon them takes effort.
I wouldn't take Bibles from people, simply because I fundamentally disagree with it.
It is not part of a strategic plan to kill Christianity via an easier path.
Considering people who WOULDN'T take bibles from people part of some anti-theistic left is overblown. Perhaps cries of persecution should be tied to instances of persecution. Like the OP.
And again, this is why I like having discussions with you. You say that "trying to respect people's rights to religion AND their rights to not have particular religious beliefs imposed upon them takes effort." Indeed it does. It takes a great deal of effort. Most people do not have the patience to consider both sides of an argument. They are right, and that is that. Certainly, that is how I often feel with regard to my position regarding these matters. And that may be due to the possibility that the differences between these two sides are irreconcilable. For example, on the one hand we have a group of people who desire a particular freedom which enables them to terminate the life of an innocent unborn human being at any point in its gestation period. And then you have the other side seeing this as an atrocity comparable to murdering 6 million Jews. It is an irreconcilable difference. I cannot support anyone's desire for a freedom to murder their own children anymore than I could tolerate a national dictator murdering entire segments of it's population. It's never going to happen. I will speak against it, so long as I have breath, and I will fight against it so long as I live. I will vote, and I will do anything in my power to stop this freedom in its tracks. There are other issues that I find highly offensive, that are not as crucial an issue for me. For example, the gay agenda. I understand what these people want, and I can honestly say that such a freedom would not necessarily do any obvious physical harm to those people who oppose that sort of life style . I do however believe that allowing such freedom has negative repercussions on society and humanity in general. If nothing else, allowing such a freedom to take root, for the Christian, is like saying "you're right, there are no negative consequences for this behavior", yet souls will be lost. I will therefore oppose it because I believe that such behavior is contrary to God's will. I understand that not everyone believes in God, as I hope you understand that I have not been convinced beyond all reasonable doubt that evolution science is completely true. My beliefs leave me with a much stronger conviction that God is true. Just as you might like to teach subjects that might call into question the veracity of the Bible and so called techniques of "critical thinking", I would like to teach people about God, because I believe that knowing God is of far greater importance to every single human being than anything that science has and ever will offer to humanity, and I believe that human souls should be fought for, regardless what freedoms they think they want. I am convicted to tell them what they don't want to hear. And what they do with that is all theirs.
Now I know that I come across pretty harsh, and I know that I am not perfect. I am far from perfect. Given each subject, I have the word of God to support me when I tell people what they deserve. But because there are rules against preaching and proselytizing on this forum, I have to walk a very fine line. But I will be the first to admit that Christ changes everything. The New Covenant He set forth allows us to have compassion and to forgive others for their sins. He was the first to say, I forgive you, but it was always followed up with "go and sin no more". Yes, we do not have to give people what they deserve, but I think it is important for everyone to know what they deserve. If you are free to do as you please, you cannot please God, unless that which you please to do is that which is pleasing to God.
