At the likely risk of being Poe'ned, I am going to address this rubbish.
Christians in America are mercilessly persecuted. We are like Jews in Nazi Germany.
First of all, the Jews in Germany were persecuted as an ethnic group, not as a religious belief. This comparison minimizes the Holocaust's effects on Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals and others while at the same time giving a false impression that Christians in modern America are forced into ghettos, hunted down, denied access to civil laws, rounded up and exterminated.
They wont let us pray in the schools,
There is no law to prevent you from praying in school.
There are, however, restrictions against a government funded school from endorsing any certain religion with school sponsored public prayer.
Remember what Jesus commanded in Mathew chapter 6.....
And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
they call us all kinds of names like bible thumper and holy roller
If being called a name is persecution, we all suffer from it.
I have been called a 'Dirty Hippie', a 'Peace Freak' and a 'Dirty Sinner' by a few fundamentalist Christians at a rally. Does this mean I am persecuted?
I have friends being called 'Fa***ts' and 'Hell-Bound'. Guess who is persecuting them?
and now they want to make gospel preaching a hate crime
Source? If you unable to provide a reliable source for this claim, I will have to assume you are being dishonest. Not a desirable trait for a Christian.
Teachers are not allowed to witness to their students.
Nor should they. As Government employees, they are restrained by the Constitution from endorsing any religion while on duty as educators.
Would you feel comfortable with a Muslim teacher proselytizing to our students? A Hindu teacher proselytizing in the classroom? Or even an Atheist teacher telling students God does not exist?
All these teachers are under the same restrictions as the Christian teacher.
A school teacher's job is to teach moral values to their students.
No, a teachers job is to educate their students in academics.
Parents are responsible for the moral upbringing of their children.
I have never seen Christians persecuting homosexuals.
Then you have not seen much of the world.
We want to lift them up to Jesus and see them get saved.
A noble cause I suppose. Although you may be surprised at the number of Christians who are also homosexual. And the number of homosexuals who follow their Constitutional right to not listen to you.
Hell is a very real place of literal burning eternal torment. You'll wish you listended to me if you end up there
You seem to be threatening persecution on non-Christians with this statement. Interesting.
A woman in Houston, Texas was ordered by local police to stop handing out gospel tracts to children who knocked on her door at halloween. She was told she would be arrested if she continued.
Again, please provide a reliable source for this story.
In Madison, Wisconsin, the Freedom from Religion Foundation distributes anti-Christian pamphlets to public school children entitled, "We Can Be Good Without God."
Source?
The entertainment industry and syndicated media increasingly vilify Christians as sewer rats, vultures, and simple-minded social ingrates.
All are subject to this. I am constantly amazed at the way history is mutilated by the entertainment industry. But they produce what the public wants to see.
The key is education.
Christian fundamentalists are labeled as hate groups and even terrorists.
Usually those who actually promote hate or actual Christian terrorist such as Eric Rudolph.
Hate crime legislation is aimed at silencing us on preaching against homosexuality because the homosexuals dont like the gospel.
You can preach all you want in your church. But when you hold up signs at a funeral that say "God Hates F**s", then yes, you are being hateful. And if you cross that line into committing a crime while doing so, it is indeed a hate crime.
The funny thing is we are the biggest victim of hate crimes and they say nothing.
Source? Without it, I will again have to assume your dishonesty.
You dont want teachers teaching kids about God
Because that is not their job and it is forbidden by the Constitution of these United States.
but you have no problem with them teaching evolution
Yes. I want my children to be educated in biology. Modern biology is built upon the foundations of biological evolution and the Theory of Evolution. My daughter wants to be a nurse and I expect her to know exactly how biology works.
and you expect me to be ok with it as well.
I expect nothing from you as long as you do not interfere in my children's science education.
No double standard. Science does not deal with the supernatural.
Yes, I meant what I said. Eventually, you will see Christians put in concentration camps and suffer all those horrors you mentioned that the Jews suffered under Hitler.
Pardon my bluntness, but your ignorance of reality is really quite embarrassing to other Christians. I only hope they can forgive you.
