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http://www.theguardian.com/commenti...ive-christian-oppression-religious-minorities
I seem to have missed the movement to outlaw Catholicism,.. let alone persecute and punish those who follow it. Something like this would have made much more noise, than just a documentary pitched by Rick Santorum.
Personally, religion is OK in my book; I even believe in Jesus Christ.
And, if you don't want to believe in Jesus, or Allah, or the Spaghetti Monster, or a toaster,... not an issue with me.
I do however take great insult when religion is forced into laws. Or, more to the topic on hand; religion proclaims itself the victim, when it is not allowed to dictate how others should live, via laws. Religion should be welcoming of followers, not enforcing of followers - the latter is oppression and quite contrary to what Christianity is all about.
Oh, and for those who don't "trust" the initial link, here is something a little more reputable; http://time.com/2907140/rick-santorum-nazi-film-one-generation/
Again,.. it is??
Contrast that with the exaggerated sense of victimhood on full display recently in Washington DC when former presidential candidate Rick Santorum debuted the documentary One Generation Away. This film uses interviews with dozens of prominent Christian conservatives from staunch Catholics to evangelical Protestant to make the case that religious freedom in America is on the brink of complete destruction.
One particularly startling quote came from Cardinal Francis George, the archbishop of Chicago, who said, I expect to die in bed, my successor will die in prison and his successor will die a martyr in the public square.
I seem to have missed the movement to outlaw Catholicism,.. let alone persecute and punish those who follow it. Something like this would have made much more noise, than just a documentary pitched by Rick Santorum.
Personally, religion is OK in my book; I even believe in Jesus Christ.
And, if you don't want to believe in Jesus, or Allah, or the Spaghetti Monster, or a toaster,... not an issue with me.
I do however take great insult when religion is forced into laws. Or, more to the topic on hand; religion proclaims itself the victim, when it is not allowed to dictate how others should live, via laws. Religion should be welcoming of followers, not enforcing of followers - the latter is oppression and quite contrary to what Christianity is all about.
Oh, and for those who don't "trust" the initial link, here is something a little more reputable; http://time.com/2907140/rick-santorum-nazi-film-one-generation/
The trailer makes the films overall position clear: religious freedom in the U.S. is under attack.
Again,.. it is??