Persecuted Christians

[TaraJo]

I have a friend who did military counter intelligence in the middle east. One of the patterns that started getting noticed was this: the more power religious fundamentalist groups got, the more corrupt they got. So, when the Taliban or whatever islamic extremist group got to be the absolute authority, they wouldn't hold back with things like murder, kidnappings, rape, torture and other horrific crimes. On the other hand, if you look at the groups that actually are fringe, they're usually pretty cool and laid back and they actually try to do some good to the world. In that part of the world, the minority religion that didn't act like assholes wer the Christians.

So, given that, no, I don't think the Christians deserve to be persecuted in the middle east. In the same way I don't think Muslims deserve to be persecuted here. But I would still like to take the Faux News crowd, send them to live in Saudi Arabia for a month or so and see if they can get a better understanding of what real persecution is. They whine and bitch about people saying "Happy holidays" or how their teacher can't lead a prayer but let them try getting away with that in Iran.