So why do Christians here in the United States have such a persecution complex

[GoHalos1993]

Seems like when Christians are told they're not allowed to shove their beliefs down everyone's throats claim that they're being persecuted because they are simply Christians. But it's because we have things like the Constitution and people have freedom of religion and freedom FROM religion. I just never understood this. I remember seeing a Pie chart that had the percentage of Americans who were Christians here in the U.S. verses those who don't identify as religious or any other religion.

http://www.kpho.com/story/30402095/high-...d-on-field

[Thumpalumpacus]

Because imaginary gods cannot protect them from those cruel, vicious atheists!

[Foxaèr]

Christians are the epitome of idiocy. Historically, Christians were nice and loving, and they were killed for merely having a belief in Jesus and God.

Unfortunately, when Christians gained power in society, they used that power the way all men use power: not for good. The Christians did horrible things to a plethora of people.

Today, silly dumb fuck Christians want to preserve the power they lost in doing anything they could to unbelievers, and as a result they scream goddamn persecution like whiny babies any time they lose a battle because society is growing tired of them attempting to control everyone's life.

[Alex K]

Kitan, when was this history supposed to be when they were historically nice, but killed for merely believing in god?

[Foxaèr]

Kitan,  when was this history supposed to be when they were historically nice,  but killed for merely believing in god?

Brush up on the history of religion. In the very beginning, when the word of Jesus was first spreading and Christianity was first beginning to be created, Christians were good people who died merely for believing in the Christian concept of God. They were killed by the Romans. I am certain Min can verify this.

[Shining_Finger]

Maybe this will help?
http://nobullying.com/persecution-complex/
Or this?
https://www.quora.com/Why-does-Christian...on-complex

[Cecelia]

I'd say it's a combination of many different things.

Christians have this need to oppress and suppress any culture that isn't their own. In fact many of the European Christians who left for North America were feeling oppressed by other Christians. They've developed a sort of savior complex, which by extension has become a persecution complex. They think they are 'saving' people by converting them to their religion and getting rid of their 'heathen' culture. If they can't save people by converting them, then they have to feel oppressed because they can't do the one thing that has helped their religion stay alive for so long.

On top of that, Christians feel that only their sense of morality is right, and that everybody else has it all wrong. So anything that goes against their religion is 'immoral', and it's their duty to stop others from being immoral (this goes back to the savior complex they have.)

To make that worse... Republicans help feed their oppression complex by pandering to them. Making them feel as if they're in the right, and that laws should be based on their religious book. Because if America does anything against God's will, then America will be judged. They believe if they don't fight to stop men from marrying men, that America will lose God's favor (which they believe it has because of their moral superiority)

They don't see why anyone would find the ten commandments monument offensive, or why "In God We Trust" shouldn't be on money. They don't understand it because they've never had to actually experience persecution where they can't practice their religion. They've never had to have another culture shoved in their faces. SO when they don't get to shove their culture in other people's faces, they feel oppressed. If everybody isn't Christian, then they haven't done their job.

[vorlon13]

If the christers are prohibited from discriminating against gays, and atheists, and women, and buddhists, and pagans, and hindus, and unitarians, and muslims, then, clearly, they ARE being prosecuted.

[Bob Kelso]

Seems like when Christians are told they're not allowed to shove their beliefs down everyone's throats claim that they're being persecuted because they are simply Christians. But it's because we have things like the Constitution and people have freedom of religion and freedom FROM religion. I just never understood this. I remember seeing a Pie chart that had the percentage of Americans who were Christians here in the U.S. verses those who don't identify as religious or any other religion.

http://www.kpho.com/story/30402095/high-...d-on-field

I wonder why a bunch of bigoted, anti-intellectual, fuckwits feel wronged when they're finally catching shit for things they've been allowed to get away with for centuries. 

[T.J.]

Because they're cunts[/thread]