The liberals often selectively point to the bygone eras of Christian Crusade or the Inquisition to perennially shake at the evils of religious oppression. One look at “Jesus Camp” type of institutions, and they’ll lose sleep for a month.
But surprise, Christians die by droves in North Korea, and many silently suffer in places like China, Burma, and Vietnam. Secular governments routinely persecute those who simply practice their faith. Look at the Japan empire during WW 2 and the Kim Jong IL regime as examples. They rightfully feared the chruch in potentially undermining their power. Christians in North Korea who are found to be preaching anything that can be even remotely interpreted as questioning the regime are shot down in their own front doors as an example community.
Christians, buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Jehovah’s witness, Mormons, muslims – in civilized societies, none of these terrorize or kill people. I suppose in some hindu countries you can go to jail for eating the wrong meat, but they observe a modicum of democracy. Christians who would like prayer and evolution reintroduced in the classroom would do so through peaceful grassroots activities and debate. Some might employ ugly rhetoric, but surely that’s a minor nuisance compared to a bullet to your heart from above.
