Is religious freedom for Christians being oppressed?
1 Home Bible studies are now banned in the city of San
Juan Capistrano, California. According to city officials, regular gatherings
“of more than three people” in private homes are simply not allowed. One couple that
has held home Bible studies for years has already been fined twice and is being
threatened with even more fines.
#2 Paypal has initiated “formal investigations” of a large
number of Christian websites and organizations. Apparently, many
of these investigations have been launched due to concerns that these websites and
organizations do not hold to a “politically-correct” view of sexuality.
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According to WorldNetDaily, Paypal has targeted include Americans For Truth, Last
Days Watchman and a host of other Christian organizations including “Abiding Truth
Ministries, New Generation Ministries, Noua Dreapta of Romania, Truth in Action
Ministries, Dove World Outreach, Faith Word Baptist Church, Family Research
Institute and American Society for the Defense of Traditional Family”.
#3 In Wichita, Kansas last year, a Christian minister was
handcuffed and hauled off to jail by police for sharing the
gospel and handing out tracts to Muslims on a public sidewalk.
Apparently freedom of speech does not apply on the public sidewalks of America any
longer.
#4 In the UK, police recently threatened a cafe owner with
arrest for silently playing a Bible DVD on a small television on
the back wall of his cafe. The following is an excerpt from a Daily Mail
article about this incident….
Mr Murray, 31, was left shocked after he was questioned for nearly an hour by the
officers, who arrived unannounced at the premises.
He said he had turned off the Bible DVD after an ‘aggressive inquisition’ during which
he thought he was going to be arrested and ‘frog-marched out of the cafe like a
criminal’.
#5 Last year, a high school student in Southern California
was suspended for two days because he had private
conversations with his classmates during which he discussed
Christianity. He was also banned from bringing his Bible to school ever again.
#6 Big cable networks regularly feature “comedians” that
love to mock Christians. For example, HBO “comedian” Bill Maher recently
stated that “there’s a term for people who hate charity and love killing: Christian“.
If that had been said about another minority group, it would have made front page
headlines for weeks.
#7 Down in Texas, the Department of Veteran Affairs
actually tried to ban prayers that include the words “God” or
“Jesus” during funeral services for veterans.
#8 In North Carolina last year, a pastor was dismissed from
his chaplain duties for praying in the name of Jesus.
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#9 An unclassified Department of Homeland Security report
published a couple years ago entitled “Right-wing Extremism:
Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and
Recruitment” claims that a belief in Bible prophecy “could motivate extremist
individuals and groups to stockpile food, ammunition and weapons.” The report goes
on to state that such people are potentially dangerous.
#10 Back on February 20, 2009, the State of Missouri
issued a report entitled “MIAC Strategic Report: The Modern
Militia Movement“. That report warned that the following types of people may
be potential terrorists….
*anti-abortion activists
*those that are against illegal immigration
*those that consider “the New World Order” to be a threat
*those that have a negative view of the United Nations
#11 All over the nation, “child protection agencies” are
ripping an inordinate number of children out of Christian homes.
In many of these cases the parents believe in homeschooling their children or they do
not believe in having their children vaccinated.
#12 On June 18, 2010 two Christians decided that they
would peacefully pass out copies of the gospel of John on a
public sidewalk outside a public Islamic festival in Dearborn,
Michigan and within three minutes 8 police officers surrounded
them and placed them under arrest.
#13 A Christian consultant was recently fired by Bank of
America and by Cisco because they discovered a book that he
had written that expressed Christian viewpoints about social
issues.
#14 A while back, a federal judge actually ruled that the
University of Californiacan deny course credit to applicants
from Christian high schools that use textbooks that teach that
it was God who created the earth.
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#15 Back in 2009, one 8 year old boy in Massachusetts was
sent home from school and was forced to undergo a
psychological evaluation because he drew a picture of Jesus on
the cross.