On 4/24/2011 9:06 AM, Darren New wrote:
> On 4/23/2011 22:05, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Sure, but that's different than when it comes to religion.
>
> I was citing it more as a cause, you see. For so long people have been
> persecuted for heresy that maybe it has just become a normal part of
> culture to avoid discussing it.
>
Goes beyond that. Even bringing up the subject in the US in the wrong 
places/situations results in people screaming that you are persecuting 
them, and most of the rest of the people in the room jumping to defend 
them (even if they don't share the same faith). Its almost like, among 
some Christians, there is a *need* to be persecuted. And, in fact, for 
the "end of timers", this is a requirement. If they acknowledged that 
they are actually a) over privileged, b) over protected, c) more 
powerful than most other groups, d) more numerous, etc., their entire 
theological position that the end of times is coming that the first sign 
of it being increased persecution of their faith, simply wouldn't be 
true at all.

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