Are they persecuted?

[Soph0571]

This,

[vlyons]

1. They FEEL persecuted because

their so-called "religious" beliefs are no longer accepted by everyone else. Gays aren't being persecuted. Unmarried women are having babies. Unmarried couples are living together without shame. Evolution is taught in schools. Young people are leaving the church. Moslems and Hindus are moving into the neighborhood. Their kids are practicing meditation and look up to the Dalai Lama.

[MineralMan]

2. As long as there is one person who does not accept

the validity of religious belief, all believers are being persecuted. That's how I read it, at least here in DU's Religion Group. Atheism must be countered with faith, or all will be lost. That's what some theists appear to believe, anyhow.

[uriel1972]

3. In the US and other

Western countries at least. There are places that christians are persecuted, but not in my vicinity at least.

[Iggo]

4. Where in the United States are christians persecuted?

[uriel1972]

7. Ah sorry my content was perhaps mixed...

I was trying to say that in the US and other Western nations Christians are not persecuted. There are places where they are, but no around here.
Hope that clears up my errors.

[The Genealogist]

5. "When You're Accustomed to Privilege, Equality Feels Like Oppression"

That is basically what is going on here. Their privilege is crumbling, and they don't like it.

[Major Nikon]

8. At least for the time being, their privilege is doing quite well

They are just changing the tactics of perpetuating it. As society grows more tolerant of other ideas, they are weaponizing that very culture of tolerance to claim they are actually the victims.

[Major Nikon]

6. Don't forget attacking an idea is no different than attacking a person who believes in it

Ironically even if the idea is intolerant, the person attacking the idea is still guilty of intolerance.

That way religion is perfectly free to promote itself as a good thing, while any dissent must be shouted down as a bad thing. That's how you know your privilege is working for you.