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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 02:34 PM Mar 2017

White evangelicals say Christians face more persecution than Muslims: Poll

FRIDAY, MAR 10, 2017 12:46 PM EST

White evangelicals are the only major religious group to think that Christians are discriminated against

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The degree to which discrimination exists in American society is in the eye of the beholder, apparently. According to the latest poll from the Public Religion Research Institute, a white evangelical in the U.S. is more likely to think that Christians experience a lot of discrimination compared to Muslims.

The survey found that 57 percent of white evangelicals believe that Christians face a lot of discrimination in America, while only 44 percent recognized that same level of discrimination for the Muslim community. White evangelicals were the one major religious group to indicate that Christians faced heavy persecution. In contrast, roughly 75 percent of religiously unaffiliated Americans and non-white Protestants agree that Muslims face the most discrimination, according to the poll.

Perceptions of discrimination is stark in America. Nearly half of white Americans said they believe that black Americans experience racial discrimination, while 87 percent of black Americans have come to that same conclusion, the poll found.

Christian persecution and religious freedom is a legitimate concern for the Republican Party. They recently crafted the First Amendment Defense Act, federal legislation mirrored after the “religious freedom” laws that have popped up across the country, including in Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana.

President Donald Trump’s executive order, which barred entry of travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries, failed its judicial test in part because the ban excluded religious minorities in those countries, also known as Christians. The administration appeared to have a preference for a certain religious group, a court found. Meanwhile, the GOP has long focused on the plight of Christians in non-secular countries in the Middle East.

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http://www.salon.com/2017/03/10/white-evangelicals-say-christians-face-more-persecution-than-muslims-poll/

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White evangelicals say Christians face more persecution than Muslims: Poll (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2017 OP
The next step is ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #1
Already have that in Detroit dembotoz Mar 2017 #4
Only because their 1800 year old holy book tells them defacto7 Mar 2017 #2
Persecution Thomas Hurt Mar 2017 #3
Control get the red out Mar 2017 #5
Pedantic, but... KatyMan Mar 2017 #6
Tolerate my Intolerance! maxsolomon Mar 2017 #7
White evangelicals are idiots. n/t Coventina Mar 2017 #8
Some Christians of several races have this view that if they can't impose their crap on me malaise Mar 2017 #9
There's a Christian version of Turbineguy Mar 2017 #10
Persecution my pig's patootie! meow2u3 Mar 2017 #11
I'm not sure I understand what you mean. linuxman Mar 2017 #12
I was being intentionally ambiguous meow2u3 Mar 2017 #13
I'd like to airdrop a few of their more vocal idiots into a place like Somalia or Syria. Initech Mar 2017 #15
And I'd like to target those phony Xtianists for disenfranchisement meow2u3 Mar 2017 #16
White evangelicals are the majority! They can go fuck themselves with their persecution complex! Initech Mar 2017 #14
They appear to be masochists Dem2 Mar 2017 #17
I wonder how many of them are secret satanists? Initech Mar 2017 #18
Satanists Dem2 Mar 2017 #20
Then They're Stupid ProfessorGAC Mar 2017 #19

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
2. Only because their 1800 year old holy book tells them
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 02:53 PM
Mar 2017

that they are the persecuted ones. It certainly is not based on modern facts.
Dangerous fiction.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
3. Persecution
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 02:58 PM
Mar 2017

To the winger fundie, persecution is the frustration they feel when their moral inferiors won't get off welfare, stop having premarital sex, extra-marital sex, gay sex, stop using birth control, and have a personal relationship with their Lord and Savior Trum....err Jesus Christ.

get the red out

(13,468 posts)
5. Control
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 03:05 PM
Mar 2017

They can't force their religious laws and beliefs on the whole country YET, so that is their version of oppression.

KatyMan

(4,211 posts)
6. Pedantic, but...
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 04:10 PM
Mar 2017

"Perceptions of discrimination is stark in America"...Perceptions is stark? Guess the copywriter was homscholed?

malaise

(269,187 posts)
9. Some Christians of several races have this view that if they can't impose their crap on me
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 04:15 PM
Mar 2017

They are being prosecuted.

meow2u3

(24,774 posts)
11. Persecution my pig's patootie!
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 04:27 PM
Mar 2017

If they think they're being persecuted, I'd love to show them persecution, all right!

Initech

(100,104 posts)
15. I'd like to airdrop a few of their more vocal idiots into a place like Somalia or Syria.
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 04:36 PM
Mar 2017

Armed with nothing but a Bible, and see how far that gets them.

meow2u3

(24,774 posts)
16. And I'd like to target those phony Xtianists for disenfranchisement
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 04:54 PM
Mar 2017

White evangelicals have no problem with any oppressive legislation as long as they're not targeted.

Wanna make'em pass a beefed-up Voting Rights Act? Treat them like they do minorities, disabled people, young adults, and seniors regarding their voting rights--suppress Republican voters!

Dem2

(8,168 posts)
17. They appear to be masochists
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 04:57 PM
Mar 2017

That's cool, we can persecute them since they appear to be begging for it.

Initech

(100,104 posts)
18. I wonder how many of them are secret satanists?
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 05:11 PM
Mar 2017

Because they apparently love and worship the devil, which is why Alex Jones sounds like him:



And their practices and policies are more in line with what Satan thinks than what Jesus thinks. So by that logic, maybe they just worship Satan?

ProfessorGAC

(65,212 posts)
19. Then They're Stupid
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 05:15 PM
Mar 2017

Just a ridiculous perception held by ridiculous people with a persecution complex without merit

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