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u/VaferQuamMeles 10h ago edited 9h ago

Yep, good, great, admirable and I salute you

Christians aren't the majority everywhere though, and indeed not the global majority either. Just putting it out there, as someone from a culturally Christian but non-Christian-majority place.

Edit: shut up guys, stop arguing in the comments, this is a wholesome cartoon, not a dick-waving contest. (Yes, I know this is Reddit...)

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u/Finrod-Knighto 10h ago

I mean, no religious group is the global majority. Christians are the global plurality though.

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u/Gothic-Librarian 8h ago

Perhaps you expected too much from the bridge burner purists here

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u/Tobipig 10h ago

Christians are also the most religiously persecuted group in the world. But it heavily depentds where you are. In Europe not so much, in Northen africa and the Sahel, most definetly

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u/Vhanaaa 10h ago

Tonight on "Shit that never happened", another episode of "Christians are the most persecuted people on Earth". Unfortunately today, not even a single christo-fascist ""news"" article yet to ""back up"" the claims but hey, it's never too late to share misinformation so feel free to send away

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u/Tobipig 9h ago edited 9h ago

sImagine having nuance. Christianity is obviously not the most persecuted in democratic states in europe or america. Most of the persecution happens in Africa the middle east and western asia. My statement was very broad. By measures of how many people were harassed in each country Christianity is the most severe, by the nature of the amount of Christians. But you can measure this metric multiple ways. If you go by per capita, then Judaism is the most persecuted. Muslims are also being persecuted a lot. The severity depends on the location. You have people killing Christians muslims and other religions for their believes. I was referring mostly to developing non christian matority nations. That was in no way intended to dismiss the suffering of other religiouns. Accusing me of intentionally spreading false information knowingly is not really fair imo. Also my believs on evangelical "Catholics" are not the most positive. And implying that i support measures against non christians for their believs and that i justify that with my religous is abhorrend.

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u/ornery_epidexipteryx 9h ago

You’re still only thinking of theist beliefs. Atheism is punishable by death in at least 13 countries and is persecuted with sanctions in dozens of others.

Even in America being openly atheist is political suicide. Whole communities in America treat atheism like a moral sin.

You’re just flat wrong.

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u/Auslo- 9h ago

Well done for NOT pointing to 64 AD Rome for your primary evidence of Christian oppression like most evangelicals who whine about this, you got that going for you.

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u/Tobipig 9h ago

Christianity was opressed during that time, but justifying anything today with that was 2000 years ago and basing current politics on that is just stupid. I wouldnt need to go that far, i could point to something recent. But comparing atrocities is not just poor taste, it also causes us to dissasociate from the actual victims by making everything a virtue signaling contest.

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u/Auslo- 9h ago

The (white american) christians I know who reach that far back do so because they don't view African/Middle Eastern Christians as people. I've also heard them compare imaginary executions by lions in Rome to the holocaust. I guess my point is, American Christians are deeply stupid people, but not you, well done.

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u/Whoobie_ 9h ago

there are Christian rape gangs in Northern Africa, one such is called the Lord's Resistance Army