Religious Persecution

According to the latest news reports, Christians have been elevated to being the most persecuted religion on Earth. Judging by what we hear from the Middle East, this may be exactly so. Think what you wish on this, but there are some facts that may give either comfort or distress.

History has shown us that when certain types of religions are persecuted they grow stronger. This has been true of the Christians (Protestants and Catholics), the Muslims, the Jews, the Buddists, and other religions, all with sound scriptures and sometimes doctrine or canon law. They may live under persecution for generations, but though it may take centuries, but they seem to restore their numbers and thrive again.

We include another religion of sorts, atheism, which sustains its faith through sheer belief. Atheists have been persecuted throughout all of history. It has no scripture aside from specific beliefs, but the idea (there is no God) simply cannot be destroyed by theist construction, no matter how severe. It is thriving currently, did so in Communist Russia, in 18^th century France, and in ancient Rome.

All this is different from non-belief in anything religious, a state over all ages. It usually lives under the radar, often surviving while pretending observance toward the status quo.

As we know, dominance by the one over the other is cyclic. However, the cycles are so long, we sometimes believe a permanence has been achieved. Wrong!

How these loving groups simply love to torment one another.

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