Reply #70: There are degrees of persecution [View All]

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Ours is not the same persecution suffered by homosexuals or racial minorities. But neither are our circumstances. We do not have obviously recognisable external traits. Nor are our relationships tells for our differences. Thus we remain hidden easier.

If regailing you with stories of skeptics and atheists being killed by believers would convince you I could certainly provide them. But in our modern times such atrocities are not key. Suffice to say that in the days where people would kill those who were different those that could hide their differences did so much more thoroughly.

But in these modern days we have come to expect that we can live openly be it our sexual prefrences or our religious beliefs. Atheists are still pressured into their closests in this day and age. If not kept in our closets we are kept isolated by the fact that if we make ourselves known in order for other atheists to find us we endanger our social status and even our careers.

Forget about being an atheist and getting elected. Even if we stood for the very things the population hoped for in a leader the mere fact that we do not believe in god dooms our chances. You see we are the permissible prejudice.

Its ok to think that atheists are immoral. In our society if a preist or minister tells the public that the godless are evil or immoral not an eye is batted. It is permissible in our society to decry a person's character by their lack of faith in god.

Lets take Star Jones as an example. She publically stated that she believes atheists are not to be trusted. She claimed she would not even trust one to baby sit for her. Where was the public outcry? Where were the liberal theists rising up to confront her prejudice? They were no where to be found as it is permissible in our society to proclaim atheists unworthy.

So no, we are not persecuted as the blacks were. We are not persecuted as the homosexuals are. But we are persecuted none the less.