Here’s What You Can Do About The Persecution of Christians: Stop Being a Lazy Coward

By: American Decency Staff

As you probably haven’t heard, Islamic State in Libya released a video a few days ago showing the brutalexecution of dozens of Ethiopian Christians. Some of the victims were decapitated, others were shot in the head. All were butchered by bloodthirsty Muslim thugs for the crime of believing in Christ.

It might be hard to believe this kind of persecution happens in the world, especially when the American version of “persecution” includes not having access to gender neutral bathrooms. Out there, people face the very real threat of death and dismemberment if they practice the wrong religion. Here, we whine if a toilet stall feels too exclusionary.

Talk about privilege.

Islamic State, of course, has wreaked havoc on Christians all over the region. Just a month or two before this latest video, footage surfaced depicting the mass beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians. These barbarians have spread like malignant tumors throughout the Middle East, killing thousands of Christians and almost singlehandedly eradicating the faith from places where it has existed for 2,000 years.

Although you wouldn’t know it if you relied solely on mainstream media for your information, Christians are in fact the world’s most persecuted people with 100 million facing the daily prospect of violence, intimidation, coercion, oppression, imprisonment and martyrdom. The situation is worse now than it’s ever been.

Did you catch that?

Worse than it’s ever been. We were crucified, burned, stoned, and fed to lions under Roman rule, and still it wasn’t as bad then as it is now.

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