I have read articles that have said that christianity is the largest religion in the world. I have all read articles saying christianity is the most persecuted in the world. Don't the 2 come hand in hand?

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@William largest, yes. Most persecuted depends largely on definitions, I would think.

Christians love the idea of being persecuted. They think it makes them more holy. The Bible itself says in many places that martyrdom is a good thing. So if your information is coming from a heavily biased Bible source, then I wouldn't put too much faith in it.

Pun unintended.

@fredsbend "Christians love the idea of being persecuted"...lol

The fact that the OP has used a real name suggests to me this could be a prank posted by somebody else. The idea being that if someone searches the internet for that name, they'll find this question going on about how impotent the person is.

I'll flag it to the mods on that basis.

@anonymouswho They do. It's why they'll invent things in countries where they have plenty of protections.

Like in the USA so many think there's a "war on Christmas" just because some people say happy holidays. Or how they think there's a war on their beliefs because gays are gaining equal protections now. Top that off with the insistence that innumerable Christians are martyred around the world. The location changes depending on popular enemies, but China and the mid east are the most common claims.

Not to say that there haven't been martyrs, but Christians have a habit of grossly exaggerating it.

Muslims as well, for the same reasons.

@fredsbend Well you have to admit that the Starbucks red cup thing was kind of offensive :) Despite the fact that their logo is a pagan siren displaying some questionable poses....

@anonymouswho You're kidding right? I don't see how a cup being plain red or a cup being red with snowflakes has anything to do with Christianity or Jesus or religion at all.

Maybe as a Starbucks fan you might be disappointed that the plain red was, well, plain and boring. But to construe that there's some sort of War on Christmas is moronic.

@fredsbend Yes I'm kidding :)