Italian Religious Liberty Expert Believes US on Path to Anti-Christian Violence

[Genevieve]

Hey Everybody,

Look at this. An outside observer has identified trends in the US which he believes may result in anti-Christian violence. When I was a child, reading or hearing about Christian persecution in other centuries and/or in other lands, it seemed like such a remote and impossible thing. The world has changed so much since then.


http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/italian-religious-liberty-expert-worries-us-on-path-to-anti-christian-violence/

The head of Italy's new religious liberty watchdog group warned that present threats of “discriminatory legislation” in the U.S. could eventually result in violence against Christians in America.

“In a climate of discrimination, it is possible that somebody will act upon that discrimination to say ‘the laws are not enough’ and resort to actual violence and this is the realms of hate crimes,” Professor Massimo Introvigne told CNA June 28.

“It starts with intolerance which is a cultural phenomenon,” he explained “and then if intolerance becomes so widespread and popular, some politicians will act upon it and introduce discriminatory legislation.”

It is in this “climate of discrimination,” he said, that people can decide to take the law into their own hands and use violence to further suppress Christianity.

 

[kittycat]

I believe that could happen...the way the world is now....yes indeed..

 

[LisaC]

I can definitely see this happening - it's sad. Christians are told to be tolerant of others, but there are times that we get slammed if we utter the name Jesus...