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According to an article in the Christian Newswire, anyone who insists on refusing to allow Christians to proselytise to them, is persecuting Christians. That’s right, according to that article if you do not allow a Christian to tell you all about his or her One True God, you my friend are now guilty of persecution of a Christian. I guess I’m going to be guilty as sin of persecuting Christians who try to convert me because you see I happen to believe that proselytizing is actually as close to a sin as it gets in my books. I’m one of those dastardly radicals who thinks people should be left the hell alone to believe in whatever they want to.

I’m also the kind of fruitcake who thinks if everyone would really and truly leave others alone when it comes to their religious beliefs, we would have a LOT less wars and general persecution going on. That’s why I will continue to politely “persecute” Christians, or anyone else for that matter who tries to convert me to their particular religious belief. I will begin my “persecution” of them by telling them I’m really not interested in hearing about their beliefs since I have a set of my own that serves me well. If a polite “persecution” doesn’t work, then I will have to resort to being really mean, and tell them to, “Kindly piss off. Oh and have a nice day while you’re at it.” Unfortunately I’ve discovered that the more dedicated to the cause of conversion the person trying to bend my ear about their Great God is, the more likely it is I am going to have be really mean before it’s over.

The funny thing is, I always thought true persecution was when you started doing things like burning people at the stake for being witches, throwing them to the lions for being Christians, or gassing them for being Jewish. Who would have ever thought the day would come when simply refusing to listen to someone trying to convert you to a belief that is different from yours, would be called “persecution” by some? Me really thinks the people who are trying to say that refusing to listen quietly to their attempts to proselytize is persecution, need to do a reality check here. Just saying, “No thanks, I don’t want to hear what you have to say about your religious beliefs because it goes against what I believe.” isn’t persecution. It’s called Freedom Of Religion. Telling them to “Kindly piss off. Oh and have a nice day while you’re at it.” may be bad manners in the books of some, but it isn’t persecution either.

And does this mean that if a Muslim, or Pagan, or someone who is not Christian insists on telling a Christian about their beliefs, it is persecution of the other party if the Christian refuses to listen? Am I also persecuting telemarketers when I say, “I’m not interested.” right before I hang up on them? What if the telemarketer is a Christian selling bibles or gold crosses? Do I get two persecution strikes against me for just saying, “I’m not interested.” and hanging up?