Christianity Today Research Paper

Each year the lives of over 105,000 Christians are martyred just for their religion. Christians make up ten pre-cent of the population of Egypt, and the secular government discriminates Christians. Started in Egypt, Coptic Christians, one of the world’s oldest Christian communities, dating back to the time of Jesus. December of 2013 CBS News reported that “Coptic Christians have been discriminated against by the Muslim majority for centuries.” The secular government doesn’t consider Christians as equal citizens. So what can we do to help these people who are martyred just for their faith?

Ever since I was six years old, the year I was baptized, I have been on fire for the Lord. I attended a Christian school for eight years and have always been very involved at my church. My first experience outside of my “Christian bubble” was when I went to a public high school. For the first time in my life, I was out of my comfort zone. Being at a public school challenged my faith, strengthened my leadership skills, and forced me to branch out and meet people I would have never encountered otherwise. However, even though being at a public school helped strengthen my faith in ways I would have never guessed, I believe attending a Christian university—like Liberty—is the best choice to further my education. Going to college is new and exciting, but it can also be a demanding and intimidating experience. Being so far away from home, in a different environment,

In contrast to the persecution experienced by early Christian followers, Christianity today does not experience the level of outward persecution. Christianity is practiced in an atmosphere nearly void of violence. It was not until the reign of Constantine when Christians were authorized to practice their chosen faith. The “Ediet of Milan”(313 A.D.), gave official recognition to the Christian faith, thus ending persecution within the Roman Empire. Before Constantine’s rule, there were many rulers eager to drive out the Christians. The Emperor Trajan (98-117 A.D.) established the first official policy relating to Christians and how they should be dealt with. Diocletion and the Apologists were the last of the persecutors in this era before Constantine. This marked the end of open persecution

I began this paper with a question that seemed almost too ludicrous to be even remotely true; is Christianity on its way towards extinction in Iraq? After presenting the research I found regarding precisely what Christians are going through in Iraq, who is inflicting this pain on them, and the effect ISIS’ revival of persecution is having on other extremists, it is almost ludicrous to argue Christianity is not headed for extinction in Iraq. Jihadist groups with no toleration are determined to put an end to this peaceful religion simply because it differs from

On the other more extreme side of things, religious persecution can be extremely fatal, leading to loss of life over differing beliefs and attitudes. Just look at today’s political climate. ISIS, an extremist radical group known for being religiously charged, takes credit for virtually every act of mass violence across the world. This has caused people all over the world to be afraid of Muslims even though their religion really has nothing to do with these acts of violence. People have made the religion out to be the problem when that isn’t the issue.

Many of the ancient and historical conflicts are believed to be connected to religion in a various ways and proven that religion can be used as an excuse for violence. For instance, The Crusade Wars ended in the brutality of both Christians and Muslims during the mass dispute (Burton 1984). The Jews have perpetrated massacres through nations for the solitary reason to attain their belief. During the reformation of Christians thousands of people were killed because of their religion. In Yugoslavia, the war in 1991 pitted Orthodox Christians, Muslims, and Catholics against each other in a brutal combat (Avalos 2005). Also, thousands of monks were being persecuted in Burma

Part I – Intro: “An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.” (James A. Michener, Space) I am here today arguing a denied, avoided, and controversial topic [Christian Persecution]; and, I am doing this so that I can make the increasing amount of attacks on our first amendment rights known. The injustice here is not only the attacks on Christians’ rights to religious freedom, but also because it is ignored. The rights of everyone are compromised because no matter what religion you identify with or even one at all, there is a precedent being set that denying someone’s right is okay. “1,400 documented attacks on religious freedom, at a 15% increase over the past year and a 133% increase over the past five years.”

("Persecution of Christians in the contemporary world.") Young children are being kidnapped from Christian families in the Middle Eastern countries to be raised as Muslims. Children that have well enough memories to still believe their faith are put with their families and most likely killed. ( "Persecution of Christians in the contemporary world.") A recent story tells of two dozen Iraqi Christian refugees who escaped from the Middle East and across the U.S. borders. After coming into the U.S., they were refused any shelter or food; debates are being held if the refugees should be removed or not. The debate is held for the reason that there is not enough room for twenty-four people, but there is for ten-thousand Syrian

Oddly enough, several centuries earlier in history Christians were in a strikingly similar situation, but responded in a completely different way. Around 250 CE, an epidemic broke out (likely smallpox) which spread throughout the Roman Empire. This outbreak continued for at least twenty years and at its fiercest points as many as five thousand people were died each. It was later called “The Cyprian

Christians were persecuted in the early centuries after Christ. When we hear about the persecution of Christians, you hear about genocide or Christians being dragged out of their homes to be eaten by wild animals. Christians were seen as traitors and were also blamed for the cause of every public disaster. Around 115 C.E, there was an emperor named Trajan. Trajan stated that if Christians refused to make sacrifices to the Roman gods then they would be punished by death. On page 88 it also stated, “...Christians would not go along with the sacrifices necessary for the good of the empire, and so were traitors of the empire.” Another known emperor was Nero. Emperor Nero was also involved in the persecution of Christians. Nero had caused a great

From verbal attacks to hostile feelings, attitudes and actions, Christians experience religious persecution in areas with severe religious restrictions. On average, there are 322 people killed, 214 churches or religious buildings destroyed, and 772 other forms of violence performed against Christians each month. According to The Pew Research Center, over 75% of the world's population lives in areas with severe religious restrictions. Additionally, according to the United States Department of State, people in more than sixty countries face persecution from their governments or surrounding neighbors simply because of their

The most common, (one of the most common) yet the most horrifying, displays of social injustices upon religions are genocides. During the 20th century, there have been many mass murders of people groups. Most were motivated to a significant degree by religious beliefs. A genocide that had a global effect was Adolf Hitler and the Nazi’s organized extermination of about 11 million people including 6 million

As we talked about previously Christians were heavily persecuted throughout the Roman Empire. Although Christianity was growing rapid there was an enormous amount of people that did not like Christians. The citizens of Rome did all that they could to stop the spread of Christianity. The Christians were thrown in jail, spit on, beat, stoned, and killed all because they believed in God. Christianity showed us that when you are living in unbearable situations trust God even if it seems

Different religious groups who thought highly of their own “Ultimate Being” have been persecuted or assaulted. The Pew Research Center says that Christians are the most persecuted faith of all the world’s major religions. In 2007, Christians were harassed in 107 countries. In some countries, those who tried to promote their religion to the public were harassed because of their faith. Pew says that “there has been a marked increase in the number of countries where Jews were harassed, a recent peak.” Another example of violence from theistic beliefs are Islamic extremists who use acts of violence and terror towards people. These Muslims professed that they had support from Allah himself when in fact Islam teaches peace. Such strong misinterpretations of a religion and a deity can be dangerous to religious groups who do not share their

The objective of this study is to examine Christian persecution first by beginning in Greece and Rome in the ancient world. Jews were people that dressed differently, spoke differently and were even labeled as atheists due to their lack of a belief in any of the Greek or Roman gods or goddesses. The Jewish people were referred to as 'enemies of the human race' since the foods that they ate were different and they did not mingle in with others in social activities. Even more hated in the mainstream society were the Christians especially those who lived and became martyrs around the year A.D. 155. During this time, a persecution arose against Christians in Asia Minor with many of these becoming martyrs for the Christian faith.