The Coming Christian Persecution

In third world countries, the persecution of Christians takes for form of militia attacks and mass killings, mass kidnappings and rape of Christian women, and the destruction of churches. In Europe it is somewhat more subtle: there are still the rape of large numbers of white girls and women and widespread vandalism and desecration of churches which largely go unpunished, making the governments complicit. But what we are seeing more and more in the supposedly free West bloc are increasingly overt government persecution of Christians through "hate speech" laws intended to silence Christians on certain issues. 

    For instance, the New York Post reports that "Canada hate speech bill could be ‘weaponized,’ turned against people of faith, Andrew Lawton warns."  

    A Canadian hate speech bill is drawing backlash from critics who warn it could chill religious speech and expose some people to prosecution for quoting the Bible.

    Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, introduced by Canadian Liberal Justice Minister Sean Fraser, passed the House of Commons on March 25 and now heads to the Senate.

    The measure would expand Canada’s hate speech laws, create a new hate-crime offense, and add penalties for intimidating or blocking people from accessing houses of worship, cultural spaces, schools, senior residences, and cemeteries.

    The sharpest criticism of the bill focuses on its repeal of a long-standing defense for religious speech in some criminal hate speech cases.

    Christian and Muslim groups say the change could chill sermons, religious debate, and other faith-based expression, while the Liberal government and some Jewish advocacy groups say the bill is aimed at combating antisemitism, not criminalizing religion.    

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    Lawton said the bill’s safeguards are not enough, warning that Liberal officials have already signaled that people could be prosecuted for quoting certain passages from the Bible.

    “It’s not for the government to decide which religious beliefs are legitimate or not,” he added. “People of faith can and should debate this. But it’s incredibly concerning when a Liberal cabinet minister says that certain verses of Scripture are so inherently hateful that prosecutors should be able to press charges against those who quote them.”

    During a House justice committee hearing last October, Liberal Party MP Marc Miller, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, suggested certain passages from the Bible were inherently hateful toward homosexuals and questioned the Criminal Code’s initial carve out for religious statements made in “good faith.”

    “In Leviticus, Deuteronomy, and Romans, there are passages with clear hatred towards, for example, homosexuals,” Miller said, according to the hearing transcript. “I don’t understand how the concept of good faith could be invoked if someone were literally invoking a passage from, in this case, the Bible, though there are other religious texts that say the same thing. How do we somehow constitute this as being said in good faith? Clearly, there are situations in these texts where statements are hateful. They should not be used to invoke … or be a defense.” 

So you can believe that certain behaviors are immoral, but you just can't say it, preach it, or teach it. So what then? Underground churches? 

    This is how government sponsored persecution of Christians will begin and spread throughout the West. And it will be sold on the grounds of prohibiting antisemitism and protecting the "rights" of the LGBTQ. As the old saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.