You think some asshole offering his stupid opinion on an obscure gambling forum qualifies as, “Persecution?” Do you think I ask servers before tipping, people wanting to be fed at the soup kitchen, people who are begging that I sometimes buy a sandwich or someone who I do a small favor for what religion they are first?

Negative. This is just an open discussion not unlike if the group of us was just sitting on a porch. Frankly, I don’t really care that much what religion people are or are not as long as I never have to hear about it.

You take the good and the bad, of course. Again, my problem is mainly with the concept of organized religion and not so much Christianity, or individual Christians. Historically speaking, the Inquisition sufficiently demonstrates that they didn’t need outside groups to persecute them anyway; they’ll do it to themselves sooner or later.

Anyway, it’s not like I’m saying any of this in a church. This is neutral territory. Even if it rises to the level of persecution, that’s fine, because they have a tendency of demonizing other groups, anyway.