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 not really that surprising that governments hate christianity

the bible is pretty harsh about kings, tax collectors and mercenaries too 
 There is a lot of harsh persecution of Christians around the globe, but the worst that American Christians have only been dealing with, is people saying mean things or being shadow banned on social media.  

I was recently reading that the US government and DOJ are keeping track of everyone who buys a Bible or Christian literature and storing it in a criminal database.  I think American Christians are about to start experiencing the same kinds of persecution that many of their international brothers and sisters in Christ have been experiencing for a long time and they are going to be shocked.  Sadly, I think a lot of Americans, who consider themselves Christians, are going to drift away when the going gets rough.  We will see. 
 I don't mean to be a troll, Liberty Gal, but are you sure about the database stuff? I was just in an liberal urban Texas bookstore and I was shocked at the amount of wall space dedicated to Christian literature. I mean even bookstores who are clearly idealogically left have a serious business interest in Christian lit and Bible sales... Or maybe this is just a Texas urban sample.  
 This might be an example of the difference between the population and the bureaucracy. 
 I mean, the suspicious part of me says, yes. Also I think every book and video we consume is probably in a database :-D 
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