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Christian is Free, Still Yet?

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When reading blog's faith writing from one of my new American friend, Taylor Shattuck, who currently lives in Indonesia through her Wixsite published in April 11, 2024, she wrote in that where she claimed, "Living in America, it is easy to find a church.... Would you own a Bible if it could possibly get you thrown into jail? Faith looks a lot different outside of the U.S.A."

I was, like, wow I did not know if America has a freedom religion that where Americans who believe in God, still get to be able worship at a church. I haven't been to America so I do not know, but a few Christian movies which taken shot in the United States, influenced on where it stood up that truth of freedom religion is valued in the United States. So, yes, America is free for Christians. 

Watching a clip of went off viral news sadly reported that a 74-year-old Scottish grandmother was arrested for silently praying in an abortion clinic. You can read a full article here. We've recently heard that those Christians in Syria have been beheaded. The Christianity persecution isn't newly happened for those years but the past years that recorded Christians that had been against for faith. Jesus was hated, the Apostles were hated and tortured, still continues that suffering today. So, what should do?

Jesus has predicted that before it all went happened, reading in John 15: 18. So, that's risk of becoming a Christian, but it's also same time as believing faith for salvation and Jesus' the only way alone. As of those who know that Jesus has rose from death, showed Himself with believers and Apostles, then He went to Heaven so we can proclaim over the world that the resurrection of Jesus as it means that we should believe in Him still alive until today. 

As speaking the safety of internationally Christians, the important question is, WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

So basically, we just pray and take some voice on social media. As of likely of which that remains invisible, I mean, nobody widely reported or impacting on those of who really care about. Quiet? No news? I do not know as well, but yeah, it's how risk of it granted. 

For Shattuck's claim, that's true that America has freedom religion, but I believe some countries have it same way though. We as Indonesians here still have some of freedom as Americans have, but still a few that against us, like the church establishment rejection. That's a lot to work, but thanks God, non Christians that around of us still express their care and defend us. It so at least how grateful we are. So, dependable over those regions where it lived up in unless some regions whichever are over fanatics so it seems dangerous.

I've being honest that I've never heard of American Christians punish of another American who converted from Christianity, I mean there is no public execution. You have a different opinion, there no behead! You're just being kicked out of your community and you're still alive. Even, Jehovah Witnesses and Mormonism were started in America and still growing in the United States. How freedom American that they value about. So, still many people believe that Christian countries still have free which people could enjoy living in that country even immigrants who aren't Christians, not just in the United States, like Poland, Greece, Serbia, New Zealand, Spain, etc.  

Speaking about what's categorized that could be classified about which a country considered free for Christians, Open Doors in 2024 published those the 10-list countries considered as "most dangerous" for Christians, mostly of classification as "evangelism, bandit, public enemy, zero statistically, death sentence, crime for national security, second-class citizen, listed as "wanted list". So, what's free? It describes that Christians who can read, express, share, pray, gather, and preach in public or private congregation which would not lead them arrest in a country - which is majority or minority remains uncounted. We won't be counting "how many Christians" because it is not giving a strong statement on that classification, but we are counting how free Christians that could express in different places, like in public or private. So, simply, proclaiming "I am Christian" when you're out of public where unbelievers are in there, they won't throw you in a jail because it does not interrupted. You even still say "I am Catholic" at a Protestant church, nobody throws him in a jail. You still also say that "I am renouncing Christian faith", nobody gets mad at you and still loves you. If your country does it so on, so, your country is safe, free, and is not dangerous. 

So, let's pray for those countries who still against Christians and Christians who are suffering for their faith! We hope that persecution could be ended soon and they are allowed to live in free and peace, no matter how small Christian population is. They are safe, fine, and free, which is important. 


Reference
https://www.opendoorsus.org/en-US/stories/10-most-dangerous-places-Christians/
https://taylorraeshattuck.wixsite.com/taylorshattuck/post/preferential-worship
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2015%3A18&version=NIV
https://reason.com/2025/03/06/74-year-old-scottish-woman-arrested-for-protesting-near-abortion-provider/

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