The Untold Truth Of Christianity

Publish date: 2024-05-17

It makes sense that the biggest religion in the world is also the most persecuted, but even still, the numbers point to Christianity getting hit harder than you might think over the centuries of development. According to the group Open Doors USA, last year, 360 million Christians lived in a state of intense persecution around the world. Add to that some more numbers — 5,600 murdered, 6,000 detained or imprisoned, 4,000 kidnapped, and more than 5,000 places of worship destroyed (via the Cato Institute).

This prevalence is seen in countries like Afghanistan, North Korea, Somalia, Libya, and more, but that's just the modern-day of persecution. Tracing this back to the foundations of the faith, the theme of persecution began right away in Roman times, according to Britannica.

While various averages will claim that 100,000 Christians are martyred every year, BBC debunks this number by pointing out that most of this comes from the war in the Congo, where two Christian factions were killing each other. Even still, BBC settles on a figure of around 10,000 Christians being murdered for their faith every year, which still places them atop the list as the most persecuted religion in the world.

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