Religious Risks
Religion has always caused conflict and other problems among citizens in a country or an empire where more than one religion exists. Either the government and its leader or the people themselves persecute the members of the other religions they want banned from their community. From what I understand, the people who persecute members of other religions tend to feel threatened by those other smaller religions. They believe those minor religions will gain more members, therefore, gaining the power and the strength they need to overthrow the once dominant religion and replace it with their own. Or they just think that the other religions are a disgrace to their own, sinful when compared to the rights and the wrongs which make their religion work. In the eyes of the persecutors, their victims are part of a religion that is just immoral and wrong in every aspect, like cannibalistic religions might seem wrong to some Christians or Catholics. Therefore, they attempt to rid themselves of that religion by persecuting its followers
In conclusion, the members of the Falun Gong sect in China and the Christians in India are persecuted daily just because of the religions they chose to follow and dedicate their lives to. The persecutors perceive those religions as wrong and, of course, punishable by any means necessary. It's actually astonishing to think that people are robbed, beaten, jailed, raped, killed, or sentenced to death because they chose "the wrong religion." until they leave, die, or convert to the only tolerable and welcomed religion. In spite of this, it's my opinion that a person's dedication and loyalty to a particular religion could cause that person to risk his or her physical or emotional well being. As of this very moment, our world's largest country is having such problems as I have described. China is the last remaining country under communist rule. And of course, only the religions allowed by the government leader are tolerated in China. Members of the Falun Gong sect, a blend of ideas drawn from Buddhism and Taoism, are
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