The persecution of Christians in the developing world has increased rapidly during the last decade. Newsweek reported that “terrorist attacks on Christians in Africa, the Middle East and Asia increased 309% from 2003 to 2010”—a mere seven years (Feb. 16, 2012). But one wouldn’t normally expect religious mistreatment in the English-speaking, democratic Western world. Nonetheless, raw persecution is now rearing its ugly head in Britain.
Last week I taped two programs for Beyond Today. One program was entitled, "The New Atheism". A number of books have recently been written by atheists who have adopted a more militant, agrressive form of the malady. Christopher Hitchens' "God is Not Great" is probably the more erudite and entertaining of the lot.