This should be a reminder that the persecution of Christians is not some Roman-era tale but a daily contemporary phenomenon.

For more information about three organizations dedicated to shedding light on areas of the world where converting to Christianity or living your Christian faith publicly can issue in imprisonment, torture, even death, click here, here, and here. Catholic Relief Services is another good resource.

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Quick take: How on earth did Atonement get on this list? Only an atheist could have concocted the daft scenario, in which “atoning for sin” entails inventing an alternate reality to ease a guilty conscience—the sinner as self-savior.

That isn’t atonement, that’s idolatry. And it surely has nothing to do with the spirit, only the deluded ego of a fallen human nature.

Think about it: If using one’s imagination is all that is necessary to redeem past errors, then why not reinvent a morality that would excuse the error as being of no consequence in the first place? Isn’t that part of the New Atheist project?