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The Criminalization of Christianity: Read This Book Before It Becomes Illegal!

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I came on tonight at 11PM just to write a product review for this wonderful book. In the first 40 pages, I am captivated. I was already very aware of the freedoms being lost in my beloved US of A but this book has much more detail than I had the time to research and find myself. It is SO well written and her conclusions are well supported. I found myself both angry for what is happening in our country but also glad that there are people courageous enough as Janet Folger to write a book like this. Her conclusions are so clearly supported and she writes so well as to anticipate the rebuttal and I found myself frequently laughing out loud and saying "EXACTLY!". Please don't give a single view to the propagandists' reviews that this book is terrible. Listen to me, I came on at 11PM leaving my wife to go to bed alone so I can tell you, of my own free will and without the promise of pay, that this book is an ABSOLUTE MUST READ. Why? Because most people, including myself, have busy lives and don't have the time to compile all the research Janet has done to write this book and when you sit down and read it your eyes will be opened to what lies ahead, if we don't speak up and do something about it while we still can. I agree with Janet wholeheartedly as well that the majority of Christians are standing down and not speaking up.

Those hateful reviews tearing this book down are by paid propagandists who seek to spread the false perception, just as Hitler and the Nazi regime, that no one apposes them, and if you do you will be crucified. Join the ranks... onward Christian soldiers!

Bravo for this wonderful work. Buy it now, before it is illegal.

This book makes for scary reading. Even if it were only half true (which I do not think is the case), it would still be very scary reading. The sad truth of the book is that there is a war going on, and those who hold to faith and family values are subject to a relentless and focused attack.

Many of us have been aware of some of the moves to silence believers, to push activist agendas, to stifle freedom and to straightjacket the churches. But to see all this information concentrated in a book which can be read in one sitting makes for sobering reading.

And many of us have been aware of the persecution of believers in countries such as China, North Korea and Sudan. It seems harder to believe that active persecution and suppression of the faith is happening in the "Christian" West. But that is indeed the case.

In this book horror story after horror story is laid out, documenting the very real assaults on our freedoms and our faith. Consider but a few examples.

-Believers in Philadelphia faced felony charges and jail time for simply quoting from the Bible in public.

-Two Christians (one heavily pregnant) were ordered off a bus and had to walk home in the rain because the driver said their discussion of their faith might "offend" other passengers on the bus.

-A Canadian believer and print shop owner who declined to print homosexual material was found guilty of discrimination by the Ontario Human Rights Commission and fined $5000, which went to the homosexual group. He also now has to pay off a $170,000 legal fee.

-A group called American United for Separation of Church and State is sending people to churches to monitor sermons to see if there are any so-called church/state separation violations.

-In Quebec government officials removed a child from her Baptist family because "they might have unusual beliefs regarding child-rearing".

-In a California town $500,000 of public money was spent on constructing a statue to an Aztec god. The Aztecs of course were notorious for their countless child sacrifices. While this was held to be a "cultural symbol," the same council removed a nativity scene.

-A pro-homosexual ordinance in Madison Wisconsin resulted in this outrage: Two women advertised for a roommate. When they declined to take in a lesbian, they were forced by the Equal Opportunity Commission to attend "sensitivity training", pay the lesbian $1500, write a formal apology, and have their housing situation "monitored" for two years. One of the women said in tears that she felt like she was living in totalitarian China instead of democratic America.

Such examples can be multiplied at length. Every day new anti-faith outrages are taking place, and the obvious question to ask is: "How long before Christianity is outlawed altogether?"

As can be seen, some of these threats to religious freedom come by way of the homosexual activists. But there are plenty of other threats to those concerned about faith and family. Radical civil libertarian groups and pro-abortion activists also come to mind. And the author has certainly been involved with these groups before, especially in her many years as a tireless pro-life campaigner. Indeed, her first book, True to Life, describes her remarkable work on behalf of the unborn.

Her first book contained a number of examples of how creative and thoughtful activities can be implemented to work for a culture of life. That same concern for pro-active strategies and tactics is found here. Janet Folger does not just highlight the war we are in, but also offers practical help in how we can win these battles.

A threefold plan of attack is laid out: working together; moving from defense to offense; and controlling the debate. We cannot just sit by and respond in only a defensive position, but we must work together to preemptively and proactively tackle the issues. She ends her book by looking at how various successes already have been achieved, and how in this fight we must recognize the spiritual battle which is also taking place.

The job of any good prophet is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. And Janet Folger, in true prophetic fashion, manages to do both in this timely and important book. Those who have been involved in the culture wars will not find too much new material here. And some may question her concluding comments on the end times. But all should find a renewed hope and sense of calling to confront the many challenges we face. This vital wake-up call deserves a wide hearing.

This is a story about why our nation is going so badly wrong as time passes. I believe it to be true and well worth reading. The author wastes no time on political correctness.

I found this to be a very inspiring book. I'm not one to usually get involved with any cause aside from maybe making a donation to an organization I believe in, from time to time. However, this book really opened my eyes to some terrible truths and has really inspired me to become more closely involved with some of these causes.

Folger, who is primarily known for her right-to-life involvement for many years, spends a majority of the first portion of the book showing real-life (and very well documented and annotated) examples of how Christians are repeatedly singled out and discriminated against. She illustrates how the crowd who largely and loudly preaches "tolerance" as be-all and end-all are the ones who are violently, unabashedly, and hatefully intolerant of Christians.

Stories ranging from the common, such as gay and lesbian organizations being granted meeting space in public buildings, but denying Christian groups the same, to the outright disturbing accounts of gay activists storming churches, urinating and defecating on the carpet during a worship service abound in this book. It illustrates the extent to which Christianity is under attack, and that it's only the beginning.

She reveals the tactics of various anti-Christian groups and gives plenty of examples of how those tactics have come to fruition. These tactics generally are designed to inflict as much damage on Christian morals and values while making Christians look like the bad guys.

She also points out how anti-Christian groups are systematically using court cases and lawsuits to set legal precedent. Knowing full well that if legislation were put to a vote, either by referendum or as a bill in Congress, it would fail, these groups use members the judicial branch that repeatedly overstep their Constitutional bounds and, in essence, create law from the bench.

Folger sees the increasing amount of activist judges who repeatedly abuse their power as the single greatest threat to our country. She also points out that Congress has the power to do something about it (a part of the book I found VERY interesting and which made me realize that I need to go back and re-read the Constitution).

Folger does a great job of summing everything up in the end. She presents the Gospel in clear and plain language. She calls everyone to action.

The only criticism I can make of this book is that she plugs her Faith2Action organization several times expounding on the wealth of information and resources that supposedly exist on the website. While there are links to great news stories there, I cannot find half of the information she claims to be there in her book. It is possible, however, that a paid subscription is necessary to access this apparently missing information which is a step I have yet to take.

I'm not really sure what book some of the previous reviewers were reading (my guess is they haven't read the book at all and are just throwing bombs). I also would love for "Ashley Wood" (who wrote one of the reviews and whom, I suspect, never read this book) to show me where in the Constitution the words "Separation of Church & State" appear (which she put in quotation marks implying she was quoting from the Constitution itself, and attributed the words to "our very wise forefathers"). Putting this idea of the separation of church and state into people's heads and the idea that it actually exists in the Constitution is one of the great successes of some of these anti-Christian groups that Folger details in her book.

It goes to prove that if you say something loud enough and long enough, people will eventually believe it.

I don't want to get into a polemic dispute here, since I doubt most of the people opposed to this book have even read it, I simply state a fact. I'm 46 years old and it's completely obvious that freedoms of religion and speech are NOT the respected and protected beliefs they were 20 to 30 years ago. While certain current minority groups have more protection than ever, it's clear that in the next 10 to 20 years traditional freedoms(many are already gone) as we've known them for years is a thing of the past and the evidence is overwhelming that the soon-to-be majorities have no intention of providing us (The current majorities) with the same protections we have afforded them since at least the 1970's-example: Why did the police officers who beat Rodney King get re-tried under "hate crimes" laws when the gang members who permanently disabled Reginald Denney while attempting to kill him because he was white got off,when both crimes were clearly caught on film, not to mention that King is a now multi-millionaire ,who would be jailed permanently under any state with a "persistent felon law", while Denney is poor and disabled?.Who would you rather be? When it comes to the separation of church and state, the left has turned the original intent of the disestablishment clause on it's head and as for racial and homosexual agendas, it's clearly nothing but payback time.

I highly recommend this for anyone who loves the U.S., and wants to see her prosper. This book is a clear warning against the dark days that loom.

This book was very informative. It showed me a lot of behind the scenes things, I didn't know about. Truly, how a few groups need to anhilate the Christian viewpoint, so they are able to live immoral lives. I know some people reading this would say, why are you judging? Isn't that what this author is doing too? I don't think so. She's just telling the truth. Granted we should love everyone, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't speak the truth. Are we supposed to love people into Hell?

Also, to those of you who think I'm a "right wing nut." So what! At least I don't ride the fence. I've made a choice, and I believe in speaking out about things that are wrong. Just like people on the other side belive in speaking out.

Some of you have written some pretty hatefull things. I wonder if you write those comments, because you are unhappy about your own lives? It seems pretty clear that you are searching for something more. Please read a copy of the Bible.
Others who are wanting to find out more information about what's really happening behind the scenes - Read This Book!

Immediatley the reader is struck with the straight foward manner the facts are presented. It is one thing to think the things presented in this treatise, it is quite another to back them up with research and hands-on experience. I tire of hyperbole and twisted tales design to postulate a personal agenda. That is why I read Criminalization of Christianity. It did not resort to manipulation of emotions to sell books. It did not lash out at any undeserving faction. It did not resort to bigotry or hatred. Instead the book lays out stunning reality that should make us stand up and shout it out - I have had enough!

Thanks to a courageous Janet Folger we can join together and fight the good fight.

Hopefully, non-Christians who read this book will finally open their eyes to the lop-sided mentality permeating Western thought today.

We are being brainwashed to "tolerate" everything but our true spiritual heritage - Christianity. Our right to free speech does not include Christians. Those of us brave enough to exercise that right and to proclaim our views of homosexuality as abnormal (with roughly 1.5% of the population homosexual, statistically speaking, it falls in the range of abnormal), or abortion as murder (killing humans IS murder), or quoting the Bible when it proclaims only one way to a right relationship with God (all other major religions do the same, by the way), we are persecuted and prosecuted.

Read the book. Yes, it's true. Open your eyes, Western world - before it's too late and the freedoms YOU value are repealed - they will be.

Wow! I had no idea how serious it is that we are losing religious freedoms left and right and are remaining silent. Janet Folger cites case upon case of instances when Christians were discriminated against and even forced to choose between ceasing to exist as a business or supporting the homosexual agenda.

Right now it's abortion and the homosexual agenda that are causing Chrisians to lose their freedoms. But if we don't stand up and fight, it won't be long before sharing the gospel or even owing a Bible might land us in jail.

I highly recommend this book for individuals but especially for churches and group studies. I think it would have been nice if the author had included group discussion questions for each chapter, but you can still use the book in a weekly Bible study, discussing a chapter per week and determining what your church or group is going to do to fight the criminalization of Christianity. A lot of research went into this book, and it reads well--not like a law textbook. Many thanks to the author for writing it!

J. Taylor Ludwig, author "It Was Never About Books"