 We do not face that level of persecution here. More of what we face here could be classified as ridicule. If you confess that God created the heavens and the earth in six days, someone will accuse you of being anti-science, which isn't true at all. And then, ironically, if you say that there are only two sexes, which is very scientific, you will be called a bigot. And if you say that life begins at conception, which is also very scientific, you will be called oppressive.