Mild Discomfort

In a speech given by former Anglican archbishop, Rowan Williams, he called upon Christians in the United Kingdom and the United States to “grow up” and not to exaggerate by saying that they are suffering from persecution because of their faith. “Western Christians are not being persecuted, even though they attest to that at times. They are only experiencing a mild discomfort.” True persecution means, according to Williams, “bitter enmity, physical force and murder”.