"Conservative Christians like to say that liberals hate Christians because they do not understand Christians. I would say that many Christians hate liberals for the same reason. Ignorance naturally begets fear, which begets hatred. Christianity has a long history of persecution of those it considers the "other" - all who are not Christians. Though not every Christian is about condemnation, there are many Fundamentalist Christian groups today who are as rabidly intolerant as any in history." - David Mantelli