User blog comment:LondonDauntlessCorvair963/Why the Past is Way Better./@comment-5436475-20141002141753/@comment-5510093-20141003182001


 * 1: You can't name me any time in the past where Christians have not been persecuted, and I frankly think you take the complete religious freedom you do have for granted. Also, how can you expect the country to give Christians complete freedom yet restrict freedom from LGBTs, atheists, or any religion other than Christianity, and if you aren't talking about that, where is this "oppression" you are talking about?


 * 3: You misunderstood the Wikipedia article, that is the predicted lifespan of people being born right now. Also, the crude death rate in the US (that is, all deaths) was 9.6 in 1950-1955 and has steadily declined down to 8.7 in 2010-2015, simply put that's less people measured out of a 1000 dying.  In the past, many more people died from sickness than now, and no matter how far back you go mankind has always killed each other, there are no more murders and wars nowadays than there ever has been.