When I made the decision to become a Catholic, my Protestant friends of many years told me that I was going to go to hell for becoming Catholic.
It can go both ways.
“When I made the decision to become a Catholic, my Protestant friends of many years told me that I was going to go to hell for becoming Catholic.”
You too eh? I was told that by my Baptist youth pastor! Not sure why I ever told him but keep in mind I was 15 at the time.
OK. My point is that is still not persecution. Bad manners maybe, persecution no.
A practical demonstration of the cognitive dissonance in the once saved, always saved doctrine.