"Globalization and modernization are gradually opening Bhutan to the outside world, but it remains one of the smallest and least developed economies in the world. Bhutan made the shift to democratic rule in March 2008. Out of 35 different people groups, 32 are unreached by the gospel."

I quote from the restricted nations link of the Voice of the Martyrs website, persecution.com.

Watching the special one would be tempted to think this is a place just crawling with good will for all. There's some truth to it. There is a blending of Buddhism and Hinduism that keeps those two groups from igniting. And together they claim 96% of the population.

But about 2% of the Bhutanese are believers in Jesus. Bhutan is not such a paradise for them. Back to VOM:

"The number of Christians in Bhutan is estimated at between 3,000 and 6,000 people, most of them secret believers. Christians face societal discrimination as well as anti-Christian policies. Christian leaders say they may practice their faith in private homes, but public worship and evangelism are limited by government policies against non-Buddhist houses of worship and meetings. Bhutan’s National Security Act (NSA) further restricts freedom of religion by prohibiting 'words either spoken or written, or by other means whatsoever, that promote or attempt to promote, on grounds of religion, race, language, caste, or community, or on any other ground whatsoever, feelings of enmity or hatred between different religious, racial, or language groups or castes and communities.' In 2011, the prime minister stated that he views conversions to Christianity as 'the worst form of intolerance.' This article is similar to the “anti-conversion laws” in place in some Indian states. Only Buddhist religious texts are allowed in the country."

Gets me thinking along other lines. Hate crimes. That's what this is about. We must get along with everyone. Peace on earth. And yeah, my own little Paradise, the great U.S. of A., has been toying with legislation that sounds just like what you'd hear in Bhutan. Christians are considered dangerous in America already. And they are, in one sense. We do indeed believe that Jesus Christ is the only way to Heaven. And some of our folks do get a bit aggressive, but they mean no harm. Quite the contrary.

No, we're not like Islam, and the way Romanism use to assert itself, believe or die. Nonetheless, the perception is there. How long will it be, I wonder, before deluded leaders will craft a bill that allows no words that promote bad feelings between people? How many believers will stop at that point telling others that they must repent of sin? That to deny Christ is to spend eternity in Hell? Sure doesn't make people "feel" good when they hear talk like that.

But wait. Most believers have stopped saying those things already! Without a law against us, we have laid down our weapons and surrendered to the status quo. Could that be why western Christians don't feel the sting of persecution?