Survey: Americans Say Christians Face Intolerance, but Complain Too Much: 63 percent say Christians face increasing intolerance, up from half (50 percent) in 2013. A similar number (60 percent) say religious liberty is on the decline, up from just over half (54 percent) in 2013. Forty-three percent say American Christians complain too much about how they are treated, up from 34 percent in 2013.