Christian Majority Losing Steam

[scotttebben]

There is a reason almost all of the worlds greatest thinkers and scientists are Atheist. These type of people see reality for what it is and not how some fool told them to view it. Think for yourself and leave god in the past where it belongs along with all the other dead gods. Grow up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bary1234]

Religion is poison. Useless nonsense and garbage, its needs to end before it ends us.

[informationrevolt]

Im an atheist, but I'd appreciate if youd do all these things

[rjky1986]

These people also do not believe, most of them anyways, that smoking, drinking at all, women being in leadership, women having abortions when needed, birth control, masturbation, premarital sex in all cases, listening to "controversial" music genres, and many if not most of them do not think it is sinful to be homosexual or have a partner in that lifestyle. Denominations like the Episcopal Church, United Church or Christ, and ELCA. And, of course, they are often disparaged by the fundies.

[rjky1986]

It's shit like this that makes me glad that within Christianity there is a minority "Mainline Protestant" metagroup that on average, at least since the 1980s or 1970s, has been majority moderate-to-liberal. They are people who preach the Gospel and the actual teachings and love of Christ, whilst at the same time trying to live it (including in work for the poor, AIDS victims, abused women and children, homosexuals, and other oppressed groups).

[rjky1986]

Amen to this. Unfortunately, you do have these nutjob fundie-mentalists who will murder abortion doctors, blow up their clinics, go into a UU congregation and shoot people for "being too liberal" (God forbid), and drastically larger numbers of conservative or fundamentalist "Christians" who hate, speak out against, etc. those who happen to be gay/lesbian, who needed to get an abortion for rape/incest/threat to their health, or for allowing equal treatment of women.

[TaffyAlpha]

F.A.I.T.H.

Forget

About

Investigating (for)

Truth (and)

Honesty

[greeny202a]

The beliefs of Scientology are no more ridiculous than rising from the grave, turning water into wine, talking snakes, walking on water, turning people into pillars of salt or noah's bloody ark, you all talk bollocks and the sooner your all gone from our world the better.

[xaviervonrottie]

Just wait everyone. Christian terrorism is in the woodworks!

[TrueAgnosticMetal]

@xaviervonrottie Good point. im going to get ready stat!

[1tonyota]

christianity is one world goverment with a 1 world order. christians want everyone to be a christian and no one to question there authority. its reverse psychology and its been working for a long time. if christians get there chance they will get there one world or new world order they so desperately want.

[ChristianNewsWatch]

Well said... if love, mercy, peace, JESUS are replaced as they have been, the result is implosion... and that's exactly what is happening.

Personally I can't wait till the organized church system dies, then perhaps we will again listen the the Spirit of God, and not the faulty "wisdom" of human teachers.

PEACE :)

[EziekielNightwind]

He neglects to point out that the fastest growing demographic in the US is the non-religious and the atheists.

Technically, the fastest growing RELIGION is indeed Islam, but the faster growing demographic is the atheists and agnostics.

[questionsamson]

Fox news? more life faux news! I won't read anything from Glenn beck who cries like a pussy to gain attention

[rypam]

Amen! separation of church.

[KallyJones]

God is an imaginary friend for grownups and Jesus is a crutch for feeble minded chumps.

Be kind

Be generous

Be honest

When someone falls down, offer your hand to them and help them up.

What's so fucking hard about being a good person? You don't need a bible or some snake oil selling demagogue to tell you how to do it.

[kingachybraky]

Wow, you describe the way of the majority of native american tribal customs. What is so hard is the greed, dishonesty, and holier than thou attitude of American Christians. They are more interested in the huge churches with paved, lighted parking lots than the are about the homeless, working poor, handicapped, or uneducated. The maintenance cost on the Churches in Springfield, MO would easily pay to house the homeless. Most homeless are vets. Be kind, be generous? That costs too much

[AtheistOnTheEdge]

Ah, fuck all religion! Religion in the modern era is like horse drawn cart on a freeway. It's archaic, it's primitive, its outdated. It's what mankind used to get by when he didn't know stuff about the universe; we know stuff about the universe today. We know loads of stuff but religion is still insisting that its voice be heard. But its voice is stupid! Its voice says "Noah's Ark is a true story." It's gut wrenchingly absurd that a voice that speaks this bullshit is heard in the modern era.

[pokemon068]

All so all teaching they follow was made by a guys Jesus who only knew love by continueing wars and violence. Your denying that one thing

[Myschly]

The man's right. I'm an Secular Humanist (Atheist), and I don't mind the Swedish Church. They're very liberal on several issues, and they don't get involved with politics.

However, the Christianity in the US, man they're friggin' crazies that are ruining the world.

[AngusMcSpuds]

religion is about control of the masses, and gold.

[Smartassawhip]

You can be spiritual without having to subscribe to Christianity. That is something that most Christians have a hard time wrapping their heads around.

[maulhoik]

You said it all. Thet don't get it. That's part of the dualistic thinking.

[drtphd]

What is rarely said is the authoritarian personalities like these so-called christian preachers are allowed to define what "Christianity" is. If you don't believe their "you're going to hell, etc" version and give them your money then your going to hell. They've dropped out of all the major Christian denominations and created their own, claiming to be the only people who can interpret a book as complex as the bible. A good scam to work on a weak and gullible mind.

[Smartassawhip]

What bothers me about organized religion is that they rarely spend time teaching people about Gods Love. Instead they focus of the threat of hell and the wrath of God. In my opinion Love should be the main message. You can take the entire bible and condense it into one sentence. Love One Another.

[mistergarth]

What would be so horrible about a nation which is not majority Christian?

[StriderIsAragorn]

Mike...these are all intelligent, rational, thoughtful, progressive views....

...which are very likely to fall on deaf ears.

Modern Christianity has become a perversion. It stands for everything that it is rallying against, in a sort've negative karmic feedback which just eats at itself like a cancer, producing more crazies and negativity than ever before.

Ironically, we should be praying for Christians to be "saved."

[RadarKat73080]

"Apeshit" is the word I'd use for the Christian Right's reaction. Obama was only speaking the truth.

[WizardJim]

Christianity promoting peace over war and siding with the poor over the rich? Wow, you'd have to go *way* back to find that, 1900 years minimum.

[DeistPaladin]

Indeed, he's fondly remembering a Christianity that most likely never existed, one that is part only of the Christian dreamscape of the "early church" and the rose-colored view of Jesus.

The truth is that even Jesus had his moments where he said essentially "screw the poor" and admonished his followers to arm themselves, even if the cost of doing so was so massive as to require them to sell the cloaks off their backs.

[DeistPaladin]

Follow up thought, Christianity is DESIGNED to promote the needs of the ruling class. The Bible states outright the divine right of kings (Romans 13) and admonished slaves to obey their masters. The "virtues" taught by Christianity are ones of submission, pushover-pacifism and waiting until the next life for your reward. How ideal for the ruling class of any era.

[baselco]

@WizardJim u liar christianity promote warsd and mass killing

[Pisces31660]

@WizardJim what??? no u dont have to go back 1900 yrs just look at the current chrsitian movement in america. siding w/ the rich n supporters of preemptive war