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Old 12-28-2007, 02:46 PM
 
Location: TwilightZone
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Houston is one of many cities with megachurches. I don't see what that has do with anything. Most people in Houston have probably never even been to Lakewood.
All I know is when I was researching Houston there was a big deal about just how much of it is Christian,after all it still is part of the bible belt.
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Old 12-28-2007, 02:52 PM
 
Location: In God
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All I know is when I was researching Houston there was a big deal about just how much of it is Christian,
Well it really isn't all that Christian. There are a lot of Christians, but probably not greater than many other cities.

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after all it still is part of the bible belt.
Yes, but it's a cosmopolitan, liberal world city which makes it exempt from many of the characteristics of being in the bible belt. It's very much a black sheep down here.
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Old 12-28-2007, 02:55 PM
 
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See that's the problem with atheists/agnostics...everything is subjective and there is no final 'truth' for them. And no matter how much 'proof' you try and show them it's still subjective,so what's the use? It's like they're floating around with no beliefs in anything.
Deep down, I think everybody in the world wants to believe, it's just difficult for them.
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Old 12-28-2007, 03:07 PM
 
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Well it really isn't all that Christian. There are a lot of Christians, but probably not greater than many other cities.

Yes, but it's a cosmopolitan, liberal world city which makes it exempt from many of the characteristics of being in the bible belt. It's very much a black sheep down here.
Perhaps it's because there doesn't seem to be that many Christians in my area so Houston seems like alot.

I guess my ultimate question is,does Christianity/being in the bible belt have alot to do with why people in those areas are so much nicer than in most other parts of the country?
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Old 12-28-2007, 03:10 PM
 
Location: In God
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Perhaps it's because there doesn't seem to be that many Christians in my area so Houston seems like alot.

I guess my ultimate question is,does Christianity/being in the bible belt have alot to do with why people in those areas are so much nicer than in most other parts of the country?
I don't think so. Some of the nicest people I've met were in fact not Christian, and some of the meanest people I've met claimed to be followers of Christ.
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Old 12-28-2007, 03:34 PM
 
Location: from houstoner to bostoner to new yorker to new jerseyite ;)
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I'm nice and I'm not a Christian, right, mpope409?
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Old 12-28-2007, 04:03 PM
 
Location: home...finally, home .
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Which American cities have the greatest number of Atheists where the voice of scientific reason prevails?

I don't know if I would put atheism that way.
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Old 12-28-2007, 04:09 PM
 
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Deep down, I think everybody in the world wants to believe, it's just difficult for them.
I never understood that position..."It's like they don't believe in anything!"....We believe in the universal laws of nature, we believe in our leaders (well that's somewhat of a stretch, at least in the last 8 years), we believe in ourselves, our children.....Just because you don't believe in the supernatural does not mean that you are dedicated to believing nothing.
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Old 12-28-2007, 04:10 PM
 
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Was Mother Teresa a hypocrite for doing deeds in the name of a god she herself did not believe in?

Mother Teresa didn't believe in God? Are you sure ?
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Old 12-28-2007, 04:22 PM
 
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She had a crisis of faith. It was revealed in her recently released diaries. Agnostic would be a better term to describe her position.

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Was Mother Teresa a hypocrite for doing deeds in the name of a god she herself did not believe in?

Mother Teresa didn't believe in God? Are you sure ?
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