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Christianity is stupid, brutish and ignorant but it won't be illegal. All the weird fringe religions are legal like Scientology, LDS, Judaism and Islam. How can Christianity be banned without alienating a huge part of the electorate?
I agree with your premise but Judaism and Islam, at least, can't really be classified as the "fringe."
While the anti-Christian sentiment continues to skyrocket by the left, I do believe they have a point regarding the tax-exempt policy religious institutions benefit from. I also believe taxing religious institutions will make the charitable contributions these institutions give will be reduced.
While the anti-Christian sentiment continues to skyrocket by the left, I do believe they have a point regarding the tax-exempt policy religious institutions benefit from. I also believe taxing religious institutions will make the charitable contributions these institutions give will be reduced.
Legitimate charitable work could still be exempted.
While the anti-Christian sentiment continues to skyrocket by the left, I do believe they have a point regarding the tax-exempt policy religious institutions benefit from. I also believe taxing religious institutions will make the charitable contributions these institutions give will be reduced.
"the left" ????
"The left" is mostly composed of christians.
What "the left" believes in is religious freedom.....christians on "the RIGHT" don't.
Its unimaginable now, but considering less than 50% of young adults today consider themselves Christian and the rhetoric coming from most young people is that religion, especially Christianity is an evil, despicable belief system that has done nothing but hold society back from progress, is it possible that when today's twentysomethings get into power we could start seeing government regulation of religion? Certain things are almost certain in the next 30 years, such as churches no longer being tax exempt, Christian holidays being removed from our list of national holidays, and possibly the banning of religious symbolism/imagery where viewable by the public, but can/will it go farther than that? Will the Bible be banned as "hate literature" because of its passages concerning homosexuals? Considering most on this forum are in that young twentysomething age group and are strong atheist, what do you want to see for the future of religion in this country?
While I think the idiocy known as Christianity (and organized religion in general) will eventually go extinct as humans evolve, this thread has no basis in reality or fact.
Have you ever heard of the CONSTITUTION? It has this thing called the "Bill of Rights". In this magical bill, there is a clause which guarantees freedom of religion. You know, the whole freaking reason why this country was founded.
Religion shouldn't be state sponsored or forced upon those who are not so primitive to believe in such nonsense. Tax-exemptions for churches is stupid, and not just for Christian ones, but for all religious institutions. People shouldn't need a tax incentive to donate to their church, and us as tax payers should not have to carry the burden of a millionaire like Mitt Romney avoiding his income tax by giving money to his cult instead of the US Government like the rest of us.
And considering the fact that I can buy Mein Kampf on Amazon.com, I don't think the Bible would be banned
I agree with your premise but Judaism and Islam, at least, can't really be classified as the "fringe."
"Fringe" is kind of difficult to define, especially when we're talking politics and the number of people who would be "alientated" by a law like this. There are more Mormons in the U.S. than there are either Jews or Muslims.
"Fringe" is kind of difficult to define, especially when we're talking politics and the number of people who would be "alientated" by a law like this. There are more Mormons in the U.S. than there are either Jews or Muslims.
Yeah...what it comes down to is that every religion's stated dogmatic beliefs are so crazy that almost anyone has to water them down and cherrypick them to get along even as an ordinary citizen, let alone as a leader...I don't think it ought to be an issue what church someone claims, for most people it's like claiming a football team; it doesn't really affect their lives that much.
You attack Christians but you don't answer the question. I could say liberals are the whiners because they cry and carry on about presence of religion in public that they could ignore if they wanted to (which I don't understand why its so hard if its something you don't even believe in), or that gays and their allies are whiners because they cry and carry on about people that think gay sex isnt something to be celebrated, but I don't because its best to respect all points of views. Liberal version of tolerance: think like we do or be mocked, ridiculed, and humiliated.
The logic of your question eludes me.
Satanism isn't a religion practiced by the majority of Americans, and yet it's legal to worship Satan. Buddhism isn't a religion practiced by the majority of Americans, and yet it's legal to be a Buddhist. If Christianity were to become a religion practiced by a minority of Americans, how would it be different than Islam or Hinduism, both perfectly legal in America.
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