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Income by religious beliefs
% in $100,000+ income bracket
46% Jewish
43% Hindu
28% Christian - Orthodox
23% Christian - Other
22% Buddhist
21% Christian - Mainline
19% Christian - Catholic
19% Unaffiliated 18% US average
16% Other
16% Muslim
16% Mormon
13% Christian - Evangelical
9% Jehovah Witness
8% Christian - Black
% in under $30,000 income bracket
9% Hindu
14% Jewish
20% Christian - Orthodox
25% Buddhist
25% Christian - Mainline
28% Other
26% Mormon
29% Unaffiliated
29% Christian - Other
31% Christian - Catholic 31% US average
34% Christian - Evangelical
35% Muslim
42% Jehovah Witness
47% Christian - Black
I think every religion but Christianity is incompatible with Western Civilization. Though, I increasingly believe that Christianity is incompatible with Western Civilization as well. One or the other is going to have to give.
Compatible in what capacity? One can believe in the principles of Islam and Western principles simultaneously. Same with Buddhism and Hinduism. The question being asked isn't going to reveal much. We would also need to define what western culture refers to. Some people seem to think western culture is Christian while others say secular. Depending on your answer to that question, how you view these other religions may not be the same.
Compatible in what capacity? One can believe in the principles of Islam and Western principles simultaneously. Same with Buddhism and Hinduism.
Yes, it's possible to compartmentalize, and hold almost any set of conflicting beliefs simultaneously. The important point is how well this works in practice. In the case of Islam and Western values, it is clearly a problem.
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The question being asked isn't going to reveal much. We would also need to define what western culture refers to. Some people seem to think western culture is Christian while others say secular. Depending on your answer to that question, how you view these other religions may not be the same.
A culture is the sum total of the behavior, beliefs and values of a people, including the priorities they give to some things relative to others. Western culture is derived in no small part from Christianity, and the modern West still operates on Christian principles to some extent, but Christianity does not define it.
I (as a Christian) believe all religion can be dangerous.
Jesus recommended different forms of worship. One was prayer in one’s closed room. The other was when He washed the disciples’ feet (taking as evidence the Gospel of John) and the First Communion. “Do [ye] this in remembrance of Me.” He prayed, often alone, and He healed, sometimes alone but not always. He drew a line between Church and State, recorded in all the synoptic gospels as in Matthew 22:15–22. Yet this seems not meant to be a legal guideline, unlike American separation.
In America we urge a separation of Church and State.
Choice and practice of a religion should be private to the individual.
I think as long as people keep their religion to themselves (terrorists can never be able to do it by the way), religion can be peaceful.
That's really hard with Islam because it is more than just a religion. It is a system of laws and governance. The non observant Muslims are just like everybody else, but the devout raise some problems. There was a devout Muslim that worked in the same building as me on my last assignment. He looked at his feet when I walked by and refused to speak to me because I am a woman. Now how do you reconcile that with a country where you can be sued for sexual discrimination?
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Islam teachings are NOT compatible because I know of no Americans that want their heads chopped off ,driven over,blown up or shot at.
Leviticus 20 calls for the death penalty for those who have sex with their wives at the 'wrong' time of the month. Know a lot of Americans who want that do ya?
Yes, they're all compatible as millions practice those religions in North America and Europe while abiding by Western laws and cultural norms. As for the overblown argument of Sharia not being compatible with democracy, it's an argument usually made by those who don't really understand it:
No its not. Its an argument based on facts. Islam is more of an ideology than a Religion. Those who defend it are the ones not living in reality and blind to whats obvious all over the rest of the World.
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