It's 2012 people..Get over religion...now (faith, Christians, Christ, Earth)
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I mean, it's 2012...how can educated people with some sort of a brain still believe in all the fables.
Since I have always been an Atheist, I have no idea how people can believe in gods.
However, the fact is that many, many people do believe in gods, so we had better accept that fact and learn how to deal with it. In my case, it does not bother me at all to associate with religious people.
The Christian population is 80%, and is not dropping. It dropped slightly due to high immigration from many Asian countries which needs to be stopped!
From what I see in Northern Virginia, the Korean immigrants are VERY religious Christians. One friend told me his wife and her friends try to memorize as much of the bible as they can.
The Christian population is 80%, and is not dropping. It dropped slightly due to high immigration from many Asian countries which needs to be stopped!
Well that's a twist on it. However the greatest number of immigrants are from Mexico and all the other Latin American countries, and are probably 90+% christian, and yet the over all average is dropping.
Clearly you are not part of the trend, but people are getting smarter.
Yeah because a state run by an eternal never dying but already dead leader who has semi reincarnated himself through his own son sounds absolutely nothing like Christianity at all, does it.
Christianity gives good moral and happiness to people
I don't know where you're getting your information, but I can assure you that you are wrong. I live in the bible belt, AL. The Christians here (not all of them but a good deal of them) are the most judgmental, the most hateful, the most intolerant, the most ignorant and bigoted folks it has ever been my misfortune to meet. I am originally from Chicago and Christians there just don't act like this. I have surmised that they are just afraid...afraid because their numbers are dwindling...afraid because the younger generations will not tolerate this kind of behavior and so are leaving churches in droves. They are afraid because no one takes them seriously anymore. They are very afraid because their exclusionist behavior makes them look more and more foolish...they have become a joke.
My mother-in-law just recently disowned me because I voted for Obama. She told me I was an idiot and that I had no class, simply because I refuse to vote for someone who would take women back to the dark ages. This is the kind of religious fanatacism I have run into in the South...it is sickening and truly embarrassing to those of us who want to walk as Jesus taught us to walk.
Christianity has become a complete embarrassment which is why I no longer label myself that way and never will again. Organized religion is a dinosaur whose time has come to become extinct. People are slowly learning that there is no need for it and it does nothing but divide.
I am very spiritual...I believe in a Source of ALL there is...but I do not believe in nor do I adhere to any kind of man made religious ideology. I've learned from the Masters like Jesus, Buddah, Lao Tzu, Wayne Dyer, Eckhart Tolle, etc...how we should live and treat our fellow human beings...I try to do the best I can by following the Golden Rule, which is a thread that runs through all religions. If people would just practice that...we could change this world.
Since I have always been an Atheist, I have no idea how people can believe in gods.
However, the fact is that many, many people do believe in gods, so we had better accept that fact and learn how to deal with it. In my case, it does not bother me at all to associate with religious people.
Believing in God(s) isn't a problem. The problem is those who believe THEIR God is the only one and that they must convince or force everyone else to believe in him and impose their god, religion and outdated, primitive morals on our laws, government and schools.
It's with great pleasure that I see that the world is turning and people start to question religion in many parts in the world (but not all). There are several statistics which show this and I think the trend is pretty clear. I mean, it's 2012...how can educated people with some sort of a brain still believe in all the fables.
The places in the world where the importance of religion is not decreasing is of course in the "great" countries that have no democracy, no creativity, no women's rights, intolerant and question religion in these places will get you in deep trouble. If you are so into religion why don't you move to these great countries. I wrote another post about my views on it: https://www.city-data.com/forum/religion-spirituality/1571809-non-religius-countries-do-much-better.html
Here are just a few examples of the decrease of the fables of religion:
Religion may become extinct in nine nations
A study using census data from nine countries shows that religion there is set for extinction, say researchers. The study found a steady rise in those claiming no religious affiliation.
Full story here: BBC News - Religion may become extinct in nine nations, study says
Sweden & Norway - The first and second least religious countries in the world - Irreligion by country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1. Number one in the number of women in the parliament, congress
2. Give most in percentage of their nations GDP (Gross Domestic Product) to other poor countries
3. Top 10 in least corrupt countries
4. Top rankings in many other "good" stats
Somalia & Afghanistan plus many more 1. Top 10 in the most religious
2. Worst countries for democracy
3. Worst women's rights
4. Most intolerant etc etc
5. Many other "bad" statistics
It is interesting that the least religious countries have the best rankings on some of the most important things for a society and the most religious countries have the worst rankings. If religion would be a good thing wouldn't it be the opposite?
In my opinion....The less religion in a society the more people care about each other, have more rights, more democracy, more creativity plus many more things.
I rest my case on this one....Thank (god) I'm living in a country where religion is not important at all...
Any one agree or disagree with the overall concept....
A common stereotype is people who practise a religion have extremist beliefs. Fact is not all people that practise a religion have extremist beliefs. However a minority of people who follow religion that have extremist beliefs get the most publicity by the media.
Anyway according to the BBC report my country is among the 9 countries listed that could be extinct in the future. I don't see that happening anytime soon. Yes religion is declining and even the Prime Minister is Atheist. Yet I know many people here that practise religion, even the people under 30 years old. Yet of course a majority of people under 30 years old don't follow religion. Maybe religion in my country would be extinct 100 years from now.
Last edited by other99; 11-10-2012 at 02:32 PM..
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