Is America too Religious?

[true_notes]

[Kraklen]

1. Is Saudi Arabia?

[sam sarrha]

2. actually Practicing Christians = about 28%

peer pressure or ignorance of any other alternative accounts for the higher polls..

[marmar]

3. Nothing wrong with being religious...

as long as you don't impose it on everyone else.

[napi21]

9. I agree with THAT! I happen to think that most people are helped

through their religion, but the key is that it's not our Gov't decision to say which one you must follow...if any!

I think that's the big problem today. The Evangelicals are trying to push their beliefs on everyone else. I guess they don't realize that human nature responds to force with an opposing force!

[Skittles]

4. not too religious

WAY too f***ing hypocritical and santimonious

[Double T]

5. Where did this data come from????

looks like a fundie/Diebold collaboration

[Bluebear]

7. A "Pew" poll if that helps

[Double T]

The data doesn't look credible, the question itself is a bit obscure

[Lautremont]

6. Too self-righteous.

[JanMichael]

8. It's certainly too fundamentalist.

I have no doubts about that.

[annabanana]

10. Who the heck were they polling?

whole thing makes no sense...

[xynthee]

11. WAY too religious!!

I'm SOOOOO sick of religion (namely, Xianity) being shoved down my throat!

If people could just keep their damn beliefs to themselves, I wouldn't care, but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, they insist on shoving them down MY throat (as well as the throat of everyone else on Earth) all the time!!

Here in Tulsa, I won't even be able to go to the damn ZOO without being bombarded with these lunatics' wacky beliefs!! I halfway expect the fundies to rally for a law making it mandatory for people to post the Ten Commandments in their own houses!

All Jesus all the time!!!!!

[Bluebear]

12. Belated welcome to DU xynthee

And I agree 100%.

[true_notes]

15. Welcome to DU

:) friends and smiles here. Have a fun time.

[Modem Butterfly]

13. WAAAAY Too Religious

Hands that help are better than lips that pray.

[Lecky]

14. Religion isn't the problem

It's religion combined with arrogance.

Extreme patriotism + extreme religion + arrogance = disaster

Karl Rove's base

[michael_1166]

16. From my point of view

(I'm from Germany), America looks like a Christian version of a Muslim country. Sometimes I really can't believe what kind of discussions are going on in the U.S., and even here on DU ... religion everywhere. It's a bit disconcerting to watch. Well I don't know, maybe it's just me - but it's quite odd that a lot of Americans take their Donald Duck version of Christianity ("ohhhhh the Rapture is coming, ohhhh Jeeezus!") that seriously. It's just that this madness could trigger a nuclear war and already wrecks havoc to our planets' ozone layer. Jesus would be quite p*ssed I guess.

[stevans_41902]

17. I've read that in Germany if someone tries imposing their religion

on someone else or trying to convert them it is seen as something very rude and something people just don't do there. Unlike many religious nuts in the U.S., Germans have the respect for other people to let them believe or not to believe without telling them they are going to "burn in hell when the rapture comes." I just wish more people in the U.S. realized that someone elses religion is none of their fu**ing business. Just out of curiosity, what type of discussions on DU are you referring to? I thought people on here were pretty open minded when it came to religion.

[Skypilot 18]

18. Is America too Religious?

YES