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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 11:51 PM Original message |
Gallup: 29% of Americans Now Say Reiigion is "Old-fashioned & Out of date." |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. It also says the % of people that say religion is 'very important' has stayed the same for 35 years. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yes, but received opinion would have you think that 90% of Americans |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 02:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. there have been polls that show evangelical youth have been |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. The Universe is so much more fascinating than the Christian God anyway. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. I had a serious discussion with a Minister & his wife today about |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 12:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. That answer is too facile by half. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 12:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I disagree that the tenets of religion attract fundies. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 01:09 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Au contraire, I believe that most people give Xianity a free ride because |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 06:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Talk about taken out of context! |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 08:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Can it not be a simple disagreement on the choice? |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 08:43 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Perhaps, but... |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Yes, I've read Mere Christianity, and I understand the point that Lewis was trying to make. |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I agree with everything you say except |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Sorry. I missed your post #19 when i made my response to your post #17. |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. So we'll call it a tie. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. The "hate your family" part is a reference to putting family loyalties |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. You're quite wrong. |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. "...atheists want to bash religion, they become as literalist as any fundie." |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I'm of the variety that says it's not literal |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. While..... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. OK, play out your issues if you must |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I assure you.... |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 02:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. The tenets of religion.... |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. What a LOAD. |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. Exerpts from my religion essay I wrote this fall |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
8. Prosperity theology failed to work as advertised |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
9. When I heard religion for the first time as a infant in church..... |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
12. Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus est. |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 02:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Salus est ut exsisto instituo intus. n/t |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 04:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
35. Vincant arma crucifera! |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Sterce! Sterce! Morituri Sumus! |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
16. Very good news. nt |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
20. Considering the loudest focus of religion was preventing (or stripping) equal rights |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
21. It is interesting to see the backlash from all the craziness of the last decade |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
33. The nutbags are still out there, and they're still as loud as ever, but |
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caitxrawks (431 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
34. *pumps fist* |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. More important, we're on a roll and approaching critical mass. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
36. Kick |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
39. The Gallup data indicate the percentage of US protestants is essentially flat since 1983, |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-04-10 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
40. Totally superstitious and rule bound. |
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