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Tick tock: Protestantism no longer the majority faith in U.S.
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RE: Tick tock: Protestantism no longer the majority faith in U.S.
(October 10, 2012 at 1:11 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: Things can change very rapidly and it's happened before in America. Consider that I was born in 1968. In my lifetime, we went from segregation to electing our first black president. Perhaps a similar enlightenment will happen with religion in America.

Ah, but even though we've gone from the Jim Crow era to electing a black president, there's still that pesky racism problem that everyone tries to ignore or gloss over. It's progress, but perhaps not enough...
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RE: Tick tock: Protestantism no longer the majority faith in U.S.
(October 10, 2012 at 1:19 pm)festive1 Wrote:
(October 10, 2012 at 1:11 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: Things can change very rapidly and it's happened before in America. Consider that I was born in 1968. In my lifetime, we went from segregation to electing our first black president. Perhaps a similar enlightenment will happen with religion in America.

Ah, but even though we've gone from the Jim Crow era to electing a black president, there's still that pesky racism problem that everyone tries to ignore or gloss over. It's progress, but perhaps not enough...

Point taken. We still have plenty of "dog whistles".

Our first black president is also the first president who's had to prove he's "one of us" by publishing his birth certificate, and the first president who's been heckled by a congressman during a state of the union address, and the first president repeatedly and seriously accused of being a "socialist". I don't think that's a coincidence.

Everything changes in stages. Old ideas die like radioactive particles decay with their "half lives".
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#13
Tick tock: Protestantism no longer the majority faith in U.S.
Depressing... Does this mean once we reach the point that people no longer identify themselves as Christian (as most racists would not consider themselves racist, whereas once that was a badge worn with honor, still is in some pockets of society) they would still cling to some of the ideals and morals that go along with being Christian? It's gonna take a lot of time and change before it totally disapates.
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RE: Tick tock: Protestantism no longer the majority faith in U.S.
(October 10, 2012 at 1:51 pm)festive1 Wrote: Depressing... Does this mean once we reach the point that people no longer identify themselves as Christian (as most racists would not consider themselves racist, whereas once that was a badge worn with honor, still is in some pockets of society) they would still cling to some of the ideals and morals that go along with being Christian? It's gonna take a lot of time and change before it totally disapates.

In the case of religion, I don't think so.

Religion depends largely on social pressure and indoctrination during childhood. As the majority no longer identify as Christian, the first part is gone.

I see a tipping point in the future. Christianity will lose almost all of its power once the non-religious are the majority.

Although the thought of "closet Christians" does conjure up some amusing comedy skits.

Quote:"Honey, look what I just found in our son's bedroom. It's a pamphlet from the 'Discovery Institute'."

"Oh no! You don't think he could be... you know... one of them?"

"Oh what did we do? We tried to raise him right. How did he get caught up in that deviant lifestyle?"

"It's the fault of the media! They're always glamorizing the Christian lifestyle!"
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
...      -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
...       -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
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RE: Tick tock: Protestantism no longer the majority faith in U.S.
I thought it was most;y priests and scientologists in the closet?
blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” – John 20:26-29
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RE: Tick tock: Protestantism no longer the majority faith in U.S.
(October 10, 2012 at 1:28 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: Point taken. We still have plenty of "dog whistles".

Our first black president is also the first president who's had to prove he's "one of us" by publishing his birth certificate, and the first president who's been heckled by a congressman during a state of the union address, and the first president repeatedly and seriously accused of being a "socialist". I don't think that's a coincidence.

Everything changes in stages. Old ideas die like radioactive particles decay with their "half lives".

He is most certainly not the first president seriously accused of being a socialist. That statement is off by more than 75 years. I think your presidential history is a little rusty. Every president is subject to heavy criticism and Obama's is nothing special.

Back on subject however, the change is the number of the truly religious has already been astonishing in the United States. Most reliable church counts put attendance at around 20% of the population. So even if the level of belief is high in the US, the level of actually religious practice has plummeted and will continue to plummet.
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RE: Tick tock: Protestantism no longer the majority faith in U.S.
So are you saying a faith in nothing is a faith?
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
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