Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: August 15, 2026, 10:46 am
Atheist Forums › Community › Atheism v
Religion should be encouraged if it has positive effects on people.What do you think?

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Thread Modes
Religion should be encouraged if it has positive effects on people.What do you think?
Thumpalumpacus Offline
Guitar by misadventure
*****
Religious Views: Alive in the Superunknown
Posts: 25250
Threads: 28
Joined: February 2, 2010
Reputation: 105
#24
RE: Religion should be encouraged if it has positive effects on people.What do you think?
December 26, 2016 at 2:53 pm
(December 26, 2016 at 2:42 pm)johan Wrote:
(December 26, 2016 at 12:33 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I don't know. The secularization of Europe was't planned or managed, and they seem to be doing fine.

The US ain't Europe. I wish we were more like Europe but we're not.

I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were speaking about Americans specifically; there were no geographical/national referents in your post.

I'm still not so sure we Americans can't and won't navigate the same transition with a similar grace. I think it's already started, given the demographics of the religious over the last 20 or so years.

Find
Reply


Atheist Forums › Community › Atheism v
Religion should be encouraged if it has positive effects on people.What do you think?

Messages In This Thread
RE: Religion should be encouraged if it has positive effects on people.What do you think? - by Thumpalumpacus - December 26, 2016 at 2:53 pm

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
Exclamation Do you care what other atheists think of you? Secular Heckler 22 6413 July 4, 2025 at 9:25 am
Last Post: Gwaithmir
  Do you think Atheists are stupid? Authari 121 29877 January 4, 2024 at 7:35 pm
Last Post: Thumpalumpacus
  Do you think God is authoritarian? ShinyCrystals 65 16239 December 9, 2023 at 7:08 pm
Last Post: Gawdzilla Sama
  If you had to pick between people who pimp prostitutes vs religious people Woah0 22 6657 August 28, 2022 at 5:51 pm
Last Post: Rev. Rye
Star A positive identity for atheists - Crusading Faithful Atheism Duty 95 25027 February 27, 2022 at 1:41 am
Last Post: Duty
  Atheists, do you think Florence Nightingale was a way better person than that fraud Kimbu42 6 2533 October 11, 2021 at 9:43 am
Last Post: Fireball
Lightbulb Here is why you should believe in God. R00tKiT 112 34518 April 11, 2020 at 5:03 pm
Last Post: The Valkyrie
  World War I, religion died in the 20th century, science triumphed in religion in the Interaktive 35 12368 December 24, 2019 at 10:50 am
Last Post: Interaktive
  Which religion would be easiest for you if you had to be in one? Fake Messiah 31 8607 July 17, 2019 at 2:26 am
Last Post: Losty
  Have you met people criticizing atheists who use the expression OMG Der/die AtheistIn 30 9728 April 3, 2019 at 11:42 am
Last Post: Simon Moon



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)