Can't Wait For The Day This Is True In The U.S.

[John V]

I've actually gone to the bother of reading the article Beta Eunuch cited. It is actually a whole mess of baseless speculation citing nameless "experts" to get agreement with its POV, neglecting to take local issues into account (eg in most Asian muslin countries openly announcing your atheism gets you killed, either by the state or a state condoned lynch mob), and definitely ignoring demograhpic trends such as the fact that developing nations are experiencing rapid contractions in birth rates swiftly bringing them in line with developed countries for population growth.

The article, from a statistical point of view is worthless, and is well below Pews usual standards. I wonder which religitard group paid for it?

Did you get to the end, where they noted that the article was based on a study published in a peer-reviewed journal and gave a link to the journal?

https://www.demographic-research.org/Volumes/Vol32/27/

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Maybe you're hanging out here because it gives you the feelgoodz to minister to the heathens. Maybe you're doing it because you get a laugh out of irritating folks. Maybe you're doing it because you're honestly questioning.

At this point I generally don't question my beliefs, as I've been doing this 20 years and I'm not seeing anything here that I haven't previously seen and considered. But, yes, I did question my beliefs at the beginning, and would do so now if I saw a good argument. For example, I was concerned way back when someone gave a list of supposed parallels between Bacchus and Jesus. When I researched it, I found it was BS. When pretty much the same list came out regarding Mithra, I figured it was bunk too, and it was. I yawned more recently when it was changed to Osiris.

I'm not saying he uses his omnipotence to force people to worship him upon pain of infinite suffering -- your book says that.

I'm asking you to explain how you reconcile what the Bible says with what you write here.

This god you worship is alleged to be omnipotent, but finds a simple "goddamn" to be unforgivable?

I've said worse than that toward God, even as a Christian, and I'm forgiven, so I have to disagree with your position.