What is it about America? Does America's education system just suck?

[Marnie]

The majority of the "christians" here are not really all that religious. It's just a label they like to give themselves. They don't know anything about their religion and only go to church on easter. But boy do they think they know everything and are quick to tell your heathen ass you're going to hell!

I've noticed this, too. There are so many people who call themselves Christians and have a vague belief in God, but don't know jack squat about what Christianity is about, nor have they ever read the bible, nor ever go to church. But tell them that you're an atheist and they're all over you about how evil and immoral you are. For some reason the passively religious get really bent out of shape over anyone they see as "attacking" their religion, and atheists do this by simply existing.

Problem is that most of these people also buy into the "Christian nation" bullshit often claimed by the conservative right. They reason that, well, since God's name is on our money, we must be a Christian country.

I think sometimes the not-so-religious Christians are almost more frustrating than the in-your-face right wing bible bangers. Mainly since you know if they ever put any thought into it, they wouldn't be Christians.

I know. The first time I told my friends I was an atheist one of them asked me why I didn't believe in Jesus. I told her why and she said, "Well, I guess I can see where you're coming from but I still think you're wrong." She also went to Church every week and I unsuccessfully tried to teach her a basic fact about her own religion.

We did a unit on evolution in Biology. The teacher gave one of the greatest speeches ever before the evolution unit, he basically said, "So nobody go home and tell your parents I'm trying to make you believe in evolution, but evolution is science so whatever your beliefs are they're still wrong."