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How do you feel
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 (November 17, 2014 at 12:40 pm)C4RM5 Wrote: Personally, I find it really sad. I'd wager the 'Christianity Lite' is a big part of the decline. Why should anyone be inconvenienced in any way (like tithing or pew warming) if they are 'SAVED' anyhow ? "Sure, Jesus is the son of God, I BELIEVE !!!" and then they go right back to their sinful ways. Those of us on the outside, though, wonder if that belief were actually sincere, those sinful ways might recede a bit, but they sure don't seem to.   
H0ary H0bbit Religious Views: “Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.” - Edgar Allan Poe RE: How do you feel
November 17, 2014 at 1:06 pm
(This post was last modified: November 17, 2014 at 2:59 pm by fr0d0.)
I suppose if pressed I might feel sad that people are losing something. But then this natural instinct will out somehow, and I can only hope that it will be better than what we have now. People feeling interconnected and concerned about the things in life which matter, rather than selfishness and greed.
 (November 17, 2014 at 1:00 pm)vorlon13 Wrote:(November 17, 2014 at 12:40 pm)C4RM5 Wrote: Personally, I find it really sad. There are some pretty bad things that aren't considered sin in the bible. Even if they're not "sinning", they could still be doing horrible things.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason... http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/ Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50 A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh. http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html  (November 17, 2014 at 11:30 am)dyresand Wrote: Knowing that Christianity is on the decline world wide. Does it hurt or you just really don't care. I'm pretty happy, but how do you feel knowing people are stopping believing the mystical sky god of thunder. oh sorry i mean god. It might be sad if it were true, but it's not in decline. Christianity is continuing to grow worldwide.  (November 17, 2014 at 1:36 pm)Lek Wrote:(November 17, 2014 at 11:30 am)dyresand Wrote: Knowing that Christianity is on the decline world wide. Does it hurt or you just really don't care. I'm pretty happy, but how do you feel knowing people are stopping believing the mystical sky god of thunder. oh sorry i mean god. hate to burst your bubble but it is... in america its still going mildly strong most of the north is non believing people. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/hom...21271.html
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He probably means Latin America and Africa.
Catholics and evangelists are currently outsourcing to these continents, since there's still some demand for snake oil there. ![[Image: Bumper+Sticker+-+Asheville+-+Praise+Dog3.JPG]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-d-3rfdI7nG0%2FTerwtFyFXoI%2FAAAAAAAACak%2F7kFSmHeVrng%2Fs320%2FBumper%2BSticker%2B-%2BAsheville%2B-%2BPraise%2BDog3.JPG)
(November 17, 2014 at 4:53 pm)dyresand Wrote: hate to burst your bubble but it is... Hate to burst your bubble. The UK and the US are not the only nations in the world. http://www.pewresearch.org/daily-number/...ys-stable/ 
Nice find, Lek. You should read it all the way through before you post it.
Quote:This apparent stability in the percentage of the global population that is Christian masks a momentous shift. Although Europe and the Americas still are home to a majority of the world’s Christians (63%), that share is much lower than it was in 1910 (93%). And the proportion of Europeans and Americans who are Christian has dropped from 95% in 1910 to 76% in 2010 in Europe as a whole, and from 96% to 86% in the Americas as a whole. http://www.pewresearch.org/daily-number/...ys-stable/ Jesusism always grows where ignorance prevails. That's why it is headed for the trash heap in Europe and starting to fold even in the good ole US of A. 
Unfortunately religion, in whatever form, will always be with us.
As it dies in one part of the world it seems to expand in others. Is it any surprise the religious "right" in the West are fighting so hard against education? Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni: "You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???" |
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