Soon Those Who Believe Will Become A Laughing Stock:

[Campbell]

Survey: One in five Americans has no religion


By Dan Merica


Washington – The fastest growing "religious" group in America is made up of people with no religion at all, according to a Pew survey showing that one in five Americans is not affiliated with any religion.


The number of these Americans has grown by 25% just in the past five years, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.


The survey found that the ranks of the unaffiliated are growing even faster among younger Americans.


Thirty-three million Americans now have no religious affiliation, with 13 million in that group identifying as either atheist or agnostic, according to the new survey.


Pew found that those who are religiously unaffiliated are strikingly less religious than the public at large. They attend church infrequently, if at all, are largely not seeking out religion and say that the lack of it in their lives is of little importance.

This survey and several like it have been going around for a couple months now. Yes, fewer Americans are professing a belief in gods. However, the number of religious people is increasing overall throughout the rest of the world. Muslims are on pace to outnumber Christians in the not too distant future. As far as being "laughingstocks" are concerned I find that to be a bit crass. I certainly don't begrudge someone their belief system because I choose not to have faith in God, Buddha, Mother Earth, etc. Without Christianity, Western culture would certainly be impoverished as the many works of art, architecture, literature, and music it has given us would not exist.

That's one hell of an assumption.

 

[FA_Q2]

Survey: One in five Americans has no religion


By Dan Merica


Washington – The fastest growing "religious" group in America is made up of people with no religion at all, according to a Pew survey showing that one in five Americans is not affiliated with any religion.


The number of these Americans has grown by 25% just in the past five years, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.


The survey found that the ranks of the unaffiliated are growing even faster among younger Americans.


Thirty-three million Americans now have no religious affiliation, with 13 million in that group identifying as either atheist or agnostic, according to the new survey.


Pew found that those who are religiously unaffiliated are strikingly less religious than the public at large. They attend church infrequently, if at all, are largely not seeking out religion and say that the lack of it in their lives is of little importance.

This survey and several like it have been going around for a couple months now. Yes, fewer Americans are professing a belief in gods. However, the number of religious people is increasing overall throughout the rest of the world. Muslims are on pace to outnumber Christians in the not too distant future. As far as being "laughingstocks" are concerned I find that to be a bit crass. I certainly don't begrudge someone their belief system because I choose not to have faith in God, Buddha, Mother Earth, etc. Without Christianity, Western culture would certainly be impoverished as the many works of art, architecture, literature, and music it has given us would not exist.

That's one hell of an assumption.

LOL.

The irony of this statement is beyond the pale.

 

[CremeBrulee]

Survey: One in five Americans has no religion


By Dan Merica


Washington – The fastest growing "religious" group in America is made up of people with no religion at all, according to a Pew survey showing that one in five Americans is not affiliated with any religion.


The number of these Americans has grown by 25% just in the past five years, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.


The survey found that the ranks of the unaffiliated are growing even faster among younger Americans.


Thirty-three million Americans now have no religious affiliation, with 13 million in that group identifying as either atheist or agnostic, according to the new survey.


Pew found that those who are religiously unaffiliated are strikingly less religious than the public at large. They attend church infrequently, if at all, are largely not seeking out religion and say that the lack of it in their lives is of little importance.

This survey and several like it have been going around for a couple months now. Yes, fewer Americans are professing a belief in gods. However, the number of religious people is increasing overall throughout the rest of the world. Muslims are on pace to outnumber Christians in the not too distant future. As far as being "laughingstocks" are concerned I find that to be a bit crass. I certainly don't begrudge someone their belief system because I choose not to have faith in God, Buddha, Mother Earth, etc. Without Christianity, Western culture would certainly be impoverished as the many works of art, architecture, literature, and music it has given us would not exist.

That's one hell of an assumption.

To what are you referring?

 

[Avatar4321]

Survey: One in five Americans has no religion


By Dan Merica


Washington – The fastest growing "religious" group in America is made up of people with no religion at all, according to a Pew survey showing that one in five Americans is not affiliated with any religion.


The number of these Americans has grown by 25% just in the past five years, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.


The survey found that the ranks of the unaffiliated are growing even faster among younger Americans.


Thirty-three million Americans now have no religious affiliation, with 13 million in that group identifying as either atheist or agnostic, according to the new survey.


Pew found that those who are religiously unaffiliated are strikingly less religious than the public at large. They attend church infrequently, if at all, are largely not seeking out religion and say that the lack of it in their lives is of little importance.

Always assuming that history progresses linearly, and not cyclically is foolish. There have been periods of religious torpor and fervor that alternate for centuries now.

LOL...like the Crusades, the Inquisitions, Witch hunts, beheadings, wars etc. The Church is/was a man made thing to benefit the few and screw the masses....end of story!

The crusades were a response to Islamic aggression in Europe. Had they not occured the whole world would probably be muslim by force. What exactly was bad about stopping that?

Interesting, I see arguments like this all the time, but if Muslims had taken over, and you were Muslim because of that, you would be happy, you would believe as they do, you would think christianity to be a perversion of your laws.

It's all context, and while you may believe in free will, how is a person choosing if he is born Muslim, or Christian? It is a no win dilemma that the religious ignore, and why the biblical accounts killed people of other religions. People do not like change, and if they were fed it from youth, only in rare circumstances do they ever convert to another religion, they will maintain their root views until they die.


So you view Muslims wrong and think you hold the higher ground because you "know" you are "right".

They look at you with the same context.

I contend that both your views are wrong, because it relies on ignorance and acceptance, without thought or understanding, you both agree, to fit in and find views that only agree with the premise of which you were led to believe. You do not really know why you believe the way you both do, but you both know it has to be right because that is all you ever knew.

And yes I know that the lds wait until a "child" is of age to accept the gospel. But that is a form of bullying. You have a child, 8 years old I believe, and they have to go in front of their peers and community leaders and say that they believe and get baptized, I admit it sounds good wait until they can "decide". But what that is doing is making it a significant and powerful experience for the child when he accepts. As if he or she would decline in front of their parents and peers. And it leads them to believe they are actually deciding, when it is the power of pressure that they feel the power of an audience that they look up to. It is wrong but it stays with the child and is a huge impact in his or her life. Because of the forced acceptance that is relayed as their agreement. It is bullying plain and simple. To fit in.

You aren't born to any religion. You develop faith as you learn.

And it's absolutely insane to conclude that giving people question choice is bullying. That is a statement out of ignorance.

 

[Avatar4321]

Always assuming that history progresses linearly, and not cyclically is foolish. There have been periods of religious torpor and fervor that alternate for centuries now.

LOL...like the Crusades, the Inquisitions, Witch hunts, beheadings, wars etc. The Church is/was a man made thing to benefit the few and screw the masses....end of story!

The crusades were a response to Islamic aggression in Europe. Had they not occured the whole world would probably be muslim by force. What exactly was bad about stopping that?

Interesting, I see arguments like this all the time, but if Muslims had taken over, and you were Muslim because of that, you would be happy, you would believe as they do, you would think christianity to be a perversion of your laws.

It's all context, and while you may believe in free will, how is a person choosing if he is born Muslim, or Christian? It is a no win dilemma that the religious ignore, and why the biblical accounts killed people of other religions. People do not like change, and if they were fed it from youth, only in rare circumstances do they ever convert to another religion, they will maintain their root views until they die.


So you view Muslims wrong and think you hold the higher ground because you "know" you are "right".

They look at you with the same context.

I contend that both your views are wrong, because it relies on ignorance and acceptance, without thought or understanding, you both agree, to fit in and find views that only agree with the premise of which you were led to believe. You do not really know why you believe the way you both do, but you both know it has to be right because that is all you ever knew.

And yes I know that the lds wait until a "child" is of age to accept the gospel. But that is a form of bullying. You have a child, 8 years old I believe, and they have to go in front of their peers and community leaders and say that they believe and get baptized, I admit it sounds good wait until they can "decide". But what that is doing is making it a significant and powerful experience for the child when he accepts. As if he or she would decline in front of their parents and peers. And it leads them to believe they are actually deciding, when it is the power of pressure that they feel the power of an audience that they look up to. It is wrong but it stays with the child and is a huge impact in his or her life. Because of the forced acceptance that is relayed as their agreement. It is bullying plain and simple. To fit in.

An interesting perspective but I would point out a few things.

1) Sticking with your roots is hardly a religious thing. People do that with tons of stuff. Most people, for example, choose their political party based upon what their parents were. Most racists were raised in a racist environment. So holding views and attitudes from your upbringing isn't characteristic of religion, it's characteristic of being human.

2) While I would agree that most people don't have a clue about what their own religion is all about, I disagree that theists "know they are right". I know VERY few Christians who claim to know they are right and most of them are posters on these boards who represent a pretty extreme element of the Christian faith. Most people I come into contact, myself included, don't profess to "know the truth" so to speak. .Most say "here is what I believe" and that's it. Personally, my beliefs are radically different from what I was taught as a child, and while they represent my...oh...."best guess as to the nature of God" I suppose, I could be, and probably am, totally wrong. I strongly doubt that any religion has it right on the nose. So I think you don't leave nearly enough room for those who do have an advanced faith that is based upon honest reflection, thought, education, and communicating with their core values. I agree that they are the minority, but there are more than you might think.

Yeah I was implying that is how most people operate, habitual tendencies with religion and generally most things, I did notice you used examples that have a negative connotation such as racism. As I said people do not like change either religious and cultural, they believe it gives them their identity.

I was speaking to avatar, and the LDS, to be a Mormon you can have no doubt, and each Sunday revovles around for the most part, testimonials about their faith and why they believe it to be true. Which is similar to how Muslims operate. So yes a Mormon knows they are right and that their church is true. You cannot be LDS and not believe that, since you have to do testimonials each month.

I hope you are right that there are more people that think that way. but if they did read the bible critically I doubt most people would follow the religion. Examples satan is the snake in genisis although it never said it was satan, yet if it was, God was duped to punish the snake instead of satan. Yet everyone has to use gnostic text and beliefs outside the bible to even come to that conclusion. Or popular culture, Dante, and medival artwork.

So your issue is you don't believe God can reveal truth and don't like it when others have learned truth from Him for themselves.

If you want to know whether the Bible is true study it out, experiment on the Word and ask the Lord. He will reveal the truth to you. The same is true for any subject.

But some people are afraid to seek the truth. It might mean they need to change their life.

 

[Avatar4321]

Survey: One in five Americans has no religion


By Dan Merica


Washington – The fastest growing "religious" group in America is made up of people with no religion at all, according to a Pew survey showing that one in five Americans is not affiliated with any religion.


The number of these Americans has grown by 25% just in the past five years, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.


The survey found that the ranks of the unaffiliated are growing even faster among younger Americans.


Thirty-three million Americans now have no religious affiliation, with 13 million in that group identifying as either atheist or agnostic, according to the new survey.


Pew found that those who are religiously unaffiliated are strikingly less religious than the public at large. They attend church infrequently, if at all, are largely not seeking out religion and say that the lack of it in their lives is of little importance.

Why do you care?

I'm on a mission:
By the time I was four or five years old my maternal grandmother was already brainwashing me. If I did something a little naughty or against her personal belief she would tell me, "Old Scratch Will Get You!" Old Scratch being her name for Satan. In grammar school, 3rd and 4th grades my west TN teachers would begin each day with the pledge of allegiance and the Lord's Prayer. On Mondays they assigned each student a bible verse to memorize and recite back to the class on Thursday or Friday. Let them try that bullshit now!!

Young people today talk and reason and religion is at the bottom of their priority list. Basically.....folks are smarter than to believe in some ancient god who always wants money.

What else can I say?

Seems incredibly odd to see someone think taking no thought of the universe and our purpose in life is being reasonable. If you think much of society is smarter than previous generations, I don't think you are paying attention. People are far more shallow and unwilling to think things out than they have been in generations. Only a small portion of people think things through. Because they aren't taught how to think, they are taught what to think by propaganda, questionable schooling, and media influence.

A couple of generations ago, teenagers knew how to work and think. Today our society is reaching a point where a teen is lucky to know how to wipe his butt without mommy's help.

Coincidently it's begun to go down hill since people have been fighting to prevent religious education and have broken up the traditional family.

Instead of being enlightened with truth or knowledge we have more people hoping that they can make their fellow citizens laughing stocks because they are insecure with their own paradigms.

 

[Avatar4321]

Survey: One in five Americans has no religion


By Dan Merica


Washington – The fastest growing "religious" group in America is made up of people with no religion at all, according to a Pew survey showing that one in five Americans is not affiliated with any religion.


The number of these Americans has grown by 25% just in the past five years, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.


The survey found that the ranks of the unaffiliated are growing even faster among younger Americans.


Thirty-three million Americans now have no religious affiliation, with 13 million in that group identifying as either atheist or agnostic, according to the new survey.


Pew found that those who are religiously unaffiliated are strikingly less religious than the public at large. They attend church infrequently, if at all, are largely not seeking out religion and say that the lack of it in their lives is of little importance.

This survey and several like it have been going around for a couple months now. Yes, fewer Americans are professing a belief in gods. However, the number of religious people is increasing overall throughout the rest of the world. Muslims are on pace to outnumber Christians in the not too distant future. As far as being "laughingstocks" are concerned I find that to be a bit crass. I certainly don't begrudge someone their belief system because I choose not to have faith in God, Buddha, Mother Earth, etc. Without Christianity, Western culture would certainly be impoverished as the many works of art, architecture, literature, and music it has given us would not exist.

That's one hell of an assumption.

Considering what he said are facts and not assumptions I'm genuinely curious which assumptions you find so ridiculous.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Survey: One in five Americans has no religion


By Dan Merica


Washington – The fastest growing "religious" group in America is made up of people with no religion at all, according to a Pew survey showing that one in five Americans is not affiliated with any religion.


The number of these Americans has grown by 25% just in the past five years, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.


The survey found that the ranks of the unaffiliated are growing even faster among younger Americans.


Thirty-three million Americans now have no religious affiliation, with 13 million in that group identifying as either atheist or agnostic, according to the new survey.


Pew found that those who are religiously unaffiliated are strikingly less religious than the public at large. They attend church infrequently, if at all, are largely not seeking out religion and say that the lack of it in their lives is of little importance.

Always assuming that history progresses linearly, and not cyclically is foolish. There have been periods of religious torpor and fervor that alternate for centuries now.

LOL...like the Crusades, the Inquisitions, Witch hunts, beheadings, wars etc. The Church is/was a man made thing to benefit the few and screw the masses....end of story!

1. "The Left says of the Right, “You fools, it is demonstrable that dinosaurs lived one hundred million years ago, I can prove it to you, how can you say the earth was created in 4000BCE?” But this supposed intransigence on the part of the Religious Right is far less detrimental to the health of the body politic than the Left’s love affair with Marxism, Socialism, Racialism, the Command Economy, all of which have been proven via one hundred years of evidence shows only shortages, despotism and murder."
David Mamet

2. "....the Crusades, the Inquisitions, Witch hunts, beheadings, wars etc."
Far, far more have died at the hands of the anti-religious and the non-religious than the reverse.
Far more.

This fails as a composition fallacy.

The issue has nothing to do with 'the left,' there are conservatives free from faith who practice no religion, and the vast majority of 'liberals' in the United States are Christian, an even larger majority persons of faith.

And there's nothing more idiotic, sophomoric, ridiculous, and irrelevant than comparing how many have died at the hands of 'the faithful' as opposed to 'atheists,' as if the wrongheaded notion that religion has murdered fewer people 'absolves' religion of the immeasurable acts of evil committed in its name.

 

[TimothysAlaska]

Survey: One in five Americans has no religion


By Dan Merica


Washington – The fastest growing "religious" group in America is made up of people with no religion at all, according to a Pew survey showing that one in five Americans is not affiliated with any religion.


The number of these Americans has grown by 25% just in the past five years, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.


The survey found that the ranks of the unaffiliated are growing even faster among younger Americans.


Thirty-three million Americans now have no religious affiliation, with 13 million in that group identifying as either atheist or agnostic, according to the new survey.


Pew found that those who are religiously unaffiliated are strikingly less religious than the public at large. They attend church infrequently, if at all, are largely not seeking out religion and say that the lack of it in their lives is of little importance.

Why do you care?

I'm on a mission:
By the time I was four or five years old my maternal grandmother was already brainwashing me. If I did something a little naughty or against her personal belief she would tell me, "Old Scratch Will Get You!" Old Scratch being her name for Satan. In grammar school, 3rd and 4th grades my west TN teachers would begin each day with the pledge of allegiance and the Lord's Prayer. On Mondays they assigned each student a bible verse to memorize and recite back to the class on Thursday or Friday. Let them try that bullshit now!!

Young people today talk and reason and religion is at the bottom of their priority list. Basically.....folks are smarter than to believe in some ancient god who always wants money.

What else can I say?

Seems incredibly odd to see someone think taking no thought of the universe and our purpose in life is being reasonable. If you think much of society is smarter than previous generations, I don't think you are paying attention. People are far more shallow and unwilling to think things out than they have been in generations. Only a small portion of people think things through. Because they aren't taught how to think, they are taught what to think by propaganda, questionable schooling, and media influence.

A couple of generations ago, teenagers knew how to work and think. Today our society is reaching a point where a teen is lucky to know how to wipe his butt without mommy's help.

Coincidently it's begun to go down hill since people have been fighting to prevent religious education and have broken up the traditional family.

Instead of being enlightened with truth or knowledge we have more people hoping that they can make their fellow citizens laughing stocks because they are insecure with their own paradigms.

I have to disagree with your assesment avatar, for the last 20 years I worked with young adults, every few months we would get some new people 18 to 20 year olds. They were from all areas of the United states. A small sample to be sure, but as the years went by, I noticed some things.

First the majority of the people would average, yet sprinkled throughout, their would be 2 or three that were very intelligent. This never changed, if I were to think that young adults were getting dumber I would see a vast drop in the intelligent ones. I never did, and while the average and below average changed, sometimes I would get more below average adults then average ones, I always had 2 or 3 people that could adapt learn and reason.

My job requires a vast amount of critical thinking, and some adults could never get it. You had to train them repeatedly and they still would screw up. Some could not hack it yet and the average ones would just get by, and learned by watching not applying similar to training a dog or monkey. Yet the few others would be quick and adapt. The numbers of people that were intelligent never really changed throughout the years and the average and below average would continually change, sometimes I got more of the below average, it would work itself out.

My point being, when you look at the whole number of adults they are always the same. I would contend that you are wrong saying people now are dumber and I would say that Campbell is wrong when he says they are smarter, From my perspective over the last 20 years of actually working and training people from every state in the USA.

I did notice that the smart ones had traveled extensively in their youth, the average not so much and the below average not at all. Though this was not always the case, it seems that the more you experience the world as a child the better the chances that as an adult you are smarter. Not true in every case but the vast majority.

People tend to grandstand and think that the society was always smarter in the past, but I disagree, from my experience it is that same. Although today the dumb ones are more visually seen due to the multimedia and soapboxes everyone can use, which gives the impression that we are all dumbing down as a society.

Also religious training should always be done by the parent, why people want it in school I will never understand.

The bible is full of violence and you want that in the school? First it is the parents obligation to teach their kids and how parents teach their children and their use of vocabulary and world type experiences is directly proportional to how good a child performs in school. The Old Testament is about one tribe which I could conjecture that it teaches how not to be diverse and learn. And that one tribe was violent with violent laws and teaches that women are to be subservient. And even the New Testament reflects that toward women and as Jesus said he is not here to change the old laws but to fulfill prophecy. Not really an indication of love and acceptance as people are taught about Jesus.

 

[Moonglow]

Believers are already mocked and ridiculed, but the Left only applies this heinous effort to Christians and Jews.

The weak minded are afraid of ridicule, so this is a natural progression.

I spat on a Hindu just the other day...

 

[Campbell]

Survey: One in five Americans has no religion


By Dan Merica


Washington – The fastest growing "religious" group in America is made up of people with no religion at all, according to a Pew survey showing that one in five Americans is not affiliated with any religion.


The number of these Americans has grown by 25% just in the past five years, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.


The survey found that the ranks of the unaffiliated are growing even faster among younger Americans.


Thirty-three million Americans now have no religious affiliation, with 13 million in that group identifying as either atheist or agnostic, according to the new survey.


Pew found that those who are religiously unaffiliated are strikingly less religious than the public at large. They attend church infrequently, if at all, are largely not seeking out religion and say that the lack of it in their lives is of little importance.

Why do you care?

I'm on a mission:
By the time I was four or five years old my maternal grandmother was already brainwashing me. If I did something a little naughty or against her personal belief she would tell me, "Old Scratch Will Get You!" Old Scratch being her name for Satan. In grammar school, 3rd and 4th grades my west TN teachers would begin each day with the pledge of allegiance and the Lord's Prayer. On Mondays they assigned each student a bible verse to memorize and recite back to the class on Thursday or Friday. Let them try that bullshit now!!

Young people today talk and reason and religion is at the bottom of their priority list. Basically.....folks are smarter than to believe in some ancient god who always wants money.

What else can I say?

Seems incredibly odd to see someone think taking no thought of the universe and our purpose in life is being reasonable. If you think much of society is smarter than previous generations, I don't think you are paying attention. People are far more shallow and unwilling to think things out than they have been in generations. Only a small portion of people think things through. Because they aren't taught how to think, they are taught what to think by propaganda, questionable schooling, and media influence.

A couple of generations ago, teenagers knew how to work and think. Today our society is reaching a point where a teen is lucky to know how to wipe his butt without mommy's help.

Coincidently it's begun to go down hill since people have been fighting to prevent religious education and have broken up the traditional family.

Instead of being enlightened with truth or knowledge we have more people hoping that they can make their fellow citizens laughing stocks because they are insecure with their own paradigms.

Speak for your teens. I have three children, eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. I beam with pride when I think of the older grandchildren. They are all essentially A students, well adjusted and a pleasure to be around. My oldest two have graduated college and the next two are in college now. Two are musicians, three like to go camping and hiking in the Smoky Mountains, one is a body builder and can press 200 lbs. 10 reps and they are all basically well rounded with numerous friends. They are much better at nearly everything than I was at their age......all I did was play boogie woogie piano and chase girls.

 

[BluePhantom]

I'm on a mission:

Well you are failing miserably at it

 

[Campbell]

I'm on a mission:

Well you are failing miserably at it

Somebody's getting through to them. Less people believe now than ever. The good part of it is the childhood brainwashing isn't as thorough. The brainwashing of innocent children is the only reason that crap is even still around.

 

[Two Thumbs]

Survey: One in five Americans has no religion


By Dan Merica


Washington – The fastest growing "religious" group in America is made up of people with no religion at all, according to a Pew survey showing that one in five Americans is not affiliated with any religion.


The number of these Americans has grown by 25% just in the past five years, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.


The survey found that the ranks of the unaffiliated are growing even faster among younger Americans.


Thirty-three million Americans now have no religious affiliation, with 13 million in that group identifying as either atheist or agnostic, according to the new survey.


Pew found that those who are religiously unaffiliated are strikingly less religious than the public at large. They attend church infrequently, if at all, are largely not seeking out religion and say that the lack of it in their lives is of little importance.

Is this why you think it's ok to be a hateful bigot?

are you looking to be more numerous so you can hate on people publicly knowing you have the numbers to back you up?

are you such a coward that you need to have numbers?

No....what did I write which leads you to believe I'm a coward?

all internet tough guys are.

You say things here you wouldn't dare say to a persons face. You treat theist like they are sub human for having faith, so when you say 'no' to looking forward to shitting on people, it's clear bullshit.

you're a hateful bigot that lacks the numbers to have the courage to talk shit to actual people. I've met and delt with your kind before

 

[Campbell]

Survey: One in five Americans has no religion


By Dan Merica


Washington – The fastest growing "religious" group in America is made up of people with no religion at all, according to a Pew survey showing that one in five Americans is not affiliated with any religion.


The number of these Americans has grown by 25% just in the past five years, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.


The survey found that the ranks of the unaffiliated are growing even faster among younger Americans.


Thirty-three million Americans now have no religious affiliation, with 13 million in that group identifying as either atheist or agnostic, according to the new survey.


Pew found that those who are religiously unaffiliated are strikingly less religious than the public at large. They attend church infrequently, if at all, are largely not seeking out religion and say that the lack of it in their lives is of little importance.

Is this why you think it's ok to be a hateful bigot?

are you looking to be more numerous so you can hate on people publicly knowing you have the numbers to back you up?

are you such a coward that you need to have numbers?

No....what did I write which leads you to believe I'm a coward?

all internet tough guys are.

You say things here you wouldn't dare say to a persons face. You treat theist like they are sub human for having faith, so when you say 'no' to looking forward to shitting on people, it's clear bullshit.

you're a hateful bigot that lacks the numbers to have the courage to talk shit to actual people. I've met and delt with your kind before

Well.....all I can say to you is that if you were within three feet of me talking about that your nose would be bleeding profusely! This is not my first rodeo. I played dance band piano on weekends for thirty years.....sometimes we had to fight hillbilly assholes in order to get out of a place. East Tennessee gets kind of rough on Saturday nights.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Survey: One in five Americans has no religion


By Dan Merica


Washington – The fastest growing "religious" group in America is made up of people with no religion at all, according to a Pew survey showing that one in five Americans is not affiliated with any religion.


The number of these Americans has grown by 25% just in the past five years, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.


The survey found that the ranks of the unaffiliated are growing even faster among younger Americans.


Thirty-three million Americans now have no religious affiliation, with 13 million in that group identifying as either atheist or agnostic, according to the new survey.


Pew found that those who are religiously unaffiliated are strikingly less religious than the public at large. They attend church infrequently, if at all, are largely not seeking out religion and say that the lack of it in their lives is of little importance.

Pretty sure round about 1896 everything went to hell.

" THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS (ISKCON)


ISKCON TIMELINE

1896 International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) founder Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada was born as Abhay Charan De, in Calcutta, India. "

 

[Campbell]

Survey: One in five Americans has no religion


By Dan Merica


Washington – The fastest growing "religious" group in America is made up of people with no religion at all, according to a Pew survey showing that one in five Americans is not affiliated with any religion.


The number of these Americans has grown by 25% just in the past five years, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.


The survey found that the ranks of the unaffiliated are growing even faster among younger Americans.


Thirty-three million Americans now have no religious affiliation, with 13 million in that group identifying as either atheist or agnostic, according to the new survey.


Pew found that those who are religiously unaffiliated are strikingly less religious than the public at large. They attend church infrequently, if at all, are largely not seeking out religion and say that the lack of it in their lives is of little importance.

Pretty sure round about 1896 everything went to hell.

" THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS (ISKCON)


ISKCON TIMELINE

1896 International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) founder Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada was born as Abhay Charan De, in Calcutta, India. "

.......Resembles a Gay parade. Maybe a little less pink and a little more red

 

[BluePhantom]

I'm on a mission:

Well you are failing miserably at it

Somebody's getting through to them. Less people believe now than ever. The good part of it is the childhood brainwashing isn't as thorough. The brainwashing of innocent children is the only reason that crap is even still around.

Well trust me. It aint you. And you are wrong. I have have dozens of people come to me and ask me to teach them about Christianity. I give the breakdown and the philosophy. I don't try to sugar coat it. I give the good and the bad. I lay down the history and tell them exactly what they are getting into. Those that choose to enter into it I continue to guide. Those that don't I continue to guide as well and my one rule is to never tell them what to believe. That have to make that choice freely. I don't know what is up with you but you have serious anger with those of a religious persuasion. Your motivation...you "mission" a you put it is not one of guidance, it's one of vengeance.

You will lose...not just because you are fighting a losing battle conceptually but because you are so ignorant of the topic that you can't hope to challenge those who actually know what they are talking about.

 

[BluePhantom]

Survey: One in five Americans has no religion


By Dan Merica


Washington – The fastest growing "religious" group in America is made up of people with no religion at all, according to a Pew survey showing that one in five Americans is not affiliated with any religion.


The number of these Americans has grown by 25% just in the past five years, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.


The survey found that the ranks of the unaffiliated are growing even faster among younger Americans.


Thirty-three million Americans now have no religious affiliation, with 13 million in that group identifying as either atheist or agnostic, according to the new survey.


Pew found that those who are religiously unaffiliated are strikingly less religious than the public at large. They attend church infrequently, if at all, are largely not seeking out religion and say that the lack of it in their lives is of little importance.

Is this why you think it's ok to be a hateful bigot?

are you looking to be more numerous so you can hate on people publicly knowing you have the numbers to back you up?

are you such a coward that you need to have numbers?

No....what did I write which leads you to believe I'm a coward?

all internet tough guys are.

You say things here you wouldn't dare say to a persons face. You treat theist like they are sub human for having faith, so when you say 'no' to looking forward to shitting on people, it's clear bullshit.

you're a hateful bigot that lacks the numbers to have the courage to talk shit to actual people. I've met and delt with your kind before

Well.....all I can say to you is that if you were within three feet of me talking about that your nose would be bleeding profusely! This is not my first rodeo. I played dance band piano on weekends for thirty years.....sometimes we had to fight hillbilly assholes in order to get out of a place. East Tennessee gets kind of rough on Saturday nights.

You are an old man, Campbell. You can't fight anymore. All you have left is your mind and we've seen how effective that is

 

[ninja007]

the way is NARROW and FEW find it.