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pizzahut451 on 30 September 2010
Joelcool7 said:

I think its the fact that American culture has belittled religion. I ask my friends which faith they belong too. Most say I believe theirs a God so I'm Christian. Or my family is Catholic so I am too. These people do not actually educate themselves in their faiths. Its pretty bad and our western culture just teaches people that if they believe in God wow they must be Christian.

Athiests probubly know more about their beliefs and the beliefs of others as most of them are converts. Almost every Athiest I've met started out with a religious belief but through brain washing they were converted to Athiesm. But that means they first had to find holes in their own faiths so they in turn learn alot about both their faith and others.

Like for example how many people think Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses are Christian. People in North America just don't educate themselves in religion as much as they should. If everyone started to go to church or temple or where ever their religious sites are. Then I think we would have a much more enlightened world.

Also this poll, what are the figures? How many people of each faith were interviewed? Were more Catholics and Christian's , Jews interviewed then the Athiests. I mean sure Athiests love to brag about their superior brain power but in reality I highly doubt they could school Christians and Catholics as much as they did.

Pretty much what i was thinking. People in my country know  a lot more about their own religion



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pokeclaudel on 30 September 2010

Most people in these religions don't even know what their religion is even suppose to believe. They go to church just to say they do. Church is simply a social gathering to most or a bullet point on why they are better then others.

This one chick I went to highschool always talked about how she goes to church all the time so I asked her some questions and she couldn't answer any question at all. Everything was always "I'll have to ask my pastor about that." What in the world are you going to church for if you don't pay attention to what's said there. And they want me to go with them when they arn't even there themselves. Their mind isn't anyway.



highwaystar101 on 30 September 2010
pokeclaudel said:

Most people in these religions don't even know what their religion is even suppose to believe. They go to church just to say they do. Church is simply a social gathering to most or a bullet point on why they are better then others.

This one chick I went to highschool always talked about how she goes to church all the time so I asked her some questions and she couldn't answer any question at all. Everything was always "I'll have to ask my pastor about that." What in the world are you going to church for if you don't pay attention to what's said there. And they want me to go with them when they arn't even there themselves. Their mind isn't anyway.


Not sure I agree, but your post did remind me of this funny picture...



Mise on 30 September 2010

To be honest, the more I read the Bible, the more it pushes me away from itself, and from Christianity in general.

As a result of both reading the Bible, its different translations and discussing their contents with members of various Christian groups for a couple of years, whatever faith I had left in organized religion has been shaken to its core, if not utterly destroyed. Not only because the Bible itself is just about the most vaguely written book ever, but also because it's retranslated and -interpreted by just about everyone to suit whatever political and personal aims they pursue. And because the bloody thing is so ambigous and contradicts itself so much, many of these conflicting issues can be considered to be just as valid as the next one, so no one will ever settle on one "true" version of the faith - if there ever was one to begin with. And one's supposed to base their life on this thing?

As far as I can see, whatever holiness the book may have once had was scrapped and turned into a political weapon as soon as it was compiled at the council of Nicea.

EDIT: And I got 13/15 from that quiz. Had no idea about the US regulations about religion in schools and the last question, so I missed a few points as a result.



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zgamer5 on 30 September 2010

what would have america is to incorporate lessons about the worlds history in their history class.



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sapphi_snake on 30 September 2010
zgamer5 said:

what would have america is to incorporate lessons about the worlds history in their history class.

You mean to say they don't???



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zgamer5 on 30 September 2010
sapphi_snake said:
zgamer5 said:

what would have america is to incorporate lessons about the worlds history in their history class.

You mean to say they don't???


yup, unless im mistaken, maybe private schools have that, but from what i know public schools only teach the history of america. i dont live in the us but i have many classmates who lived their and they told me about it.



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MARCUSDJACKSON on 30 September 2010

some how and for some reason i find this to be true. dam hypocrites!



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sapphi_snake on 30 September 2010
zgamer5 said:
sapphi_snake said:
zgamer5 said:

what would have america is to incorporate lessons about the worlds history in their history class.

You mean to say they don't???


yup, unless im mistaken, maybe private schools have that, but from what i know public schools only teach the history of america. i dont live in the us but i have many classmates who lived their and they told me about it.

But the history of America is so short??? Don't they at least study about what happened up until America was discovered and colonised (you know, all those things that happened in Europe)?



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Smidlee on 30 September 2010

The New Testament teaches the religious crowd didn't know God while sinners turn toward Him. The scripture also states  it's suppose to offend some people while  bringing others closer to God.