Christians Oppressed in The US

Threedee said:
Well, hey, the Enlightenment has been roundly condemned since the middle of the last century, H20. Don't pin that on me. For some reason fewer people appreciate Enlightenment rationalism anymore. Personally, I like it, along with Natural Rights philosophy...
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Damn you 3D! Get angry at me! I'm trolling!
 
Agnosticus_Caesar said:
I've hear of exactly ONE non-christian politician...that guy who was recently sworn in on a Koran. Can anyone else think of any others?

Can a religious group that utterly dominates government honestly claim to be "oppressed"? C'mon people. It's the most ridiculous claim EVER.
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Yea it can. It fits into the persecution complex most evengelicals have.
 
gonzojournals said:
Well, I think the problem comes from the public backlash against the crazy, fundamentalist Christians--- the regular, normal Christians sometimes feel a little angry about being lumped in the same group as the fundies.
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Ahmen! I have an evengelical friend who kept refering to himself as "A Christian" in an exclusive sense. I finally asked him if I was chopped liver becuase I wasn't an evengelical? He didn't exactly say no, but he didn't say yes. So I was bold enough to ask him if he thought Catholics were christians and he emphatically said "No!" I laughed at him.
 
Are lapsed Catholics finally free nowadays or are we still in thrall? Not that I give a shit, just askin', wondering how the doctrine goes these days.
 
Mottleydude said:
Ahmen! I have an evengelical friend who kept refering to himself as "A Christian" in an exclusive sense. I finally asked him if I was chopped liver becuase I wasn't an evengelical? He didn't exactly say no, but he didn't say yes. So I was bold enough to ask him if he thought Catholics were christians and he emphatically said "No!" I laughed at him.
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People that think Catholics aren't Christians should be shot (although I think that is a misconception that is limited to America).
 
Christians dominate in my area. They are about 70% of our population in West Michigan. I know some companies that won't hire (or get rid of you quickly) you if you don't do a morning bible study with the rest of them at the shop before you work. I am not theologist (because we can't teach many religions in public school either---which I would have liked to learn--but the Christians wanted to dominate again, and blew it.), but I thought being a Christian was basically believeing that Jesus Christ died for our sins. I think that encompases Catholics---who may be --the orgional Christians. Not sure.

One thing that buggs me--is when I pay to go to a sporting event, and am a captive audiance to see the sporting event. And I hear a Christian prayer over the loud speaker before the National Anthem. How come we don't also hear a Buddist, Muslem, Jewish, Morman, ect ect ect before the national Anthem at sporting events today--with a captive audience that paid money to see a different event?---Because the rest of them are not that pushy. I have nothing against the belief---but man--those christians are pushy IMO.
 
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theMAJORITY said:
Christians dominate in my area. They are about 70% of our population in West Michigan. I know some companies that won't hire (or get rid of you quickly) you if you don't do a morning bible study with the rest of them at the shop before you work. I am not theologist (because we can't teach many religions in public school either---which I would have liked to learn--but the Christians wanted to dominate again, and blew it.), but I thought being a Christian was basically believeing that Jesus Christ died for our sins. I think that encompases Catholics---who may be --the orgional Christians. Not sure.

One thing that buggs me--is when I pay to go to a sporting event, and am a captive audiance to see the sporting event. And I hear a Christian prayer over the loud speaker before the National Anthem. How come we don't also hear a Buddist, Muslem, Jewish, Morman, ect ect ect before the national Anthem at sporting events today--with a captive audience that paid money to see a different event?---Because the rest of them are not that pushy. I have nothing against the belief---but man--those christians are pushy IMO.
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If you think that's bad, you should live in West Texas! :p
 
theMAJORITY said:
Christians dominate in my area. They are about 70% of our population in West Michigan. I know some companies that won't hire (or get rid of you quickly) you if you don't do a morning bible study with the rest of them at the shop before you work. I am not theologist (because we can't teach many religions in public school either---which I would have liked to learn--but the Christians wanted to dominate again, and blew it.), but I thought being a Christian was basically believeing that Jesus Christ died for our sins. I think that encompases Catholics---who may be --the orgional Christians. Not sure.

One thing that buggs me--is when I pay to go to a sporting event, and am a captive audiance to see the sporting event. And I hear a Christian prayer over the loud speaker before the National Anthem. How come we don't also hear a Buddist, Muslem, Jewish, Morman, ect ect ect before the national Anthem at sporting events today--with a captive audience that paid money to see a different event?---Because the rest of them are not that pushy. I have nothing against the belief---but man--those christians are pushy IMO.
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The game wouldn't start for an hour. Maybe they could have a roster or put it on shuttle or something.
 
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