Evangelicals Bring Religion in US Politics

[scentsofjannah]

TELL me about it. :rollseyes I'm moving toward the Atlantic Ocean as soon as I can. Hard to get away from the loonies, but Raleigh NC is a very nice liberal University town. Besides, my sister lives there.

NC as in North Carolina?

 

[catmando]

NC as in North Carolina?

Yes. Much of the state is what I would call "unreconstructed"(read very poor) but there are pockets of civilization like the Charlotte/Raleigh/Durham triangle.

I just don't want to die in Texas.

 

[scentsofjannah]

havent heard of any terrorism exported from Columbia except for the export of drugs and gangs to many countries around the world..and i dont think anyone would dispute the claim that it is having a terrorising effect on many communities.


but for goodness lets not make this a debate..Columbian people are suffering from terrorism...just because its internal terrorism doesnt mean its any less important and tragic.

 

[scentsofjannah]

i dont have a problem with traditional christians be they Protestant/Catholic/Methodist..but evangelical talking in tongues christians are something else haha!

sad that they even look down upon traditional christians..

 

[Geronimo]

Yes. Much of the state is what I would call "unreconstructed"(read very poor) but there are pockets of civilization like the Charlotte/Raleigh/Durham triangle.

I just don't want to die in Texas.

Wow so if you are poor you aren't civilized?

 

[czgibson]

Greetings,

Wow so if you are poor you aren't civilized?

I'm not sure that is quite the point being made here, despite some rather crass phrasing. If someone is poor, they are less likely to have access to higher-level education, and the less educated someone is, the more likely they are to adopt a high-belief faith-position - that is, a faith-position that demands belief in miracles, literal scriptural truth and so on. More highly educated people do not tend to believe in these things. None of this has anything to do with being civilised, but everything to do with religious adherence and the influence of education upon it.

See this paper for details on this apparent correlation: Education and Religion

It's a controversial argument, but I believe there is definitely some truth in it.

Peace

 

[catmando]

cz I believe Mr. Geronimo, for whatever reasons known only to himself, has taken it upon himself to follow me around and ask stupid questions in the hope I will lash out at him and make myself look foolish. I'm far too old a hand at the internet forum game to fall for that.

 

[scentsofjannah]

Yes Mr. Paine was a Deist as you can tell from that statement; no Christian would have uttered those words.

In my sig, Paine emotes his contempt for Organized Religion, which he believes was the cause of much human misery throughout history.

what was the USSR about? communism?..be honest..honesty is the best policy..

 

[scentsofjannah]

i also want to add this..i spoke to this chinese guy on the net once and he told me (this was in a chatroom) that he is in the chinese army and he hunts christians and muslims..and that he'll fight to death to ensure China remains communist.