Christianity, the cancer within the US culture.

[MidGe]

Here is an article that shows how much the military in the USA has changed over the last 50 years.

It is unfortunately apparent, not only in the military. From posts on these forums, speeches by politicians and business leaders from the USA, it is apparent that the cancer is spreading.

[Taso]

Calm down Midge. The number of atheists/agnostics doubled from the time of the 1990 census to the 2000 census. Relgiousness isn't spreading.

[tomdemaine]

You know who I hate? George Bush. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] You guys may not be smart enough to figure out why, [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] either that or you're to homophobic and racist to know any better but he's such a standard American it makes me sick. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[MidGe]

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You know who I hate? George Bush. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] You guys may not be smart enough to figure out why, [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] either that or you're to homophobic and racist to know any better but he's such a standard American it makes me sick. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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I may be missing the point but neither my post, nor the 3 pages long article I linked to mentioned the presidency of the USA or George Bush.

Of course, and thanks for triggering my memory, I seem to remember that the dude said something a while ago as being on a mission from god (or close to it), plagiarizing the Blues bros famous line.

Ah! And yes, I surely think of Bush and its supporters as a form of cancer!

[Ron Burgundy]

It's pretty ignorant of you to say that Christianity is the cancer. I don't know that many Christians, but the ones I do know all think Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell are/were complete assbags and an embarrassment.

The problem is that real Christians are too nice and don't like to say bad things about people. So the fundamentalist freaks are only criticised by athiests, which just gives them more motivation to spread their nonsense and play the oppressed victim card.

[Jamougha]

Ron,

as I understand it the evangelicals are one of the biggest and fastest growing denominations in the USA. They may consider Falwell and Robertson an embarrassment, but the differences are really presentational, not doctrinal.

[Duane397]

Rich Christians who want power and the means to change things are the problem, not the religion.

Few things annoy me more than the abortion issue and the gay rights issue being used to give "Christians" political power. Both of these issues are such a waste of time. Abortion is not going away and only a handful of states would make gay marriage illegal, deal with it. Now please go out and take up an issue that matters.

Just my opinion, obviously many disagree with me on these issues.

[NewTeaBag]

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It's pretty ignorant of you to say that Christianity is the cancer. I don't know that many Christians, but the ones I do know all think Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell are/were complete assbags and an embarrassment.

The problem is that real Christians are too nice and don't like to say bad things about people. So the fundamentalist freaks are only criticised by athiests, which just gives them more motivation to spread their nonsense and play the oppressed victim card.

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I'd take a step back and say that organized religion is the cancer. Specificlly, fundamentalism/evangelicalism. Whether it be Christians, Jews, or Muslims. It's not good enough to simply say that those fringe fanatics don't make up the majority. The simple truth is that they make the most noise thus do the most damage to your religion's image.

I constantly hear cries from the media and governments to not condemn all Islam for the actions of the few who carry out barbarous acts in the name of Allah. To a great extent that doesn't fly with me. Until mainstream Muslims worldwide, and their Imans make it a priority to publicly condemn the violent extremists just as loudly as they condemn The US's role in disturbing them, they DO have to accept some part of the responsibility for the actions of the extremists.

The same goes for evangelical/fundamentalist/extremist Christians. Until the large core of moderate Christians loudly and publicly condemns these fringe members they must shoulder some responsibility for their actions and words.

If you let someone hijack your religion without resistance, why should you be surprised when others paint you with the same brush as the unchecked extremists who claim to represent you? (And, yes! This applies to governments, including the US, as well)

In the words of Sir Thomas More, "Silence equals assent."

[Nonfiction]

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You know who I hate? George Bush. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] You guys may not be smart enough to figure out why, [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] either that or you're to homophobic and racist to know any better but he's such a standard American it makes me sick. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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10/10

[ALawPoker]

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You know who I hate? George Bush. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] You guys may not be smart enough to figure out why, [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] either that or you're to homophobic and racist to know any better but he's such a standard American it makes me sick. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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10/10

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He missed a couple exclamation points. 9/10 imo.