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In reply to the discussion: Why Americans Are Losing Their Religion at a Startling Rate [View all]Snarkoleptic
(5,997 posts)36. "...ferevent, more dogmatic and more militant."
Sounds like a death spiral for the fairy dust spreaders.
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That is our family also. The rw has declared war on the people and all of religion is blamed. Of
jwirr
Apr 2014
#13
It's not just the rightwing bigots. People are figuring out it's all based on preposterous myths.
Arugula Latte
Apr 2014
#63
Internet lets us share that the evangelicals do not practice what they preach as an antichrist.
DhhD
Apr 2014
#57
Religion relies almost exclusively on the indoctrination of children to survive...
MellowDem
Apr 2014
#17
Definitely, and most have indoctrination centers under the pretext of being schools. n/t
RKP5637
Apr 2014
#44
I like to think of it as The Emperor's New Clothes Syndrome on a mass scale.
Arugula Latte
Apr 2014
#65
i am always suspicious of this phrasing. why is this happening, lets look at it
mopinko
Apr 2014
#22
During the Viet Nam era almost every Religious organization signed on against the war
randr
Apr 2014
#26
Right, they should be making decisions based on a collection of stories from
Arugula Latte
Apr 2014
#64
Factual Information. Isolation within the group and been the key to holding........
Bonhomme Richard
Apr 2014
#41
They can't sit still without technology that long. Plus, Americans don't want to be called sinful.
WinkyDink
Apr 2014
#48
I'd have to see detailed survey data, but it'd be easy to draw an incorrect conclusion here
OmahaBlueDog
Apr 2014
#59
It is hard to indoctrinate people who are swallowing a firehose of information every day. nt
bemildred
Apr 2014
#67
Maybe it's because people are finally realizing that religion is a bunch of crap.
Vashta Nerada
Apr 2014
#71
Yeah, same here. He never said anything to me, no skywriting, no messages at all.
Manifestor_of_Light
Apr 2014
#91
There is a common sense answer for that. Because the rapture is coming soon and the anti-Christ
Douglas Carpenter
Apr 2014
#92