On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:50:56 -0500, Free Lunch
wrote:
>On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:45:56 -0400, Patriot Games
America.Com>
>wrote in alt.atheism:
>>On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:01:04 -0700 (PDT), Shrikeback@
gmail.com wrote:
>>>On Aug 14, 10:06Â am, Patriot Games
America.Com> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:17:00 +0000, ZerkonX X.net> wrote:
>>>>>On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:52:20 -0700, Immortalist wrote:
>>>>>> (08-12) 17:25 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge says the University
>>>>>> of California can deny course credit to applicants from Christian high
>>>>>> schools whose textbooks declare the Bible infallible and reject
>>>>>> evolution.
>>>>>Might be better to first give them the credit and see how they test out.
>>>> World Socialism (Obama's and the Democrat's goal) can't work if
>>>> Christianity is popular.
>>>Horseshit. They call it liberation theology.
>>Name a country where Christianity is the dominant religion that is
>>also Socialist.
>What definition of Socialist are you using? The dishonest one above that
>the right-wingers made up that calls every country that offers medical
>care to all socialist? If that is the case, Christianity is definitely
>the dominant religion in Canada and the European countries.
Wrong.
USA: 80.2%% Protestant 51.3%%, Roman Catholic 23.9%%, Mormon 1.7%%, other
Christian 1.6%%, Jewish 1.7%%, Buddhist 0.7%%, Muslim 0.6%%, other or
unspecified 2.5%%, unaffiliated 12.1%%, none 4%% (2007 est.)
Canada: 70.3 Roman Catholic 42.6%%, Protestant 23.3%% (including United
Church 9.5%%, Anglican 6.8%%, Baptist 2.4%%, Lutheran 2%%), other
Christian 4.4%%, Muslim 1.9%%, other and unspecified 11.8%%, none 16%%
Germany: 68%% Protestant 34%%, Roman Catholic 34%%, Muslim 3.7%%,
unaffiliated or other 28.3%%
UK: 71%% Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist)
71.6%%, Muslim 2.7%%, Hindu 1%%, other 1.6%%, unspecified or none 23.1%%
(2001 census)
France: 85-90%% Roman Catholic 83%%-88%%, Protestant 2%%, Jewish 1%%,
Muslim 5%%-10%%, unaffiliated 4%%
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
France comes close but LOSES given the MASSIVE Muslim infestation,
1,566%% more than America's.
>>>Also note
>>>that Jim Jones' ideolgoy was both socialist and Christian.
>>Pretty irrelevant given that he was INSANE.
>>>> That's why the Blue State Democrats have been oppressing Christianity
>>>> and moving to ban it.
>>>Paranoid much?
>>Nope. Just realistic.
>Just lying. As you know, no one is trying to ban Christianity. Yes, you
>do look paranoid when you make such silly claims.
I PROVED elsewhere that you're wrong.
>>>>>> "if (scientific) conclusions contradict the Word of God, the
>>>>>> conclusions are wrong,"
>>>>>I see no reasonable way this abyss can be bridged. The burden of
>>>>>religious specifics (THE WORD) which might pertain to each subject matter
>>>>>should not be placed on a public institution.
>>>> Then the people who believe in that should NOT have to pay taxes to
>>>> support the public institution.
>>>So Jehovah's Witnesses shouldn't have to pay taxes to
>>>support any public institution with a flag on it.
>>Why do Socialist Democrats and Losers ALWAYS try to change the
>>Subject?
>Weren't you the one who acted silly first?
Of course not.
>Once you act silly, you
>really are in no position to complain when others mock you with
>silliness in return.
This is you version of an APOLOGY for being CAUGHT trying to change
the Subject?
Bwahahahahahahaha!!!
>>>>>A person who maintains that 'a word' trumps accepted science, should look
>>>>>elsewhere for their general education. Â
>>>> And they should NOT have to PAY taxes to support a general education
>>>> they disagree with.
>>>They can always move to Saudi Arabia or Iran.
>>Or they could take up arms against their oppressors and send them back
>>to God.
>>
http://www.pollingreport.com/religion.htm
>>Gallup Poll. May 10-13, 2007. "For each of the following items I am
>>going to read you, please tell me whether it is something you believe
>>in, something you're not sure about, or something you don't believe
>>in. . . ."
>>Believe In God: 86%%
>>Don't Believe In God: 6%%
>>Not Sure: 8%%
>>"Which of the following statements comes closest to your belief about
>>God: you believe in God, you don't believe in God but you do believe
>>in a universal spirit or higher power, or you don't believe in
>>either?"
>>Believe in God: 78%%
>>Believe in Universal Spirit/Higher Power: 14%%
>>Neither: 7%%
>>"Which of the following statements comes closest to describing your
>>views about the Bible? The Bible is the actual word of God and is to
>>be taken literally, word for word. The Bible is the inspired word of
>>God, but not everything in it should be taken literally. OR, The Bible
>>is an ancient book of fables, legends, history, and moral precepts
>>recorded by man."
>>Actual Word of God: 28%%
>>Inspired Word of God: 49%%
>>Fables: 19%%
>>I'm Stupid: 3%%
>>CBS News Poll. April 6-9, 2006. "Do you agree or disagree with the
>>following statement: The Bible is the actual word of God and is to be
>>taken literally, word for word."
>>Agree: 43%%
>>Disagree: 54%%
>>I'm Stupid: 3%%
>The fact that you share delusions with others does not change reality.
The fact that I share 'delusions' with 86%% and 92%% of others makes it
the ACTUAL REALITY.
Leaving YOU in an utterly useless insignificant MINORITY.