Everywhere i go everyone is wearing huge crosses(i dont know why they gotta shove there christianity in everyones face), and if you ask some random person in the street if there a christian they'll probably say yes. What is going on has everyone been brainwashed, i thought the number of christians was going down but it doesnt seem like it?
2006-06-22 19:32:43 · 28 answers · asked by Atheist 4 U 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This frankly shows your ignorance on this topic...not everyone is Christian in the US...but a great majority is. There are plenty of other faiths, beliefs, and dogmas...even those that might be "Christian" but don't go to Church.
And they'll PROBABLY say yes...again, shows your inability to make a grandeous statment.
And the number of "Christians" are going down, around the world and here...but that doesn't mean that it has wiped them out.
And to wear a "giant" cross is their right...just as it is yours to not wear one. Freedom in this country means freedom for all...yes, even Christians. Have a nice day.
2006-06-22 19:47:49 · answer #1 · answered by Poppet 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm a Hindu. I don't wear a cross. I have two necklaces I mainly wear. One has a pendant with the OM on it surrounded by a celtic knot and the other is a pendant with an image of Ganesh on it. That doesn't mean that others don't sometimes just assume I'm a Christian. A lot of folks do it from time to time here. I do have some friends who are not Christian, but if some person did come up to them randomly and ask them they'd say "yes" just because they'd assume that person was a Christian who was looking to evangelize. And I know people who aren't Christian who wear the cross on necklaces and jewelry. The reason they give is that "it's pretty". So in the USA just looking at what someone is wearing or what you ask some random person on the street is not always going to give you accurate results. But then, it depends on where in the USA you live. I live in Oklahoma.
2006-06-22 21:07:14 · answer #2 · answered by gabriel_zachary 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The book The Non-Christian Cross, by J. D. Parsons (London, 1896), says: “There is not a single sentence in any of the numerous writings forming the New Testament, which, in the original Greek, bears even indirect evidence to the effect that the stauros used in the case of Jesus was other than an ordinary stauros; much less to the effect that it consisted, not of one piece of timber, but of two pieces nailed together in the form of a cross. . . . It is not a little misleading upon the part of our teachers to translate the word stauros as ‘cross’ when rendering the Greek documents of the Church into our native tongue, and to support that action by putting ‘cross’ in our lexicons as the meaning of stauros without carefully explaining that that was at any rate not the primary meaning of the word in the days of the Apostles, did not become its primary signification till long afterwards, and became so then, if at all, only because, despite the absence of corroborative evidence, it was for some reason or other assumed that the particular stauros upon which Jesus was executed had that particular shape.”—Pp. 23, 24; see also The Companion Bible (London, 1885), Appendix No. 162.
2006-06-22 19:54:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haven't you heard? This is a Christian nation. Seriously, though, we were 90 percent Protestant at the time of our founding, and we've never quite left those roots. Some people trace our attitudes about sexuality, for example, back to the Puritans. We are a religious nation in general with something on the order of 90 percent of people claiming belief in a higher power. However, not everyone who wears a cross is necessarily a Christian.
2006-06-22 19:38:06 · answer #4 · answered by Omar Y. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How is wearing a cross to symbolize what you believe in shoving it down someone's throat? It's not intruding on anyone's space. It's simply a symbol to remind us of the sacrifice Jesus gave. Not everyone is a Christian. Obviously you're not. Yes, the majority of people in the United States are Christian, but not EVERYONE.
2006-06-22 19:38:13 · answer #5 · answered by *AstrosChick* 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crosses are a popular jewelry design, so some may just wear it 'cause it's pretty.
Most people in North America say they are Christian, but most of them don't practice it. If they did, there wouldn't be any room in the churches on Sundays.
I'm not a Christian, and there are other non-Christians here, but like I said, in NAmer, most will say they are Christians.
Live and let live.
2006-06-22 19:45:54 · answer #6 · answered by Dolores G. Llamas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where ever did you get the miss information that all American citizens are Christian: The USA has freedom of religion: There are people living in the United States,that believe in every faith known to man kind.
2006-06-22 19:39:49 · answer #7 · answered by starfish50 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Though christianity is the religious majority in the United States not everyone is christian. I myself am a Wiccan.
Blessed Be.
2006-06-22 19:50:55 · answer #8 · answered by genaddt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all if it was a true christian they wouldn't be wearing a cross.and on the other hand grow up ,not everyone opposes God,and most of us have love in our hearts unlike people like you.
2006-06-22 19:37:21 · answer #9 · answered by CHELA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually about 86% of Americans are Christians!
2006-06-22 20:58:27 · answer #10 · answered by Deborah G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋