Hell
2006-07-27 08:27:55
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answer #1
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answered by kansasjhawk044 2
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The USA is NOT a christian country, and if only going someplace where there are none, you are pretty much screwed. Here the detail on my first statement:
MYTH 1: The US was founded on Christian principles.
TRUTH:
This is incorrect.
The Constitution never once mentions a deity, because the Founding Fathers wanted to keep their new country "religion-neutral." Our Founding Fathers were an eclectic collection of Atheists, Deists, Christians, Freemasons and Agnostics.
George Washington, the Father of our country, and John Adams (Second President of the USA) CLEARLY stated in the 1796 Treaty of Tripoli: "The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian Religion.”
G.W. rarely attended church and instead followed a popular 18th century philosophy called Deism—a Star Wars-esque philosophy that believed in a cosmic energy or big-*** universal "Force." The dictionary says that Deism is "a system of thought advocating natural religion based on human reason rather than revelation," that had nothing to do with Christian principles.
James Madison, original mastermind of our Constitution, was an Atheist to the core who loved skewering Christianity. In 1785 he wrote, "What have been [Christianity’s] fruits? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity; in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution.”
Thomas Jefferson, who sat down and authored The Declaration of Independence, rarely missed an opportunity to laugh at Christianity. In a letter to John Adams in 1823, he wrote: "The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus…will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter."
More ammo: In 1814, Tommy J. wrote about the Bible's Old and New Testaments, "The whole history of these books is so defective and doubtful -- evidence that parts have proceeded from an extraordinary man; and that other parts are of the fabric of very inferior minds.”
In fact, it was President Jefferson himself who first wrote (to a Baptist church group in 1802), "The First Amendment has erected a wall of separation between Church and State." Therefore, when Jefferson talked about “Nature’s God,” the “Creator” and “divine Providence ” in the Declaration that he wrote, he was being a hippie and referring to a general cosmic energy-- not the Christian God.
America is not a Christian nation. Period. Our Constitution derived from the post-Christian Enlightenment values of reason and truth...never from the paranoid yammerings of that otherwise compassionate cult leader who fu**ing died in the Middle Eastern desert 3000 years ago.
From a Craig's list essay
2006-07-27 15:30:58
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answered by Anonymous
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They're pretty much everywhere. If you're an atheist, I don't understand why Christians have any effect on you.
I'm a meat eater, but it doesn't bother me to be around vegetarians...not even militant vegetarians who insist on wearing fake cow-costumes in front of Burger King. I figure, hey, that's their bag...it's not mine. No effect on me...
I don't believe in "psychic phenomena." Other's do. No effect on me...Oh well. Life goes on.
The list goes on. If you truly don't believe in something, surely you can find other meaningful activities to fill up your life with...you know, like having a job...making a living...hanging with the family and friends...
Otherwise, ask yourself, WHY DO these people have an effect on me?
Or, if you are wealthy and bored...move to North Korea or Iran or Afghanistan....those countries are very oppressive to Christians, so at least they won't SEEM like they're everywhere.
2006-07-27 15:38:45
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answer #3
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answered by scruffycat 7
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If you dig a hole 6 feet into the ground and then lay down in a wooden box I'm sure you wouldn't have to listen to any christians tell you how to die. You would be doing it your way and no judging christians could try to convince you otherwise.
Use a spade shovel, you'll get there alot faster than a flathead, and use galvanized nails, they last longer and don't rust.
Oh....you could do this in any country too....thats why this is so beautiful.
2006-07-27 16:04:50
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answer #4
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answered by ya boy 1
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That's amazing! I'm a Christian but I can't seem to find anything but atheists. Perhaps you should try college. I think atheism is a requirement for all college professors.
2006-07-27 15:35:47
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answer #5
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answered by Lewis 1
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Sorry, we're everywhere. You might want to try China or North Korea where Christians are persecuted, but I've been told there are some real awesome people of faith there. They make American Christians look wimpy by comparison.
2006-07-27 15:29:19
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answered by poohba 5
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Iran. India. Iraq. Isreal. Afghanistan.
2006-07-27 15:28:44
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answer #7
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answered by cirestan 6
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SHEEEIT man there are too many religious fanatics in the world(not just christians)lets set up a religion free state where every one can live without the threat of zealots killing each other(ps I am not a hippy just a friend of humanity)
2006-07-27 15:30:30
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answer #8
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answered by Anonymous
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In the North Pole
2006-07-27 15:33:26
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answered by Halal Pig Ok in Islam 4
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You might think there are to many christians but at least we will be going heaven where will you be going and will you see your family think about that and if that doesn't suit you then get over your self
2006-07-27 15:33:17
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answer #10
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answered by Heidi M 2
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Why do Christians bother you so much where you would have to move away? The USA is so secular, you can pretty much do whatever you want.
2006-07-27 15:29:10
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answered by Bubbi 2
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