Why do you think there is such a lack of faith in God in this country? What has happened to our Christian hertiage. I find it rather scarey and sad. Do they not know what they are missing?
2006-11-10 02:43:32 · 25 answers · asked by angel 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Actually, many of us *do* know, because we were there. I'm missing out on feeling guilty because I love another woman who is, like, the other half of my brain, being told to avoid enjoyable media, and being told how to vote. I'm missing out on having to treat potential friends like dirty rotten sinners who need to hear my "Good News." I'm missing out on spending Sunday morning in pantyhose and coming home after the race started. The door, as I told my younger cousins, swings both ways; many of us swung out because we used our brains. Which, after all, you and I (I'm Pagan now) agree that our Creator gave us.
2006-11-10 02:49:53 · answer #1 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 8⤊ 2⤋
Maybe because people are finding other avenues that are just as valid. This country isn't based on Christian heritage. My father is Cherokee Indian and my mother is Welsh with a heritage of "witches"/Pagans. A country doesn't have a heritage like that... people do. And my heritage is not based in Christianity, but in Pagan beliefs. I don't think it's sad or scary. It's rather weird though, that some people pity others just because they believe differently.
No more than you are missing out in believing in Pagan beliefs. *smile* Besides, I used to be a Christian... my mother is now a Christian, as are some other family members. Granted, there are some excellent teachings within that religion... but there are excellent teachings everywhere if one is unbiased enough to look at the teachings themselves without becoming offended because it happens to be in anothers religion.
2006-11-10 11:11:09 · answer #2 · answered by riverstorm13 3 · 7⤊ 1⤋
America was founded on the idea of religious freedom and tolerance. Although originally many people were Christian due to the fact they came here from Christian countries the founding fathers were more diverse than you might think. Many were Deists who didn't believe in the Bible or a personal God. Tom Paine an important contributor was so adament about the US not being a Christian nation he was called an atheist. I love the idea our country was founded on- a country for everyone where people would be free to follow their hearts, Christian or not.
2006-11-10 10:53:28 · answer #3 · answered by Zen Pirate 6 · 12⤊ 0⤋
What do you mean our "Christian heritage"?? This country was founded on the right for people to believe in whatever god they feel is appropriate for them - or in no god at all. Many of our founding fathers were agnostic or atheist! It's well documented. Do some searching on the Web if you think we were founded on a "Christian heritage". We were founded with a separation of church and state so that things like the Salem Witch Trials don't ever happen again in our country, and for you information I have a GREAT deal of faith in the Goddess AND the God. Just because they aren't YOUR god doesn't make my faith any less.
2006-11-10 10:51:45 · answer #4 · answered by thelittlemerriemaid 4 · 11⤊ 1⤋
"As the Government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian Religion, the United States is not a Christian Nation any more than it is a Jewish or Mohammedan Nation."
President John Adams
"Christianity neither is nor ever was part of the common law."
President Thomas Jefferson
Of what "Christian Heritage" are you speaking, exactly?
2006-11-10 11:10:43 · answer #5 · answered by rich k 6 · 9⤊ 0⤋
The christian faith is stronger here in most ways than in most of the civilized world,to our detriment if you ask me. You see no mega churches with thousands praying in almost psychotic rapture with blank sheep following the herder looks in their eyes in Europe that I ever saw. With of course the exception of strong catholic strongholds,and even then the believers there have the common decency to leave the rest of the world alone and also let them live their lives as they see fit as long as they do no harm,not the case here. Everyday Christians do everything in their power to enact Biblical law into secular law to force their beliefs upon the rest of the population in the US,regardless of the fact that these people they are trying to control are mostly harming no one. And now the Christian community is trying to force Christian teachings into the secular schools under the guise of science with "intelligent design" because they are absolutely incapable of simply allowing everyone in society to choose their own beliefs. Of course I guess we should just be glad that Christians no longer have the power to use the torture chamber and the burning stake to spread the "word of God",at least we have that much. If you believe that as far as Christianity goes that America is over secular you either have spent very little time outside it's borders or you simply were not paying attention.
2006-11-10 10:59:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 1⤋
I was a Christian growing up, so yes, I'm well aware of what I'm "missing".
I choose not to believe because it's my right. You see, this country was founded on religious freedom and freedom from religious persecution. So, I'm exercising my right as an American.
What I think is sad is that you continue to act as though I'm less of an American because of my "unbelief". I believe in my country, I believe in my heritage...I just simply don't believe in god.
So, if anything, you are less American than I, since you don't understand the ideals that our country was built on and think that we should all be Christians.
Also...unbelief only applies to religion, not the United States, so your use of the word is incorrect.
2006-11-10 10:50:20 · answer #7 · answered by Heck if I know! 4 · 9⤊ 1⤋
That lack of faith is not in God, but in the moral values established by God.
Why do so many Christians use the "no fault divorce laws"!
Why do so many fool around before marriage and think it's ok to do so.
Why are so many couples not getting married.
We have a new God on the block and because Jesus wiped away all your sins you are free to go and do anything you want.
Everyone has a get out of jail free card.
Hence, there is no need to be holy anymore!
You were baptized. You accepted Jesus. Hey, everyone says that's all it takes!
That's what separates Christians from Atheists and Pagans, right!
2006-11-10 11:09:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
Ummm, maybe the fact that we have millions of people from different cultures living in the US has something to do with it. And it's my humble opinion that a majority of people in this country have faith in God....Maybe not YOUR God, but God none the less.
2006-11-10 10:49:24 · answer #9 · answered by p_lo25 3 · 9⤊ 0⤋
Our "Christian Heritage" has given way to what the Founding Fathers intended... a place where religious dissent is welcome.
What's so wrong with not believing in your god? Not everyone believes in your god, and the number of people who are "unbelievers" are on the rise. Why is that scary?
2006-11-10 10:53:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 11⤊ 0⤋
This is a joke right?
EDIT:
Just to get it through your head... America is the most religious country in the first world BY FAR, 95% claim to believe in God, it is also the most violent, throughout the world violent crime drops as people become less religious, does that not tell you something, anything?
2006-11-10 10:45:35 · answer #11 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 14⤊ 1⤋