At what point did this country become Explicitly Atheist.
Our country has push God out of our schools now high school kids are killing each other at will and we can't figure out why (some) of these teenagers are so messed up.
Katrina- This country is constantly telling God to get out of our government, Stay out of our schools and get out of our lives.
When this tragic event happens we blame him. All he did was what we asked. He stepped aside we can't sit here and want God's protection and blessings if we constantly demand that he leave us alone or that he doesn't exist.
I believe in God and Love him very much and I'm tired of being pushed around for it.
2007-01-04 03:07:16 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I can't say I blame Everything on that one fact but it is definatley something to Ponder.
We Live in a world thats more concered with Tom Cruises wife than God.
This is a question that doens't have a simple yes or no, History proves that but one can still consider the fact that our country does push God away and is there aan effect.
2007-01-04 03:17:23 · update #1
Where do I begin....? Murders and disasters happened BEFORE God was invented. The only thing to blame on the Christian God is all the murder, torture, war, oppression, and mind control practiced by the corrupt people supposedly working in "His" name. And the reason high school kids are killing each other is because we treat kids like they're too retarded to be responsible for their own actions. That's one excellent tradition the Jewish people have, Bar-Mitsvah (sp?). Once you're 13 you're a "man" so grow the Hell up! And a good Christian value, as long as it's not taken to abusive levels, is "Spare the rod spoil the child". If we could somehow control stupid we'd all be happier.
2007-01-04 03:16:58 · answer #1 · answered by Dognose0 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is pure bunk. Sorry, but study crime rates in a lot of athiest contries and you will find many of the countries that have no religion are very low on crimes.
Things happen. Katrina is one of those things. People built New Orleans in an area that could be very tragic if a hard hurrican hit, and then wonder why it was almost destroyed.
They will rebuild that city and it will come back.
Was this country being punishde by god when it almost destroyed itself in a bloody civil war? We have not seen anything like that again. So if our troubles are because we do no love God, then 1860 to 1865 were years that we really turned our backs on God. We must be in pretty good shape now.
That is Christian propaganda based on myths and lies.
I miss Madalene Murry Ohare. Where is she when we ned her the most?
2007-01-04 03:21:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, considering that around 85% of americans are christians, while in many other countries less than 1% are christians, wouldn't you think the United States ought to be enjoying extraordinarily good luck rather than extra disasters? Your logic...well, it isn't actually logic, put it that way. For one thing, I don't think there have really been any more disasters recently than in the past, and as anyone with some perception should understand the government is most certainly not atheist.
2007-01-04 03:13:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think you may be misunderstanding some things.
I, for one, shall never tire.
I do love God but I also love everyone else.
I love the non believer and I allow them their right to believe what they may. That's the deal.
I don't think that it's wrong to feel how you do.
There are many who agree.
The United States was founded on our desire to seperate from England and their religion, founded on one nation under God.
This is true.
But also we want freedom of religion.
I think that many of the tragedies that happen are due to people moving so far away from God.
Some of the "natural disasters" of which you refer could possibly be the birthpains of the end of this world as we know it.
I am not trying to be all doom and gloom.
I believe In God the father.
I have my faith.
I love God above all and I have one hundred percent faith that He is in control.
Fear not.
I shall never tire for being pushed around by those who want to push me because of my faith.
What the world could use is a little peace on earth.
That starts here, with me, how I treat everyone.
Finally, I prefer to not jam my beliefs down someone else's throat and would like others to not try to cram theirs down mine, if you catch my drift.
Just a thought.
Peace.
2007-01-04 03:26:35 · answer #4 · answered by elibw 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soo when the US was 100% pagan (before Christian settlers) there were tragedies like this practically all the time - as soon as the rain of fire had stopped then there was a tsunami to put out those flaming villages. When the population of the US was 100% Christian (i.e. in towns where the Christians had settled) famine, disease and natural disasters never happened, and everyone lived in peace and didn't have to rely on the natives helping them out at all! I've got you now!
2007-01-04 03:15:01 · answer #5 · answered by Mordent 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Terrorist attacks happen because Islamic extremists have twisted the Koran to uphold their sick view of the world and justify their acts (much like literalist Christians who use passages out of the Bible to support their narrow-minded, bigoted view of anything non-Christian).
School shootings happen because people are sick (the adults who go in and start shooting kids) and/or bullies aren't taken seriously (the kids who go in and start shooting kids). Kids are told to suck up and deal when they say so-and-so is picking on them. I know this, because I was horribly ridiculed my entire school career by boys who didn't like that I was smarter than they. Exactly one teacher stood up for me in high school, and that was because he was new to the system and didn't know that I was just "one of those kids that gets picked on". He actually did something about it, and the teasing stopped, for that year and in that class. There are also an awful lot of kids out there whose parents just want to be their friend, rather than their parent, or who aren't their parent at all, so they have no sense of purpose or direction and don't believe their life will ever get any better. School shootings happen because children are getting meaner and meaner, and that's because their parents are becoming more materialistic. (Incidentally, the majority of my bullies attended my church, so don't say it's a lack of God.)
Katrina happened because we've been abusing the Earth for so long She is starting to retaliate. I don't know a single person who said, "Why did God let this happen?" God had nothing to do with it. The Goddess is alive, and she can and will fight back. We've thrown the Earth out of balance. Do we expect "bad things" aren't going to happen as a result? Oh no, wait, that's because it's the end of times, and we should just continue to destroy the planet at the current rate we are, because the rapture will happen in the next 15 years.
Give me a break.
)O(
2007-01-04 03:14:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Katrina became a tragedy because of poorly constructed levees. This is a man-made problem; your god had nothing to do with it. Place the blame in the proper place--the Army Corps of Engineers has publicly accepted blame for what happened.
Make levees, not war!
C'est levee!
Hold the Corps Accountable!
2007-01-04 03:18:50 · answer #7 · answered by Cosmic I 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes and no... as fare as school attacks...
religion, its followers and its leaders are so far off the mark they create all kinds of hate, abuse, and alienation. THOSE who scream loudest at the carnage are generally the very same bigotted, racist, religious zealots whose actions alienate the kids in the first place.
Terrorists blame on the entire system in america the under god/constitution of useless lawyers (politicians).
Natural disasers like katrina have nothing to do with pushing god away.
2007-01-04 03:15:48 · answer #8 · answered by larrydoyle52 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible DOES say that a nation who honors God shall be blessed. A recent survey disclosed that 95% of Americans believe in a "Higher Power." That means that atheists and agnostics comprise a minuscule 5% COMBINED. Yet, they rant and rave and throw their little hissy fits and the pinko, commie left-wing politicians and courts bow and scrape to them Sad, really sad. Yet they say it is the Christians who are always complaining. In ANY society, the minority should have rights, but NOT at the cost of the majority. YBIC
2007-01-04 03:14:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think when slaves were being used by our forefathers, they pushed God away. I think when the US faught our bloodiest battle against EACH OTHER in the civil war, they pushed God away. I think when the US sat back and watched genocide happen in Armenia, Nazi Germany, and now Darfur, they pushed God away. I think when we went in and killed over 3000 of our own troops, over 100,000 Iraqis, and have shown the world that we like killing just as much as the rest of the world does, we've pushed God away.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
2007-01-04 03:12:35 · answer #10 · answered by It's Me 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋