in America to counter the hardcore religious right regarding the issues that most atheists and agnostics feel strongly abou? It seems that a great deal of Christians actually are pro-choice. They believe in evolution. They advocate the separation of church and state. They support stem-cell research. They support gay rights.
Why don't they speak up about the nutbag evangelicals? How can we join together to fight for the good of America?
2007-07-10 04:11:58 · 9 answers · asked by Some Dude 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's been happening. Where we share common ground we ally ourselves, where we don't then we differ. If it were only Atheists and Agnostics opposing creationism or prayer in public schools, for instance, then we'd have creationism and prayer in public schools. It is because these religious attacks on secularism also offend Jews, Catholics, and more liberal Christians that church and state remain as distinct as they do. Lets go further- there are also conservative Christians who don't want to see church and state intertwined. We must side with everyone who agrees with us when they agree with us. Common ground is a nice place to visit.
2007-07-10 04:18:06 · answer #1 · answered by thatguyjoe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They already do a lot of the time. I'm a liberal/progressive Christian and I don't like to make politics about religion, but I know it happens. We should join together not based on religion, but based on the fact that we are all Americans, we should fight for the ideals this country is supposed to represent.
And we do speak up about them, it's just that the evangelicals drown us out a lot.
2007-07-10 04:24:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. I am sure that the liberal/progressive Christians are as against their hardcore fundamentalist views as much as I am. In fact, I believe that should be extended to the liberal/progressives of every religion. Fundamentalism is a plague of the mind, and it must be stopped before it destroys us.
2007-07-10 04:22:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion, "liberal/progressive Christians" are a little confused. I don't hold it against them - at least they're starting to see the light. At least they're intellectually, morally and spiritually superior to the "fundies." But there's a disconnect somewhere. They're still clinging to the nomenclature of a religion that has stood against progress for the entire span of its existence, because its power and wealth depends upon maintaining the popular ignorance. And unfortunately, they're inadvertently legitimizing the fundie brands of the religion by association.
2007-07-10 04:16:46 · answer #4 · answered by jonjon418 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-09-29 10:51:57 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And pagans, buddhists, everyone. Interfaith humanism will help our society a lot. There are only a small percentage of true nuts in the religious world.
2007-07-10 04:15:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
A good education can defend against the evangelicals pretty well.
2007-07-10 04:15:15 · answer #7 · answered by Southpaw 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, no way. Much of the liberal agenda is just as unreasoned as the Evangelical nonsense. I see the progressive ideas on the "Democratization of wealth" as extremely foolish.
2007-07-10 04:17:47 · answer #8 · answered by Herodotus 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Yes and then you all can call yourselves mediocre, amoral, null and void of human rights and oh ya isn't that Hitler tried to do too?
2007-07-10 04:15:55 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋