Americans’ belief in God, the devil and other spiritual entities has fallen to a new low, according to a Gallup poll released on Thursday. Seventy-four percent of Americans said they believe in God…
The Many Awful Things That Happen To People, All Caused by Religions
No matter what kind of religion it is, #Religion isn’t meant to make things better; it’s only meant to keep us apart.
You’re not picked, but we are. Our #God is the real one, while yours is fake and dirty. #People of other religions can be #killed, #beaten, and #maimed because they are not of our religion, but people of our own religion must be loved and cared for.
“Since Ryan Walters was sworn in as #Oklahoma’s superintendent of public instruction in January, he’s called for prayer in public schools and hanging the Ten Commandments in classrooms.” #religion
The anti-abortion crusade (because that’s what it is: a pre-modern overtly violent Christian campaign to conquer The Others™) is a vestigial throwback to ancient Roman policy of “partus sequitur ventrem” which became English common law, and the American colonies adapted it to weaponize sexual violence against people who were considered property (i.e. chattel slaves).
#Hatespeech#religion#Ethiopia
THREAD: I know the adjustment period, where half of our Mastodon posts are about Twitter is long past...but my Globe and Mail story on war crimes published last week highlighted major failures of the social media giants including X & Facebook (what's new?) & their refusal to moderate dangerous speech in non English languages. For non Amharic speaking friends, this thread should be revelatory of the sort of inflammatory material going viral in Ethiopian circles.
We have a humanitarian crisis caused by one of our allies. Israel has gone rogue, ignoring calls for a ceasefire from the UN, showing no remorse for killing children as they give in to their rage over the criminal actions of Hamas.
#POTUS Biden's inability to control autocratic Israel has divided #Democrats and will cost him the #election. #Trump returns to office and resumes his narcissitic destruction of the USA.
It was a nice country while it lasted. #Religion sucks.
This poll is for #Catholic identified people, regardless of level of participation. If you were baptized as a baby, but don't attend parish services, you still count for this poll. #religion#Christian#Christianity
'Decades in the making': Megachurch pastor gives up on Christianity in profanity-laced resignation
Missouri megachurch pastor Dave Gass stepped down from his position after 40 years and renounced his Christian faith,
“The entire system is rife with abuse. And not just from the top down, sure there are abusive church leaders, but church leaders are abused by their congregants as well. Church people are just sh*tty to each other,” he tweeted.
There are quite some religious and spiritual people I like a lot and deeply respect.
I would never judge a person based on their #faith.
The same is not true for #religion itself and esoterics. I was always convinced that such belief systems are poisonous to the mind in the sense: If they can make you believe something for life, because you were told so as a child or by a guru or a book (these are the common entry points) without evidence, you can basically be taught anything, if somebody
Over half a million German Roman Catholics left the church last year alone. Why do people break with the institution? DW's Christoph Strack caught up with one of those who have done so.
In the western Christian tradition, today is the Feast of the Epihany. In the eastern tradition, it's called Theophany. It marks the day when the three Magi are believed to have visited the baby Jesus.
Last night was Twelfth Night, when we were all meant to take down our Christmas decorations. And next Monday will be Plough Monday, when we are all supposed to get back to work.
Controversial statement for a left-winger like me to make:
When people say that #science explains the 'how' and #religion tries to answer the 'why' they are ignoring the fact that science does not, and never will, explain the only 'how' that matters:
How did anything come into #existence in the first place?
Any entity, system or law that we discover cannot be the answer, as it will always require another explanation.
The Church of England publishes statistics about the numbers of its faithful. These are particularly interesting in light of the recent news that the UK no-longer has a Christian majority. The CofE's statistics are for 2019 - before COVID messed up everything - and I think offer a fascinating glimpse into its future. The two […]
Belief in God, the devil falls to new low: Gallup (thehill.com)
Americans’ belief in God, the devil and other spiritual entities has fallen to a new low, according to a Gallup poll released on Thursday. Seventy-four percent of Americans said they believe in God…
UK teachers want cash skills to replace religious studies lessons, study finds (uk.news.yahoo.com)
BRITAIN wants personal finance lessons to replace religious studies on the school curriculum, new national research reveals.
Why Germany's Catholics turn their back on the church (www.dw.com)
Over half a million German Roman Catholics left the church last year alone. Why do people break with the institution? DW's Christoph Strack caught up with one of those who have done so.