At the start of 2017 one of my fellow employees placed a calendar in the employee break room. It featured beautiful high definition photographs of nature scenes. Along with each picture was a single praise verse from the Psalms. The overall tone of the calendar to a non-Christian would have been rather generic, along the order of a sweet Helen Steiner Rice poem.
Last week the calendar was taken off the wall. The explanation from the supervisors was that there had been a complaint. Someone had found the calendar to be offensive and threatening. Threatening? REALLY???
Our national tradition in the United States is freedom of religion and a separation of church and state. Some have begun to believe that this means that any mention of religion must be removed from public sight. Religion must be stifled and repressed. Utter hypocrisy!
They, in effect, do what they accuse others of doing; they impose their religious view (agnosticism, humanism, or atheism) on others. They deny to others the right to practice or express their religious views.
Liberals and progressives scoff at and ridicule the idea that there is a War on Christianity in all corners of the United States. In ways large and small, the evidence is ample and glaring that they are wrong or disingenuous.
Showing posts with label agnosticism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label agnosticism. Show all posts
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Sunday, December 19, 2010
Just in Case
"I'm a non-believer, but I recently switched from atheist to agnostic ... just in case there is any truth to it. I don't want to get on the Big Boss' bad side." Daniel Stamm, German-born film director of The Last Exorcism (2010), his first horror film.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Religious Groupings in the United States
In his book, Christians Are Hate-Filled Hypocrites ..., Dr. Bradley Wright used Steensland *, et al's (2000) RELTRAD classification system, which identifies seven groupings to describe the religious bodies in the United States. The designations "include, but are not limited to" the religious bodies/persuasions listed below.
Evangelical Protestants: the Southern Baptist Convention; some Independent Baptists; many non-denominational Protestant churches; the Lutheran Church; Missouri Synod; the Presbyterian Church in America; the Assemblies of God; the Church of Christ; the Church of the Nazarene; the Free Methodist Church; and the Seventh-day Adventist Church. They tend to be theologically and socially conservative.
Mainline Protestants: the American Baptist Church in the USA; the United Methodist Church; the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; the Presbyterian Church, USA; the Episcopal Church in the USA; and the United Church of Christ. They tend to be theologically and socially liberal or "progressive".
Black Protestants: the National Baptist Convention; the African Methodist Episcopal Church; the Church of God in Christ. All of these denominations are primarily, but not exclusively, African-American. They tend to be conservative in theology but more liberal in social views.
Catholics: Roman Catholics. Although the Orthodox would probably object to being listed with the Catholics, I believe that they would be included in this group in this classification system.
Jewish: Separated into Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform traditions. The Orthodox represent historic Judaism, the Reform are more liberal and modern, and the Conservatives are in the middle.
Other Religions: Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Christian Science, Oneness Pentecostals, and Unitarian-Universalism. Some of these groups self identify as Christian but are rejected as heterodox by other Christians.
Religiously Unaffiliated: Atheists, Agnostics, and "Don't Cares."
* Steensland, Brian, et.al., "the Measure of American Religion: Toward Improving the State of the Art," Social Forces, 79(1), 2000, pp. 291-318.
Evangelical Protestants: the Southern Baptist Convention; some Independent Baptists; many non-denominational Protestant churches; the Lutheran Church; Missouri Synod; the Presbyterian Church in America; the Assemblies of God; the Church of Christ; the Church of the Nazarene; the Free Methodist Church; and the Seventh-day Adventist Church. They tend to be theologically and socially conservative.
Mainline Protestants: the American Baptist Church in the USA; the United Methodist Church; the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; the Presbyterian Church, USA; the Episcopal Church in the USA; and the United Church of Christ. They tend to be theologically and socially liberal or "progressive".
Black Protestants: the National Baptist Convention; the African Methodist Episcopal Church; the Church of God in Christ. All of these denominations are primarily, but not exclusively, African-American. They tend to be conservative in theology but more liberal in social views.
Catholics: Roman Catholics. Although the Orthodox would probably object to being listed with the Catholics, I believe that they would be included in this group in this classification system.
Jewish: Separated into Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform traditions. The Orthodox represent historic Judaism, the Reform are more liberal and modern, and the Conservatives are in the middle.
Other Religions: Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Christian Science, Oneness Pentecostals, and Unitarian-Universalism. Some of these groups self identify as Christian but are rejected as heterodox by other Christians.
Religiously Unaffiliated: Atheists, Agnostics, and "Don't Cares."
* Steensland, Brian, et.al., "the Measure of American Religion: Toward Improving the State of the Art," Social Forces, 79(1), 2000, pp. 291-318.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Light Bulb Joke: Agnostics
How many agnostics does it take to change a light bulb?
Do light bulbs really exist?
Do light bulbs really exist?
Sunday, September 13, 2009
A Jehovah-Agnostarian
What do you get when you cross an Agnostic with a Jehovah's Witness?
I don't know, but when he knocks on a door he's not really sure he believes in doing it.
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