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Religious Diversity May Be Making America Less Religious
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Religious Diversity May Be Making America Less Religious
Blog: Atheism and the City
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I believe the fact that people are less religious today is a trend beginning in the Renaissance and the Enlightenment of the progressive increased knowledge of science, philosophy, history and education in the world that continues today. The rise of skeptical philosophers in this period in part gave rise to questioning blind traditional belief in traditional religion. It also parallels the rise of universities. It is no wonder that conservatives consider universities hot beds of liberalism, secularism, immorality, and other negative criticisms of history. The trend over this period that continues today is the more people are educated, the more they are less religious, particularly in the sciences.
I believe the diversity of religious beliefs of the world as a whole actually has not historically changed much accept for the increase in atheist and agnostic beliefs. What has changed is the mixing of this diversity within the western countries. This diversity is resisted strongly in the Arab world and in varying degrees in other cultures.Last edited by shunyadragon; 08-24-2016, 10:50 AM.
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Originally posted by The Thinker View PostInteresting....
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I'd think that this would be sort of obvious. If religion is very important to you, then you're likely to form social and familial connections with those who think likewise. If religion is less important to you, then you're more likely to form connections based on other things.Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
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I recommend you do not try too hard and ...research as little as possible. Such weighty things give me a headache. - Shunyadragon, Baha'i apologist
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Originally posted by shunyadragon View Post. . . and fortunately the Pope no longer rules the Christian world, and ah . . . the Inquisitions are passe, except for Home Land Security.
Other than that, you're batting .000 as usual.Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
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I recommend you do not try too hard and ...research as little as possible. Such weighty things give me a headache. - Shunyadragon, Baha'i apologist
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Originally posted by demi-conservative View Post
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I recommend you do not try too hard and ...research as little as possible. Such weighty things give me a headache. - Shunyadragon, Baha'i apologist
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostConstantine was never a pope, the pope has never ruled the Christian world, and the Inquisitions had zilch to do with Constantine. Further, Constantine is known for the Edict of Milan, which proclaimed religious freedom, not conformity.
Other than that, you're batting .000 as usual.
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Originally posted by shunyadragon View PostYou not telling the whole story about Constantine.
first he was definitely the first leader of the Christian world.
My reference to Popes was the history of Christianity when indeed the Pope ruled by religious mandate the Christian world, until the break up of Roman Christianity. The claim stands, but the fact faded with history.
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I recommend you do not try too hard and ...research as little as possible. Such weighty things give me a headache. - Shunyadragon, Baha'i apologist
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostOf course not. I'm merely correcting errors.
No. He was the first openly Christian emperor. Further, his leadership was temporal, not spiritual; you're making a category error.
The Pope was the spiritual leader of Western Christianity from maybe the 4th to early 16th century. He was never the temporal ruler of more than a small segment of Italy.
...and the Google scholar strikes again. This is wholly irrelevant to the topic at hand, and is further an anti-Catholic site with a bunch of stuff presented sans context. Most people back down when proven wholly wrong. You double down instead.
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Originally posted by shunyadragon View PostGoogle cites legitimate sources. This is a legitimate source in this case, the Roman Church itself, and very relevant concerning the claim of the Roman Church and the Popes concerning their spiritual sovereignty over the Christian World. Attacking Google does not address the issueVeritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
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I recommend you do not try too hard and ...research as little as possible. Such weighty things give me a headache. - Shunyadragon, Baha'i apologist
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