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No doubt there are stupid people...as mentioned above over 40% of Americans, along with a good % elsewhere. There are also stupid people, (Remember these are your words not mine  ), who buy part of if not all of the doctrine you are talking about. |
And there are stupid people who buy into your athiestic viewpoint as well as they aren't smart enough to figure out how science and the Bible can co-exist.
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As to the hilited comment above...um...you know that it was the literal reading of the bible that created the flat earth myth dont you? You also know that many who disagreed with this interpretation of the bible were um...well...dispatched to hell? Up until a very short time ago anyone who stood up and suggested that what was written in the bible was wrong were considered heretics and burned at the stake?
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Mhmmm. So paint ME with a brush because 150 years ago Christians were idiots. That's a fantastic idea. I'm not so sure I've ever read in the Bible that the earth is flat. I'm pretty sure that such words aren't even in there. So that was the previous interpretation, and knowledge has changed. Did you know that even non-Christians have done bad things too? Or do you always have to point out that 'in the past, Christians killed others for not believing what they believe.' Maybe 100 years from now Athiests will be killing Christians for the exact same reason. Why don't you debate what I'm talking about instead of bringing up past injustices?
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I understand "some" Christian beliefs are changing, its not possible in any way or form for an educated people to believe in "most" of the nonsense written within any theistic endeavor. That is why the only locations in the world where Christianity is actually on the rise is places like Africa and South America...and mostly among the poor and downtrodden. In most parts of Europe Christianity is near death, and I would think that its in its final throes here in Canada.
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So you're calling me uneducated? Or are you saying that the educated masses who believe so fervently in science can't seem to get their head around The Bible? Perhaps it's an educated and yet narrow view of the world that's wrong. Something to think about.
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Heres a timely article from Yahoo today...
Roman Catholics appeal for foregiveness
In the 1950s, prior to the Quiet Revolution, nearly 90 per cent of Quebecers went to church every Sunday. It was one of the most staunchly Catholic regions of the world.
Today pews sit largely empty. A survey in 2000 found just 20 per cent of respondents attended church on a weekly basis.
In only 50 years or less, the RC church in QC has lost 70% of its parrish.
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Good for them. What's your point? More people are turning from God? Perhaps that's because we no longer bother educating our children on Christianity at all? It's been 2 generations at least since the 50s. My mom went to church regularly and then my family stopped going at all because we didn't have the time. (Life is busier nowadays, for many families, too busy for church. Does that mean they don't believe?) You don't have to go to Church to be a Christian. Likely that means that Christianity is down as well, but I know that when we stopped going to Church, I didn't bother to educate myself on religion again until I went to University. Why don't I go to church? I don't have time like many other Canadians. Again, I'm not sure what your point is in bringing that up.