Maybe it's because people are finally realizing that religion is a bunch of crap. (Reply #71)

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Sun Apr 6, 2014, 11:43 AM

Vashta Nerada (3,922 posts)

71. Maybe it's because people are finally realizing that religion is a bunch of crap.

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96 replies	Author	Time	Post
Why Americans Are Losing Their Religion at a Startling Rate [View all]	madokie	Apr 2014	OP
IMO people are getting a better grasp of reality via the internet. For many	RKP5637	Apr 2014	#1
Interesting Concept	ProfessorGAC	Apr 2014	#2
Kick!	Heidi	Apr 2014	#3
Good morning to you Heidi	madokie	Apr 2014	#6
Oh, my gosh! You had me at "wild onions"!	Heidi	Apr 2014	#8
It's stunningly beautiful where you are	madokie	Apr 2014	#11
Grill season officially opens at our place today!	Heidi	Apr 2014	#12
Wow	madokie	Apr 2014	#16
Happy to have made your day better, madokie.	Heidi	Apr 2014	#21
Thank you	madokie	Apr 2014	#27
One theory I have	marions ghost	Apr 2014	#4
Precisely correct	Freddie	Apr 2014	#7
That is our family also. The rw has declared war on the people and all of religion is blamed. Of	jwirr	Apr 2014	#13
I'm not a churchgoer	marions ghost	Apr 2014	#30
They have never stopped	nadinbrzezinski	Apr 2014	#93
Find "The Christian Left" on FB	Freddie	Apr 2014	#43
Thank you.	jwirr	Apr 2014	#56
I knew an Atheist couple	LiberalElite	Apr 2014	#35
I think you are correct	sorefeet	Apr 2014	#10
It's been twisted all to hell	marions ghost	Apr 2014	#32
It's not just the rightwing bigots. People are figuring out it's all based on preposterous myths.	Arugula Latte	Apr 2014	#63
Bingo! Gone are the days when people shuffled their feet with downcast eyes	stopbush	Apr 2014	#77
You can thank Calvin for that one	nadinbrzezinski	Apr 2014	#94
That's a good theory.	Enthusiast	Apr 2014	#39
"Jesus, protect me from your followers"	marions ghost	Apr 2014	#85
It sure is ugly to witness.	Enthusiast	Apr 2014	#86
Exactly	onecaliberal	Apr 2014	#53
Thx for reply and	marions ghost	Apr 2014	#84
Thank you!	onecaliberal	Apr 2014	#90
I think that's a big part of it, too.	OnionPatch	Apr 2014	#60
I think part of the reason why internet use might affect religious	LuvNewcastle	Apr 2014	#5
I think that's part of it	Uben	Apr 2014	#14
That association with food still exists.	LuvNewcastle	Apr 2014	#49
Can I get an Amen!	Uben	Apr 2014	#69
Amen! nt	ChisolmTrailDem	Apr 2014	#79
Not nearly fast enough.	99Forever	Apr 2014	#9
I agree with you. The damage has been taking place for a long time.	ladjf	Apr 2014	#20
+ 100 bazillion n/t	MANative	Apr 2014	#33
I've always considered religion to be an evil invention of mankind and among	RKP5637	Apr 2014	#40
Yes. A million times yes.	Arugula Latte	Apr 2014	#68
Agreed.	Vashta Nerada	Apr 2014	#72
I wouldn't be too sure about INTERNET causing the decline in Religion. nt	ladjf	Apr 2014	#15
I do think there could be a correlation between access to information (Internet)	Heidi	Apr 2014	#18
Correlation yes but not the whole cause. Don't forget that along with some good	ladjf	Apr 2014	#23
Well said! n/t	RKP5637	Apr 2014	#42
Internet lets us share that the evangelicals do not practice what they preach as an antichrist.	DhhD	Apr 2014	#57
Religion relies almost exclusively on the indoctrination of children to survive...	MellowDem	Apr 2014	#17
+1 n/t	LittleGirl	Apr 2014	#28
Definitely, and most have indoctrination centers under the pretext of being schools. n/t	RKP5637	Apr 2014	#44
I think a lot of people are secretly atheist, but just can't admit it	OKNancy	Apr 2014	#19
This ^	Uben	Apr 2014	#34
Definitely!!! n/t	RKP5637	Apr 2014	#45
I believe you are on to something.	Enthusiast	Apr 2014	#46
I like to think of it as The Emperor's New Clothes Syndrome on a mass scale.	Arugula Latte	Apr 2014	#65
i am always suspicious of this phrasing. why is this happening, lets look at it	mopinko	Apr 2014	#22
Prepare for the backlash	Android3.14	Apr 2014	#24
"...ferevent, more dogmatic and more militant."	Snarkoleptic	Apr 2014	#36
I'm sure the internet factors into dropping religious affiliations somewhat..	glowing	Apr 2014	#25
During the Viet Nam era almost every Religious organization signed on against the war	randr	Apr 2014	#26
RC Cardinal Spellman was a big hawk back then nt	LiberalElite	Apr 2014	#47
Well that was an excellent post.	Enthusiast	Apr 2014	#54
Atheists Own the Internet	RadiationTherapy	Apr 2014	#29
If that's true, porn is #2.	rug	Apr 2014	#38
Maybe people are becoming more spiritual/philosophical and less dogmatic.	KittyWampus	Apr 2014	#31
I hope people are not making decisions based on what they read on the internet.	rug	Apr 2014	#37
Right, they should be making decisions based on a collection of stories from	Arugula Latte	Apr 2014	#64
I see you get your information from the internet.	rug	Apr 2014	#80
Actually that info has been available	JNelson6563	Apr 2014	#81
That should belie the inference from the OP.	rug	Apr 2014	#82
I was ahead of the curve.	JNelson6563	Apr 2014	#83
I am 75 years and was an atheist	RebelOne	Apr 2014	#87
That's the way to do it.	rug	Apr 2014	#89
Factual Information. Isolation within the group and been the key to holding........	Bonhomme Richard	Apr 2014	#41
They can't sit still without technology that long. Plus, Americans don't want to be called sinful.	WinkyDink	Apr 2014	#48
For me...aliens, well maybe...	SoapBox	Apr 2014	#50
the religious right is rich and powerful	mountain grammy	Apr 2014	#51
Hypocrisy and Extremism	They_Live	Apr 2014	#52
I think it's coincidence	notadmblnd	Apr 2014	#55
"Ever notice how people who go to prison, get religion?"	yortsed snacilbuper	Apr 2014	#61
Regarding prison, I heard an interesting idea the other day	DireStrike	Apr 2014	#70
Yeh, I've read about religious programs in prisons too.	notadmblnd	Apr 2014	#75
I thought it was MTV	albino65	Apr 2014	#58
I'd have to see detailed survey data, but it'd be easy to draw an incorrect conclusion here	OmahaBlueDog	Apr 2014	#59
People can't afford religion anymore.	L0oniX	Apr 2014	#62
Thank God	wheniwasincongress	Apr 2014	#66
It is hard to indoctrinate people who are swallowing a firehose of information every day. nt	bemildred	Apr 2014	#67
I hope it is only a 1 inch	nadinbrzezinski	Apr 2014	#95
Or you could feed it into the other end. Sort of a bottle rocket.	bemildred	Apr 2014	#96
Maybe it's because people are finally realizing that religion is a bunch of crap.	Vashta Nerada	Apr 2014	#71
I don't care about religion anymore	kimbutgar	Apr 2014	#73
My rejection of religion	nilesobek	Apr 2014	#74
Yeah, same here. He never said anything to me, no skywriting, no messages at all.	Manifestor_of_Light	Apr 2014	#91
Now, THIS is truly good news for modern man	Tom Ripley	Apr 2014	#76
Losing religion or spirituality?	SomethingFishy	Apr 2014	#78
To me, it's really kinda sad	Jamaal510	Apr 2014	#88
There is a common sense answer for that. Because the rapture is coming soon and the anti-Christ	Douglas Carpenter	Apr 2014	#92

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