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37. Huge kudos to you for attending the Moral Monday events!

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 07:10 PM

Jul 2013

I am so impressed with this movement and glad that it is getting at least some press coverage.

One of the problems the religious progressives and liberals have had it getting any coverage.

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The Rise Of The Religious Left: Religious Progressives Will Soon Outnumber Conservatives [View all] R Merm Jul 2013 OP

My wife keeps wanting me to attend the Promise Keepers conference this weekend exboyfil Jul 2013 #1

Good for you! calimary Jul 2013 #2

No one that values equality for all Americans should ever set foot in Promise Breakers meeting dbackjon Jul 2013 #24

Don't forget what Promise Keepers did IrishAyes Jul 2013 #49

Beverly Russell? exboyfil Jul 2013 #61

Sorry, that was so long ago I don't remember the names, and such a well known news story IrishAyes Jul 2013 #62

Thanks for the info exboyfil Jul 2013 #64

Without googling, I believe the mother's name was No Vested Interest Jul 2013 #68

Let me tell you about a PK hypocrite I once met. Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2013 #71

Bullshit. Atman Jul 2013 #3

Are you dismissing the results of the survey? cbayer Jul 2013 #5

Yes. Atman Jul 2013 #7

Based on what? cbayer Jul 2013 #8

If it makes believing nonsense trendy and cool and popular, then yes from me NoOneMan Jul 2013 #14

It doesn't make being a believer any of those things. cbayer Jul 2013 #28

+1 R Merm Jul 2013 #36

Huge kudos to you for attending the Moral Monday events! cbayer Jul 2013 #37

A lot of atheists sneer at the religious left IrishAyes Jul 2013 #50

Some of them do more than sneer - they actively attack them. cbayer Jul 2013 #52

Well, perhaps the atheists' militant wing IrishAyes Jul 2013 #59

I wouldn't personally take it that far, lol, cbayer Jul 2013 #60

You're reading much more into it than what's there Gman Jul 2013 #12

What specifically leads you to believe that premise, and hence, denying the survey as valid? LanternWaste Jul 2013 #18

It contradicted the poster's own biases, that's what. Naughty survey! IrishAyes Jul 2013 #51

But I thought Progressives were satan worshipers????? Iliyah Jul 2013 #4

No, we worship (and presumably elect) Satin! kentauros Jul 2013 #48

"Religion has long been co-opted by religious conservatives as a vehicle for political gain, but pampango Jul 2013 #6

As long as they amb123 Jul 2013 #9

They will. Igel Jul 2013 #11

What if instead they support the 1st amendment's prohibition on government establishing 24601 Jul 2013 #16

The progressive and liberal religious people I know are also secularists. cbayer Jul 2013 #32

Who is Public Religion Research Institute? longship Jul 2013 #10

EJ Dionne is one of the authors of the study deutsey Jul 2013 #15

I posted this in Religion yesterday. Here's a link to their press release. cbayer Jul 2013 #29

Looks good. Thanks, friend. ;) nt longship Jul 2013 #33

Oh, we will see NoOneMan Jul 2013 #13

I don't believe in fairy tales. I believe in God! hrmjustin Jul 2013 #21

Zeus or Apollo? NoOneMan Jul 2013 #22

The Christian God. The Holy Trinity. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #23

Oh Yahweh? He's the one that made a man live in a whale, right? NoOneMan Jul 2013 #25

I said you have the right to believe it is a fairy tale but I disagree with you. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #26

. R Merm Jul 2013 #39

Those damn reindeer bullies... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #40

Well said. IrishAyes Jul 2013 #55

No evolved/educated person takes those stories to be necessarily literal. IrishAyes Jul 2013 #54

There are tens of millions of Americans who DO think this stuff is the literal truth. Arugula Latte Jul 2013 #65

Well, even Mark Twain couldn't always be right. IrishAyes Jul 2013 #67

Good on you. IrishAyes Jul 2013 #53

What a load. I am assuming you think that of all progressive religious leaders, than. cbayer Jul 2013 #30

.... NMDemDist2 Jul 2013 #17

Groups like my synagogue. iandhr Jul 2013 #19

my Xtian born again friend worked for Obama this time around wordpix Jul 2013 #20

And hopefully non-believers will soon Zoeisright Jul 2013 #27

Never going to happen, imo, so cbayer Jul 2013 #31

"We"? JNelson6563 Jul 2013 #34

I am part of what religious community, Julie? cbayer Jul 2013 #35

Stick around. Please. IrishAyes Jul 2013 #56

Why would it "never" happen? The trendlines are going in a postiive direction in the Arugula Latte Jul 2013 #43

While I agree that more people are identifying as atheists cbayer Jul 2013 #44

From this: Arugula Latte Jul 2013 #45

If you go to the data, you will see that 24%, not 42%, clearly identify as atheist. cbayer Jul 2013 #47

We non-believing Unitarians are bound for world domination! displacedtexan Jul 2013 #38

I would give almost anything IrishAyes Jul 2013 #57

I have been a UU since 1979. Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2013 #70

How do religious progressives feel about Enthusiast Jul 2013 #41

Surveys I have seen show that belief is creationism is strongly correlated with cbayer Jul 2013 #46

I for one can assure you IrishAyes Jul 2013 #58

Not soon enough for me... truebluegreen Jul 2013 #42

Soon? how soon? darkangel218 Jul 2013 #63

Bwahahahaha! nt ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #66

Until they own a thousand radio stations, won't make a bit of difference Doctor_J Jul 2013 #69