Zone1 Belief in God drops to 81 percent

[metalwolf]

And then we grew up. Not you.

In 1973 Homosexuality was removed from being a mental disorder.

In 1973, APA Removed Homosexuality From List of Mental Illnesses

Forty-four years ago today, the American Psychiatric Association made history by issuing a resolution stating that homosexuality was not a mental illness or sickness.

www.hrc.org

And looks like according to this at one time or another it was considered a mental condition to have a gun shot wound or to read a novel.

 

[The Irish Ram]

No, it's where most people end up, if they are NOT groomed and brainwashed as children by the various cults.

You deny it even when it comes right out of their mouths:

Grooming:
“When we American college teachers encounter Christians we do our best to convince these students of the benefit of secularization".

It explains who is doing the grooming, where it is taking place and who the target is. They couldn't be more clear on their behavior against Christianity...

 

[surada]

You deny it even when it comes right out of their mouths:

Grooming:
“When we American college teachers encounter Christians we do our best to convince these students of the benefit of secularization.

It explains who is doing the grooming, where it is taking place and who the target is. They couldn't be more clear on their behavior against Christianity...

You think one college teacher speaks for all?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

You deny it even when it comes right out of their mouths:

Grooming:
“When we American college teachers encounter Christians we do our best to convince these students of the benefit of secularization.

It explains who is doing the grooming, where it is taking place and who the target is. They couldn't be more clear on their behavior against Christianity...

Actually, that only came out of one mouth. A cherry picked quote from one person, propped up by a childish, elementary fallacy of over generalization.

But religious extremists are not know for their grasp of logic.

 

[JustAGuy1]

The Bible was never taken literally until the Darbyites.

That's a lie. Find me a quote from the time of the death of Christ.....oh wait, you don't believe in that. Find me a quote from Christ's contemporaries that they did not take what they wrote literally. Hell find me something from Augustine that he didn't take it literally.

 

[surada]

That's a lie. Find me a quote from the time of the death of Christ.....oh wait, you don't believe in that. Find me a quote from Christ's contemporaries that they did not take what they wrote literally. Hell find me something from Augustine that he didn't take it literally.

Nope. There were Christians long before there was a Bible.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

That's a lie. Find me a quote from the time of the death of Christ.....oh wait, you don't believe in that. Find me a quote from Christ's contemporaries that they did not take what they wrote literally. Hell find me something from Augustine that he didn't take it literally.

Church father Origen (184-253 CE), due to his familiarity with reading and interpreting Hellenistic literature, taught that some parts of the Bible ought to be interpreted non-literally. Concerning the Genesis account of creation, he wrote: "who is so silly as to believe that God ... planted a paradise eastward in Eden, and set in it a visible and palpable tree of life ... [and] anyone who tasted its fruit with his bodily teeth would gain life?" He also believed that such hermeneutics should be applied to the gospel accounts as well.[12]

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

JustAGuy1

Augustine explicitly said, repeatedly, that much of it should be regarded as metaphor.

You don't know a thing about him, do you?

 

[JustAGuy1]

Nope. There were Christians long before there was a Bible.

All you have is your word, it reveals you to be a liar. The Bible has ALWAYS (by main stream Christendom) been taken literally. You are not a Christian honey.

 

[surada]

All you have is your word, it reveals you to be a liar. The Bible has ALWAYS (by main stream Christendom) been taken literally. You are not a Christian honey.

There was no Bible until 325 AD.

 

[JustAGuy1]

There was no Bible until 325 AD.

The writings were all there, why do you hate God? It has always been taken literally. Well except for the heretics like you of course. Can you show me where Paul did not take Revelation as literal? Surely you something writing from him?

 

[surada]

JustAGuy1

Augustine explicitly said, repeatedly, that much of it should be regarded as metaphor.

You don't know a thing about him, do you?

The Bible is poetry, prose, metaphors, allegories, letters, essays, laws and a little history.

 

[boedicca]

Lowest level in US history and down 10 percent in the last decade

Belief in God in U.S. Dips to 81%, a New Low

Eighty-one percent of U.S. adults say they believe in God, down six percentage points from 2017 and the lowest in Gallup's trend.

news.gallup.com

God is still more than twice as popular as Plugs Xiden!

 

[JustAGuy1]

The Bible is poetry, prose, metaphors, allegories, letters, essays, laws and a little history.

In that case it would do you no more good than Emerson's Essay's.

 

[surada]

The writings were all there, why do you hate God? It has always been taken literally. Well except for the heretics like you of course. Can you show me where Paul did not take Revelation as literal? Surely you something writing from him?

You're 21 years old and have no education plus you come from some sad Fundy background.

 

[The Irish Ram]

You think one college teacher speaks for all?

He was quite comfortable using the plural of teacher when explaining there was a bias. It is pervasive in the college arena.

James Madison University in Virginia is training student employees to recognize that people who identify as male, straight, cisgender, or Christian are "oppressors" that engage in the "systematic subjugation" of other social groups.
Muslims can throw gays off of buildings, yet it's the Christian that is oppressive.

 

[surada]

He was quite comfortable using the plural of teacher when explaining there was a bias. It is pervasive in the college arena.

James Madison University in Virginia is training student employees to recognize that people who identify as male, straight, cisgender, or Christian are "oppressors" that engage in the "systematic subjugation" of other social groups.
Muslims can throw gays off of buildings, yet it's the Christian that is oppressive.

ISIS threw gays off buildings.

 

[The Irish Ram]

Actually, that only came out of one mouth. A cherry picked quote from one person, propped up by a childish, elementary fallacy of over generalization.

But religious extremists are not know for their grasp of logic.

xxxx-edited-meister. It is widespread. The universities are of one accord.

The American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) is currently representing two students who were denied admission to the Radiation Therapy Program at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC): Brandon Jenkins and Dustin Buxton. These students, who were acting out their Christian faith by seeking to serve the hurting and the sick, were brazenly refused admission because of their professed belief in God.

One student, Brandon, was denied admission because when asked in an admissions interview what was the most important thing in his life, he replied simply, “My God.” In rejecting his application, Radiation Therapy Program Director Dr. Dougherty informed Brandon, “I understand that religion is a major part of your life. . . however, this field is not the place for religion. . . . If you interview in the future, you may want to leave your thoughts and beliefs out of the interview process.” The college unapologetically doubled down on this sentiment, stating that Dr. Dougherty’s statement “is not bad advice,” and that students, when interviewing for secular positions, would be better advised to “have a concrete reason for wanting to undertake the training at hand than to say only that God directed one to do it.” (For more on Brandon’s case, click here). This situation is almost unbelievable, but unfortunately Brandon isn’t alone.

Dustin was similarly denied admission to CCBC’s Radiation Therapy Program because when asked about the guiding principle in his life during his interview process, he answered simply, “My faith.” Dr. Dougherty scored the Christian student’s interview low because “He [Dustin] also brought up religion a great deal during the interview.” When we notified the college of its discriminatory conduct, rather than apologizing for their clearly discriminatory decision, CCBC instead retaliated by placing an eighty-five year hold on Dustin’s account, forbidding him from registering for any classes. (For more on Dustin’s case, click here).

We’re in federal court in both of these cases. This college’s anti-Christian discrimination is not only unconscionable, it’s unconstitutional. However, this college is far from alone in its attack on Christian students.

Sadly, we are seeing a rise of instances across the country in which students at public universities and colleges are being unjustly discriminated against because of their professed Christian faith. Audrey Jarvis, a student at Sonoma State University in California, was asked by a university administrator to remove her cross necklace during orientation because it could potentially offend others. In Florida, at Polk State College, a professor gave a student zeros on several assignments because the student refused to agree with the professor’s anti-Christian bias. The course syllabus even stated, “[t]he point of this is not to ‘bash’ any religion, we should NEVER favor one over another, they all come from the same source, HUMAN IMAGINATION….”

At Florida Atlantic University, a student was reportedly ordered to write the name of “Jesus” on a piece of paper and stomp on it. A student at Eastern Michigan University was expelled for expressing her faith in a counseling program.

Likewise, a student at the University of Wisconsin was informed by her professor that “[r]eligious contemplations and the bible [sic] belong to a different realm and not academic sources. So your argumentation along Christian lines . . . are [sic] inappropriate for this presentation. I will not allow you to present unless you change this. You will also fail your presentation if your [sic] discuss religion in connection with it.”

Additionally, Christian organizations are being removed from public university campuses. California State universities have effectively evicted Christian organizations from university campuses

 

[The Irish Ram]

ISIS threw gays off buildings.

Were they Muslim when they did it?
Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Syria, lash, beat and imprison gays. Some kill them..

 

[surada]

Were they Muslim when they did it?

ISIS? They're the enemy of all Muslims.