Atheism on the Decline; Paganism on the Rise

[Giancarlo]

One of those types who think the world is 6,000 years old...

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Mr. Nice Guy


The doctrine of JW's and Mormons is not true because it doesn't hold to the original Orthodox Christian teachings, but when it all comes down to it it's the individual that matters.

Better chuck out pagan inspired festivals then, if we're going to get back to 'original' Christianity. No more Christmas for you, no more Easter. No more nonsense about three wise men (who weren't kings, but astrologers, who we know are a class of men the Bible tells us are to be shunned and despised) and stables.




Which of the 57 varieties of 'original' Christianity would that be anyway ?

The Pauline Hellenized Judaic version, or the Jacobite Jewish leaning version ?


Would it be the Arian or Athanasian version ?


The 'organized' church or the Gnostic church ?


The arrogance of Christian sectaries, each of whom claims to have the 'true' or 'only' way never amazes me, because it we hear it so often now.

[Whaleboy]

Today however, 99.9% of all prophecy can theoretically be fulfilled through technological means and about 85% of it has already been fulfilled this way.

Yes of course! All you need to raise a corpse that probably never existed is a microwave oven and the Blue Man Group

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Mr. Nice Guy
Today however, 99.9% of all prophecy can theoretically be fulfilled through technological means and about 85% of it has already been fulfilled this way.

Except for the lunatical Revelations, which you so love, prophecies in other books are supposed to have been fulfilled centuries ago.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Mr. Nice Guy
Before the 19th century prophecy was not very well understood and scholars got it all wrong, mostly because back then almost all prophecies could not possibly be fulfilled without supernatural intervention.

Everyone, I want you to see this here. MNG just admitted I was correct and that he is not a true Christian. Victory is mine!

Laugh it up and you'll see yourself on my ignore list. Then you can just forget about having your little bit of fun debating with me.

I'm laughing at you because nothng I've said is hate-filled. You're just mad cuz I'm running rings around you factually.

[KrazyHorse]

Atheism is actually on a rather strong rise in Canada. I have no idea as to the worldwide numbers, but I doubt it's declining in Western Europe or Japan either. The rest of the world had very little atheism to start with, other than the US. Since the US doesn't keep track of religious choices of its citizens it would probably be hard to quantify.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


Except for the lunatical Revelations, which you so love, prophecies in other books are supposed to have been fulfilled centuries ago.

Most Biblical "prophecies" were fulfilled before the said "prophecies" were written, actually. Mighty convenient, eh?

[chequita guevara]

Atheism has never been very strong here, KH. We have been an exceptionally religious country since the Great Awakening in the early 19th Century. At best, there was a strong Deist following among the intelligencia of the founding generation.

[Urban Ranger]

@ Canada

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Most Biblical "prophecies" were fulfilled before the said "prophecies" were written, actually. Mighty convenient, eh?

Yup, it says here in How to Get Your Prophecies Right...

[KrazyHorse]

As a percentage of Canada's population 1991 first, 2001 second:

Christian of one form or another: 83.4 77.1
Jewish: 1.2 1.1
Muslim: 0.9 2.0
Buddhist: 0.6 1.0
Hindu: 0.6 0.9
Sikh: 0.5 0.9
No religious affiliation: 12.5 16.5

[KrazyHorse]

If current trends continue in about 15 years there will be more atheists than protestants in canada, and atheists will be the second largest group (behind catholics)

[St Leo]

Originally posted by Q Cubed

people who like Elton John don't know Black Sabbath. The two are mutually exclusive.

Actually, I like both.

I like neither.

[chequita guevara]

No religious affiliation doesn't necessarily mean atheist.

[KrazyHorse]

I know. I was going for shock value.

Significant minorities of that group are probably atheist, agnostic and individually spiritual/hippy bums.

[Last Conformist]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
No religious affiliation doesn't necessarily mean atheist.

Having an religious affiliation doesn't necessarily mean not being an atheist either.

In Sweden, over 80% of the population are members of the Church of Sweden. A recent poll found that 16% of the population believes in a personal God.