Sparky

Can you link this?

I wanna see how they took this poll

djchameleon

ROFL. This is an interesting read if anyone wants to follow it.

They tweeted the story/account of one follower live up til the rapture and then his reaction to the rapture not happening

Apocalypse Live: Follow ex-MTA worker Robert Fitzpatrick as he prepares for Rapture



lol love that pic.

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Janszoon

He thinks his plants are going to be left alone soon so he doesn't water them? What an asshole.

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Burning Down

All the true believers were like quitting their jobs and selling all their assets and **** over this. Now they're screwed!! Payback for believing in crazy things!

Janszoon

I wish religious people in general would learn something from this but, sadly, I doubt they will.

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TheBig3

I'm sure you've all seen this, but I thought it was ****ing fantastic:

Why The Rapture Isn't Happening [PIC]

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RVCA

That's actually a falsehood. I've studied religion in America and people seem to think, as a nation, we started out super-religious and have increasingly become secular as the years passed-- this is simply untrue. When the founders wrote the nation's Constitution, they specified that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States." (Article 6, section 3) This provision was radical in its day-- giving equal citizenship to believers and non-believers alike. They wanted to ensure that no single religion could make the claim of being the official, national religion, such as England had. Nowhere in the Constitution does it mention religion, except in exclusionary terms. It mentions "We The People". The words "Jesus Christ, Christianity, Bible, and God" are never mentioned in the Constitution-- not once.

The Declaration of Independence gives us important insight into the opinions of the Founding Fathers. Thomas Jefferson wrote that the power of the government is derived from the governed. Up until that time, it was claimed that kings ruled nations by the authority of God. The Declaration was a radical departure from the idea of divine authority. It was a letter from the Colonies to the English King, stating their intentions to seperate themselves. The Declaration is not a governing document. It mentions "Nature's God" and "Divine Providence"-- that's the language of Deism, not Christianity.

The 1796 treaty with Tripoli states that the United States was "in no sense founded on the Christian religion". This was not an idle statement, meant to satisfy muslims-- they believed it and meant it. This treaty was written under the presidency of George Washington and signed under the presidency of John Adams.

And if you examine what poll data we having going back to the 1800's, you'll see that the numbers of the religious among the American public has only been growing, not decreasing. Most people don't even know that things like "In God We Trust" on the dollar bill and "Under God" in the national anthem did not initially exist and were only added years and years after the country was founded.

If you click the percentage in the original post...

Alfred

What would they learn?

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Janszoon

Maybe they would learn to apply some critical thinking to outrageous claims.

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djchameleon

critical thinking and faith don't mix.

Okay, it wasn't founded on Christianity but those years later it grew enough to the point where they were placed in things like "In God We Trust" and "Under God" into national things.

I don't know why the 41% surprised you though with the big bible belt in the middle of the country.

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Fame, fortune, power, titties. People say these are the most crucial things in life, but you can have a pocket full o' gold and it doesn't mean sh*t if you don't have someone to share that gold with. Seems simple. Yet it's an important lesson to learn. Even lone wolves run in packs sometimes.