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why is christianity so loved?
I'm a 12 year old atheist girl. I'm not throwing shade to christians, because some of the ones I've met are good people, but why do people think christians are so perfect? In America, where I live every politician from Trump to Hillary has to profess their love for the bible to get a shot. Ted Cruz said he's a Christian first an American second. Imagine if a jewish person or a Muslim politician said that (as if Muslims have a chance) why is there god written on everything. Why must god be mentioned in the pledge? I've been called a "dumb shit" by someone for not believing when the evidence is "I have life" I responded I have life because my parents had sex. You see, Christians go around bashing everyone else's religion, then when we respond, we're close minded bigots and must drown in their Christian tears. A person I can't stand said it "makes sense" that I'm an atheist. This could either be regarding the fact I'm big on liberalism, or that I swear a lot. And here's another thing, how come with muslims lately, we are talking about banning them and making them wear special badges and closing down mosques for the action if isis (1% of muslims) why did we never talk about closing down churches after the crisis of priests molesting young boys, or banning Christians over the kkks, and making them wear badges because of the nazis, after all Hitler was catholic and stated his movement's christian (this stuff shouldn't happen to muslims or christians, don't get the wrong idea) and jewish people are the majority in religious hate crimes. I've met jewish people, muslims, atheists, and agnostic far more moral than some Christians. Also minorities like pagans, Jainism followers, hindus (mocked by people in bindis), etc are always getting attacked for being satanic? Why are Christians so loved and everyone else hated?
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I think alot of people fall into the Christian umbrella probably because its comfortable.
Usually when there is a majority the minorities get bashed or what I like to call it misunderstood.
I dont think someones religious beliefs excuses them from sin. Its quite possible you know more "bad" Christians because as I mentioned before they are the majority.
I believe that anyone is capable of sin.
I believe that all of our beliefs begin from our parents and then evolve with our life experiences and we choose what is best for us.
Unfortunately people do not take the time to understand each other and that is terrible.
Now you mentioned people being Satanic.
Regardless of your views on religion or on whether there is a God or not i think that one thing is clear..there are 2 sides.
Light and Darkness
People that work with light can be from any belief including Atheist.
There will always be a struggle with good and evil thats normal. The other ones you are referring to in regards to religious beliefs shouldnt be as dominant but thats the world we live in.
Dont get caught up in whats going on with Polititions and these Religious groups. Look with in your self.
I know you mentioned that you are here because your parents had sex and yes you are right. However if you study the process of having a baby and every step and how there is only a small window and there are so many factors that get in the way you will see that there is some type of magic there.
Anytime you feel or witness ANYTHING that cannot be explained that is God.
I am not trying to change your beliefs with one post but i encourage you to find your own path and ignore all the public bickering and see how you feel. It will take time but I guarantee that you will eventually believe in something.
Good luck to you and remember that you are good and regardless of the titles used to divide us, good works with light and bad works with dark. So the good and bad dispute will always be there.
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I'm a Mormon and 12. And we don't think we're perfect. At church meetings we talk about how we can become more perfect, but we do not think we are absolutely perfect. I bet Donald Trump thinks he's perfect tho
(This doesn't really answer your question but I just wanted to verify a few things)
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World history.
How Christianity became the dominant religion in the Western world is a difficult question to answer quickly, and why Protestantism became so dominant in America for so long, and now a more generic brand 'Christianity' has so much political clout gets even more complicated.
It's about immigration, it's about wealth, it's about wars and political strength and so much more. But in the end, it's about bigotry and fear.
For a long time, the majority of people in the US were Christian, the vast majority of those were some sort of Protestant Christian group. When other sorts of Christians immigrated to America, the Protestant Americans were not thrilled, and often discriminated against the Catholics who joined them here, and even against the sects that weren't seen as Protestant enough, like the Baptists and the Mormons.
As more and more different people started to arrive in America, these separate groups of Christians who used to fight one another, largely teamed up to maintain their political strength on issues like prayer in schools, abortion and traditional family values. Which is why now, in the US, we tend to talk about Christians as one large group, but a hundred years ago, Christians were split into dozens of groups that largely hated each other.
So, the best answer to your question is that Christianity has been, until recently, the religion of the majority of people in the US. So it's woven deeply into the culture in both good ways as well as bad ways. As it's becoming less and less the majority, who can get their way at the ballot box, many Christians are feeling threatened and are lashing out at others, believing they are being discriminated against because the privileges they have enjoyed because most of the people around believed they same thing they did, are eroding.
As a fellow atheist, I'd caution you not to get too wrapped up in the crimes of Christianity. Not because Christians haven't done terrible things. They have. And Christian faith has been used, and is being used today, to justify terrible things, but remember that the Buddhist monks basically enslaved the poor of Tibet and lived as kings for many centuries, and that the aboriginal tribes of North America waged bloody and terrible wars against one another with a great deal of frequency. All groups have behaved horribly, Christianity has just had the greatest power and the majority of people in America for the longest time, so we see it's crimes most clearly.
No religion, not Christianity, not Islam, are inherently violent. People are violent and hateful and bigoted in pursuit of power over others, not in the pursuit of religion. Religion is just a convenient and consistent excuse.
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The majority religion in the US is the Christian Religion. The country was founded by the decedents of the Pilgrims who were of the Christian faith. Judaism or the Jewish religion is the second largest religion in the US. While I doubt there will ever be a Jewish President there is hope after JFk and President Obama broke the barrier on Catholics' and a Black President.
I wish I had a good answer to your question. TO my way of thinking anyone who bashes another based on their religion or way of life is the bigoted ones. Religion in general is suppose to be a calming influence in one's life to give them a moral direction. The Judeo/Christian are very similar following two different versions of the same bible. The old and the new testament. Many religions have their base in one of these religions.
If everyone who says they are a god fearing ???? whatever followed the teachings of their church, temple or Mosque the world might just be a better place. But most people are only god fearing on the day they attend services. The rest of the week they pretty much make up the rules as they go along.
Based on what I have read by the questions you write I like the person you are becoming. You are open minded and self thinker. This is not a bad way to be. You don't take things just a face value you have people prove their worth to you.
The one thing you can improve upon, again based on your own words, is your swearing. You can actually make yourself heard better if you don't swear. People especially adults will listen to you if you don't swear.
Personal example. Before I retired I worked as a sales representative for a major manufacturer of hand tools. My job required me to make two different types of sales calls. Calls in the field to the people actually using my tools and to the purchasing departments of the stores well them. Now swearing and cursing in the field was acceptable. Swearing and cussing in the purchasing department of my distributors was not. so I decided the best thing was not to swear or cuss.
At a sales meeting one of the other sales reps mentioned to our regional manager, I was standing with them, that he has never heard me cuss. The sales manager said he has never heard me cuss either when he traveled with me. I said I know all the words and if you were ever at the fire station with me you might definitely hear me use them because the young kids don't move unless I do cuss at them. At work I don't cuss and as you see in my numbers it works because my number are better than yours.
That was true I led the region in sales almost every month both in sales numbers and percentage to quota. By not cussing people listened to me. I also spoke in a normal voice which got my message across.
There is nothing wrong in what you believe, mainly because it is your belief. To convince others you truly believe town down the rhetoric cussing and see what happens.
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