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Evangelicals Fear the Loss of Their Teenagers
- Thread starter ZZZzzzzzzz
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Then I should have been more careful in detail. The "you" in that regard, was reference to those theists , who like evangelicals, do demand a right to an already institutionalized religion remaining and further being increased.Quote from spect8or:
I've never once claimed nor even intimated that I have such a right.
However, it is somewhat excusable as demonstrated here where the first person you and "our" is made misleading...
Quote from spect8or:
Go and reread your own posts stu. It is my (our) beliefs you begrudge.
Our beliefs? Whose do you mean. Those evangelicals who use their beliefs to demand rights? Theists in general? or Muslims?
If I am guilty of inferring you profess a right which you do not, then you are equally if not more so, for categorically and wrongly stating what it is beliefs I begrudge , even though I spelt out it is not so. Never anywhere have I claimed nor intimated that I begrudge such things.
Now why don't you go reread your (our) posts.
Demanding a removal of all exsiting theistic institutions and/or their influence and role in a society, is in effect, to demand instutionalization of atheism.
Quote from stu:
Then I should have been more careful in detail. The "you" in that regard, was reference to those theists , who like evangelicals, do demand a right to an already institutionalized religion remaining and further being increased.
However, it is somewhat excusable as demonstrated here where the first person you and "our" is made misleading...
Our beliefs? Whose do you mean. Those evangelicals who use their beliefs to demand rights? Theists in general? or Muslims?
If I am guilty of inferring you profess a right which you do not, then you are equally if not more so, for categorically and wrongly stating what it is beliefs I begrudge , even though I spelt out it is not so. Never anywhere have I claimed nor intimated that I begrudge such things.
Now why don't you go reread your (our) posts.
<b>ZZZZZZzzzz</b>, thank you for sharing that post about the MTV Generation teen movement. Add to the profile that most of them are fat/obese, smoking - drinking - drug - abuse and zero exersize along the way. In addition to that, most of them want their own Bentley and CD contract by 18... just like lil' bow wow did.
On a personal note, I am utterly amazed at your productivity of posts here. If my math is right, 30 months registered ~ 13,839 posts = an average of 461.3 entries per month or 15.37 per day, every day.
I don't mean that observation any other way than personal amazement... you are prolific here!
Very Best Wishes,
Austin
On a personal note, I am utterly amazed at your productivity of posts here. If my math is right, 30 months registered ~ 13,839 posts = an average of 461.3 entries per month or 15.37 per day, every day.
I don't mean that observation any other way than personal amazement... you are prolific here!
Very Best Wishes,
Austin
Quote from spect8or:
I'd confidently guess they're gaining more in recruits than what they're losing to secularism.
What about liberals, though? Those suckers are breeding themselves out of existence. (Births below replacement rate.) Good. Couldn't happen to a more deserving group of people.
Devolution...yahoo! Soon you troglogdytes will be growing fins again and taking to the swamp. Life will be good again then.
Quote from vhehn:
i think its simpler than this. religion is driving youth away from the churches.
i go to a large baptist type church to keep my wife happy. at my church you are not a "real" christian unless you believe these things:
god made the earth 6000 years ago just as you see it today
god made man from dust
god made woman from a mans rib
the bible is the inerrant word of god and every word of it is accurate right down to the punctuation.
satan roams the earth trying to trick people
evolution is a giant conspiricy by scientists to deny gods word.
jesus will return any day now.
once there was a great worldwide flood where god killed every living thing.
noah collected 2 of every animal and put them in a giant boat to ride out the flood.
unless you believe all these things god will burn you forever in a giant pit of fire somewhere in the center of the earth.
god sent himself to earth to kill himself to save us from gods wrath.
ect. ect.
really i ask you. how can you sell this nonsense to educated youth today and expect them to take what you say seriously?
Armed fanatics like bush believe it. Surely he cares about your enlightened point of view?
Quote from acronym:
vhehn, just out of curiosity-what would happen , if you stopped going to this church?
If you said, "well, its just not for me", what would happen?
nothing would happen. i would stop going but my wife asks me to go with her since she still believes, so i go. no big deal. i am immune to the emotional tweaking and i am curious to observe how the delusion continues.