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5 Signs That America Is Moving Away from Religion

Sep 28, 2011 23:40

5 Signs That America Is Moving Away from Religion
Source - Alternet
By Tana Ganeva
Sept 28th, 2011

If you look closely there are promising signs that American attitudes are changing in a way that may blunt the impact of religion on politics and culture.In between bragging about the number of people they've killed and vilifying gay soldiers, the ( Read more... )

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anolinde September 29 2011, 04:37:24 UTC

On a lighter note, it looks like increasing numbers of Americans are looking to jettison religion out of their marriages as well. The Washington Post reported last week that more Americans are choosing wedding ceremonies without the trappings of religion, including the clergy. Reporter Michele Boorstein finds a crew of college friends who officiate at each other's weddings.

If I ever get married, this is how I'm doing it. =D

popehippo September 29 2011, 04:42:48 UTC

I didn't even know you COULD do that.

kangofu September 29 2011, 04:50:41 UTC

Yup, you can get ordained for a day (or longer?). My cousins had a good friend officiate their wedding. She did a great job. :)

doe_witch September 29 2011, 06:22:12 UTC

notgarystu and I got married by five friends. We did the legal marriage with a Justice of the Peace, to keep the state uninvolved with our true commitment, but for the ritualized/symbolic ceremony we decided to just have friends do it. It fucking rocked.

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one_hoopy_frood September 29 2011, 04:57:52 UTC

You know, other than the way Christianity is completely dominating the political landscape from being used as an excuse to discriminate against Muslims, dictate women's bodies through abortion and abstinence-only education, and stop evolution being taught in school. Forgive me if I give less of a fuck about the little things when the people in power are every bit as religious as ever.

one_hoopy_frood September 29 2011, 05:01:45 UTC

*every bit as religious as ever and interested in forcing the most extreme aspects of said religion on the American people for their own purposes, I should say.

homasse September 29 2011, 05:08:23 UTC

Thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis.

hola_meg_a_cola September 29 2011, 05:24:09 UTC

mte. It doesn't matter if the 99% are becoming less religious- rich/powerful people still are.

edited to fix my obvious grammar mistake (it's bed time for me)

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homasse September 29 2011, 05:13:05 UTC

"a group comprised of vehement atheists, agnostics or people without religious affiliation."

...why is "atheist" the only one with an adjective? And, y'know...not all atheists are automatically "vehement." Some of them just, y'know...don't believe in God. That's not inherently "vehement." :/

jasonbeast September 29 2011, 05:40:12 UTC

Well, the way it's used, "vehement" could also be the modifier for the other two nouns.

homasse September 29 2011, 06:02:52 UTC

So that would mean only "vehement" atheists, agnostics, and people without affiliation" would be "nones." That puts the non-vehement where, exactly?

jasonbeast September 29 2011, 06:33:10 UTC

Eh, okay, good point.

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Speaking as an atheist/ non-theist... hinoema September 29 2011, 07:29:15 UTC

...I don't really want religion to go away. I just want insincere people to stop using it as a blunt instrument to promote hatred and oppress anyone who threatens their power, especially when they use a government office to do so.

Re: Speaking as an atheist/ non-theist... shadownlite September 29 2011, 08:20:26 UTC

I agree with this as a person who is "spiritual but not religious".

If someone wants to be religious...good for them. Just stop with all the beating people over the heads with it, telling people what to believe, and trying to tell them how to live their lives.

Re: Speaking as an atheist/ non-theist... azetburcaptain September 29 2011, 08:43:42 UTC

I agree with this and am an agnostic. I don't like organized religion for th

Re: Speaking as an atheist/ non-theist... azetburcaptain September 29 2011, 08:43:53 UTC

*that reason.

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acmeeoy September 29 2011, 12:42:28 UTC

As an agnostic, I always get the feeling when reading these types of articles are mostly talking about Christianity and not much about other faiths. Since America has a major Christian population that makes sense, but why not specify that as "5 Signs That America Is Moving Away from Christianity?"

IDK, I like things to be specific.

My mom struggled to accept I won't be joining the church since it's very important to her but she eventually accepted it. She only suggests I joined the progressive churches out there whenever I go off on a subject, which is nice but still annoying.