Some of us know how to distinguish the two but a new Gallup poll recently indicates that national confidence in religious institutions has gone down.
The article also goes on to mention that books by Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens are questioning religion “to varying degrees.”
Let’s be clear about Dawkins and Hitchens. They flat-out denounce God, not just religion. Dawkins is blathering about scientific proof while he admits to opponents that he himself in unsure of “how it all began.”
I know that articles and this poll will give atheists a smile thinking that somehow their “Dawkins movement” is working.
But let’s be clear. While some Americans may be disappointed in religious institutions these days and do not attend church regularly, 86% of them do indeed hold a firm belief in God as noted by Gallup as well just two months ago.
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When people talk on the one hand about ‘Brotherly Love” and on the other about “smiting the enemy” – in a time when real danger is almost completely nonsense – you’ve got to figure ‘religious institutions’ know which side of their bread is buttered very well.
No actually, Christianity teaches to turn the other cheek. But churches aren’t conducting national security issues and people who want to blow us up have made it pretty clear that they aren’t our brothers.
Monte Asbury’s Blog and View From the Bridge at Clapsotronics have a couple of posts up you might find different from the run-of-the-mill dreck.
I find it ironic Dems are called cowards when the GOP are pissing their drawers over a scenario that should never have happened, let alone repeat.
Without going anywhere near the 9/11 conspiracy crowd I can point you at tonight’s article at BlueGirlRedState (Global Citizen ) for a military view very much at odds with the outlook you seem to go with.Links at my BlogRoll.
“I find it ironic Dems are called cowards when the GOP are pissing their drawers over a scenario that should never have happened, let alone repeat.”
Then tell the Dems to quit crying. Moreover; your post is thought-provoking yet it’s very general. Mind elaborating?
I’ll check the link out.
Steve : Not everybody is just interested in ‘winning an argument’ or bashing a particular party with brickbats. Frankly, I don’t have much interest in that. What does is people who want to try a philosophy as a filter for perceptions. I figure I’ve drawn the wrong conclusion from a sequence of events more than once : the idea of preconceiving my reactions isn’t something that reassures me as to the accuracy of subsequent analysis. So…why ?