Rising Faith????

An interesting article, if a little one sided. As I understand it faith is not on the rise anywhere, even in America. The number of believers and non-believers in that country has been stable for quiet a while. In Europe belief is dying off, at least according to the Anglican church.

It is very easy to distort what is happening in the U.S. For a very long time matters of faith were not reported in the media. In fact you could say that the media was controlled and run by secular interests that did not choose to report the extent and depth of religion in the U.S.A.

In recent times the growing political power of Christians groups has led to a greater coverage of faith and faith based reporting. This gives the impression of a growing movement which I think is mistaken. I think we are seeing a growth in coverage not in actual numbers.

Non-believers in America have not responded effectively to this shift in media coverage. Philosophically there has been little change. I don't think the writers claims of dissolutionment really apply. A faith in humanity is not intrinsic to atheism. Perhaps a fresh approach will arise, could we be seeing it in the number of Christians who actually do not believe that God exists?

  

Gay Marriage

10 Best reasons Gay Marriage is wrong:

1. Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.

2. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

3. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

4. Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

5. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britany Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

6. Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

7. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

8. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

9. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.


This cracked me up, couldn't help but repost.