Fox News Poll: Christians feeling attacked :(

[Blake]

The poll finds that among white evangelical Christians, a large 81-percent majority says Christianity is under attack, and more than two-thirds feel religion is losing influence in the country (67 percent).

The numbers are almost as high among Protestants: 68 percent say Christianity is under attack and 59 percent see religion losing ground. *Among Catholics: 54 percent say Christianity is being attacked and 50 percent say religious influence is waning. *Overall, nearly a third of voters say they attend religious services at least once a week (31 percent). *Most show up less often: 12 percent attend almost every week, 13 percent once a month, 23 percent seldom and 18 percent never. *Among weekly attenders, 73 percent believe Christianity is under attack and 59 percent say religion is losing influence. *Republicans are 45 percentage points more likely than Democrats to feel Christianity is under attack (80 percent vs. 35 percent). *

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/07/21/fox-news-poll-christians-feel-under-attack/

[Blake]

Poor persecuted wasps.

Times are tough.

[Spurminator]

Entitlement mentality.

[boutons_deux]

Bible humpers make up shit and it becomes their reality.

truth seekers! :lol

[Oh, Gee!!]

spiritual warfare is easy to assert, difficult to disprove.

[Blake]

Eh, the Bible is easy enough to disprove as being the infallible word of gawd

[DarrinS]

You'd never know if from reading cuck's non-Christianity threads

[Clipper Nation]

You'll never see the cuck making threads about how Muslim immigrants in Europe feel slighted when their new home countries don't immediately change their cultures to become the third-world shitholes they just left, though.

:lol Fake "atheist"
:lol Hides behind atheism when he really just hates Christianity
:lol The guy who cucked him must have been a devout Christian

[boutons_deux]

Christian Taliban supremacists are pissed that their strategy of imposing their Biblical fantasies, ethics, morals, hate, discrimination on, persecution of everybody else is getting push back.

[Trill Clinton]

White christians are the worst.

[DarrinS]

White christians are the worst.

naturally

[DarrinS]

except white evangelicals helped end slavery

[boutons_deux]

except white evangelicals helped end slavery

The SOUTHERN Baptist Convention was created in support of slavery.

[Blake]

You'll never see the cuck making threads about how Muslim immigrants in Europe feel slighted when their new home countries don't immediately change their cultures to become the third-world shitholes they just left, though.

:lol Fake "atheist"
:lol Hides behind atheism when he really just hates Christianity
:lol The guy who cucked him must have been a devout Christian

We'll see you propping up straw men in all of my threads tho


The guy who cucked him must have been a devout Christian

Do you read what you write before clicking the post reply button

[Blake]

except white evangelicals helped end slavery

Lol disingenuous per the ol par

some helped end it, some helped endorse it


Whereas an earlier generation of evangelical preachers had opposed slavery in the South during the early nineteenth century, Protestant clergymen began to defend the institution, invoking a Christian hierarchy in which slaves were bound to obey their masters. For many slaveholders, this outlook not only made evangelical Christianity more palatable, but also provided a strong argument for converting slaves and establishing biracial churches.*Revival Meeting. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division.Even so, with much of the religious life of the slave community existing as an "invisible institution," beyond the purview of whites or formal churches, white control over African-American religious practices and spiritual beliefs was limited. Slave preachers might emphasize the need for obedience to the master while whites were present, but among other slaves they reformulated their teachings, emphasizing themes of suffering and redemption......

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/experience/religion/history2.html

[Trill Clinton]

except white evangelicals helped end slavery


The SOUTHERN Baptist Convention was created in support of slavery.


http://thememesfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/1235462_10151603392301681_1027968550_n1.jpg

[Trill Clinton]

naturally

if there was one spot open in heaven and it came down to me and you, God would let me in. word.

[Spurminator]

except white evangelicals helped end slavery

Not the ones at the church you would have most likely gone to.

No offense.

[baseline bum]

The SOUTHERN Baptist Convention was created in support of slavery.

Holy shit, I never knew this, but I can't say it's at all surprising. :lol

[DarrinS]

Not the ones at the church you would have most likely gone to.

No offense.


What church would I attend if I attended church? You seem to think you know.

[101A]

Poor persecuted wasps.

Times are tough.


Entitlement mentality.


Bible humpers


truth seekers! :lol


Christian Taliban supremacists


Eh, the Bible is easy enough to disprove as being the infallible word of gawd


Biblical fantasies


White christians are the worst.

Irony.

[Blake]

Irony.

poor persecuted Christians

[DarrinS]

poor persecuted Christians

poor cuck

[Spurminator]

What church would I attend if I attended church? You seem to think you know.

That was unnecessarily personal, I apologize.

However, the "white Christians helped end slavery / marched with MLK" thing has been bandied about exhaustively by people from churches and denominations who almost certainly would have opposed the end of those things. It's like if the church I grew up in, in 50 years, bragged that Christians helped bring mainstream acceptance to homosexuals and gay marriage because of how Episcopalians and other more liberal denominations have treated it.

[lakerhaterade]

poor cuck
:lmao

[Clipper Nation]

poor cuck
:lol

[lakerhaterade]

After every thread like this I just sit here and think poor ol neglected daughter:cry

[Sportcamper]

White christians are the worst.

Not nice Trill...

http://www.murphsplace.com/crowe/braddock/images8/giamatti2.jpg

[Spurminator]

Irony.

I'm not proud to be quoted with boutons and I certainly don't have a daily vendetta against Christianity seeing as I still regularly attend church, but it's hard to argue that a huge segment of Christians, including most of those in this poll, have an entitlement mentality when it comes to government validation of their beliefs. Whenever laws move away from codifying Christian principles like traditional marriage, the response is that the faith is under attack. And it's not hard to imagine what the response would be if churches were ever seriously threatened with losing their tax benefits (entitlements). I doubt we'll see that in our lifetimes though.

[Blake]

poor cuck

Nope, I don't feel attacked by you calling me cuck. This is just a messageboard.

[Blake]

I'm not proud to be quoted with boutons and I certainly don't have a daily vendetta against Christianity seeing as I still regularly attend church, but it's hard to argue that a huge segment of Christians, including most of those in this poll, have an entitlement mentality when it comes to government validation of their beliefs. Whenever laws move away from codifying Christian principles like traditional marriage, the response is that the faith is under attack. And it's not hard to imagine what the response would be if churches were ever seriously threatened with losing their tax benefits (entitlements). I doubt we'll see that in our lifetimes though.

refreshingly well spoken

[Blake]

After every thread like this I just sit here and think poor ol neglected daughter:cry

When you show up just to talk about me, while I'm out and about typing this on my phone, I'm thinking rofl you sitting there obsessed with me

[vy65]

The poll finds that among white evangelical Christians, a large 81-percent majority says Christianity is under attack, and more than two-thirds feel religion is losing influence in the country (67 percent).

What's wrong with those numbers? You don't think evangelical Christianity is under attack? Or that the country is getting less religious?

I think evangelical Christians are idiots, but they're probably suffering a non-negligible amount of discrimination.

[boutons_deux]

What's wrong with those numbers? You don't think evangelical Christianity is under attack? Or that the country is getting less religious?

I think evangelical Christians are idiots, but they're probably suffering a non-negligible amount of discrimination.

:lol holy shit

list the "attacks" on Christians. :lol

[vy65]

:lol holy shit

list the "attacks" on Christians. :lol

Is Evangelical Christianity gaining or losing popular acceptance?

[Spurminator]

Is Evangelical Christianity gaining or losing popular acceptance?

Christian influence on our laws is losing popular acceptance. That's quite different from Christianity being under attack. Christianity's existence is not dependent on validation through theocracy.

[Blake]

What's wrong with those numbers? You don't think evangelical Christianity is under attack? Or that the country is getting less religious?

I think evangelical Christians are idiots, but they're probably suffering a non-negligible amount of discrimination.

Lol.

I think when gays get married that a lot of Christians feel a phantom kick in the nuts

[vy65]

Christian influence on our laws is losing popular acceptance. That's quite different from Christianity being under attack. Christianity's existence is not dependent on validation through theocracy.

Is there a difference between mainstream Christianity and evangelicalism?

[vy65]

Lol.

I think when gays get married that a lot of Christians feel a phantom kick in the nuts

You just love living vicariously, don't you?

[Blake]

You just love living vicariously, don't you?

Neh, I'm looking at the outrage from preachers and loling at their pain

[vy65]

Neh, I'm looking at the outrage from preachers and loling at their pain

Why? Do you have nothing better to do or lol at?

[boobie4three]

Christian bakers! They're the REAL bane of society.

They must be destroyed! ..WHO'S WITH ME?





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[ElNono]

:lol I was wondering when somebody was going to bring up the bakers in this thread

[boutons_deux]

Is Evangelical Christianity gaining or losing popular acceptance?

"losing popularity" isn't "attacks" :lol

[TeyshaBlue]

This is hardly surprising to anyone with a room temperature IQ. Contemporary Christians are watching the erosion of what was once societal norms ie prayers in school, prayers before games, religious displays, etc. As the country and our society continues to move to a more secular mode, it's not surprising that Christians feel some form of persecution, whether it's really persecution or not.

[Blake]

Why? Do you have nothing better to do or lol at?

I can spare a few minutes out of the day to lol at Christians that cry about gays and the government attacking them.

Do you have nothing better to do than to be on this board discussing my thoughts?

[Blake]

Christian bakers! They're the REAL bane of society.

They must be destroyed! ..WHO'S WITH ME?





http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v186/krakee/Cake_zpswc9h9gh7.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/krakee/media/Cake_zpswc9h9gh7.jpg.html)

Lol

[Slutter McGee]

Oh is this dipshit laughing at groups who feel persecuted....groups he disagrees with....haha, these people feel persecuted. fuck them....yay liberalism...that is what we stand for. LETS ALL REJOICE IN PEOPLE I DISLIKE FEELING PERSECUTED...in the name of God....sorry nevermind, JFK.

Slutter McGee

[ElNono]

This is hardly surprising to anyone with a room temperature IQ. Contemporary Christians are watching the erosion of what was once societal norms ie prayers in school, prayers before games, religious displays, etc. As the country and our society continues to move to a more secular mode, it's not surprising that Christians feel some form of persecution, whether it's really persecution or not.

Agreed.

[vy65]

I can spare a few minutes out of the day to lol at Christians that cry about gays and the government attacking them.

Do you have nothing better to do than to be on this board discussing my thoughts?

lol

[boutons_deux]

"not surprising that Christians feel some form of persecution"

Bible humpers believe, "feel" all kinds of weird, made up shit, erroneous crap, all of which nobody is stopping them from believing or "feeling".

USA is a pluralistic, diverse society and country, NOT a Christian society and Christian country. Pushing back against Christian authoritarian impositions isn't persecution. it's fun!

[vy65]

"not surprising that Christians feel some form of persecution"

Bible humpers believe, "feel" all kinds of weird, made up shit, erroneous crap, all of which nobody is stopping them from believing or "feeling".

USA is a pluralistic, diverse society and country, NOT a Christian society and Christian. Pushing back against Christian authoritarian impositions isn't persecution. it's fun!




Couldn't get through all the irony of this post

[TeyshaBlue]

"not surprising that Christians feel some form of persecution"

Bible humpers believe, "feel" all kinds of weird, made up shit, erroneous crap, all of which nobody is stopping them from believing or "feeling".

USA is a pluralistic, diverse society and country, NOT a Christian society and Christian country. Pushing back against Christian authoritarian impositions isn't persecution. it's fun!




Shut the fuck up. The grownups are talking.

[pgardn]

This is hardly surprising to anyone with a room temperature IQ. Contemporary Christians are watching the erosion of what was once societal norms ie prayers in school, prayers before games, religious displays, etc. As the country and our society continues to move to a more secular mode, it's not surprising that Christians feel some form of persecution, whether it's really persecution or not.

Hey.

I was going to say something like this.
Get out of my head satan.

[boutons_deux]

"non-negligible amount of discrimination."

... examples?

[ChumpDumper]

Christian bakers! They're the REAL bane of society.

They must be destroyed! ..WHO'S WITH ME?





http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v186/krakee/Cake_zpswc9h9gh7.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/krakee/media/Cake_zpswc9h9gh7.jpg.html)


:lol I was wondering when somebody was going to bring up the bakers in this threadThe new Godwin tbh.

[Aztecfan03]

Christian influence on our laws is losing popular acceptance. That's quite different from Christianity being under attack. Christianity's existence is not dependent on validation through theocracy.
suing people because they won't do something that is against their religion is an attack on their religion.

[ChumpDumper]

suing people because they won't do something that is against their religion is an attack on their religion.It couldn't possibly be an assertion of one's own rights, could it?

[Blake]

suing people because they won't do something that is against their religion is an attack on their religion.

the fight goes both ways

[boutons_deux]

suing people because they won't do something that is against their religion is an attack on their religion.

bullshit, total bullshit, all rigthwingnut Christian supremacist BULL FUCKING SHIT

selling someone a product doesn't endorse that person's lifestyle, etc. It's a business transaction, not a religious act.

why don't cake bakers ask all their customers whether they have committed adultery, beat their spouses, screwed their kids, take illegal drugs?

[vy65]

selling someone a product doesn't endorse that person's lifestyle, etc. It's a business transaction, not a religious act.

So you eat a lot of Chik-fil-A?

[pgardn]

suing people because they won't do something that is against their religion is an attack on their religion.

When people look over the basic tenets of a religion they seem to add quite a bit of extra sauce that is, " against their religion". Where in the Bible does it say, "thou shall not sell muffins to people who might be homosexuals" ?

[boutons_deux]

So you eat a lot of Chik-fil-A?

I don't eat fried foods

[Blake]

So you eat a lot of Chik-fil-A?

They've got great grilled chicken salads tbh. The Asian one ftw

[vy65]

I don't eat fried foods

Their grilled chicken sandwhich is pretty solid

[boutons_deux]

Their grilled chicken sandwhich is pretty solid

grilled is ok, but their chickens are probably from the worst of the worst chicken factories

[Blake]

Where in the Bible does it say, "thou shall not sell muffins to people who might be homosexuals" ?

It says to put to death the people who are homosexuals

[Spurminator]

suing people because they won't do something that is against their religion is an attack on their religion.

It feels that way moreso because of how those (very rare) lawsuits are amplified anytime they happen. Even if the lawsuit is frivolous, there are hundreds of other frivolous lawsuits happening every day.

If there was going to be a gay rush on Christian wedding businesses just so they could sue, that would have happened by now.

[Spurminator]

When people look over the basic tenets of a religion they seem to add quite a bit of extra sauce that is, " against their religion". Where in the Bible does it say, "thou shall not sell muffins to people who might be homosexuals" ?

Based on what I know about Jesus, I have a hard time believing he wouldn't have done carpentry work for a gay couple.

[Blake]

Based on what I know about Jesus, I have a hard time believing he wouldn't have done carpentry work for a gay couple.

His father would just destroy them

[DarrinS]

grilled is ok, but their chickens are probably from the worst of the worst chicken factories

As opposed to the really nice chicken factories. :lmao

[boutons_deux]

As opposed to the really nice chicken factories. :lmao

those are not the only two types of chicken producers, but it's clear you're too stupid to imagine other sources

[boutons_deux]

As opposed to the really nice chicken factories. :lmao

https://video-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xaf1/v/t42.1790-2/10551216_810825958957060_452362591_n.mp4?efg=eyJyb HIiOjY1OCwicmxhIjoyNTcwfQ%3D%3D&rl=658&vabr=366&oh=7647eb400f93e5c3b8b31fa48be6e83a&oe=55B065DD