You have to follow the money trail, and see how much of the donations actually make it where it should go, as opposed to where it actually goes. I don't mean it's been stolen, just used for projects that the church wants to keep to themselves, you never who you might have to pay off or bribe.
Every time I see someone acting truely christ like, they turn out to be pagan, or jewish, or once even the dude claimed to be a satanist (what kind not specified). People calling themselves christian and also acting like christ is said to have acted (and said to act) is the exception, not the rule.
My evangelical fundie father had a friend who was not religious at all and was the kindest soul you’ve ever met.
The amount of times I heard my parents marveling about how great he was, “but somehow not a Christian”… surprised the eyeballs didn’t roll right out the socket
I wondered that, and also why the stats are offered as a percentage of 100k people. Surely the percentage would be the same with the full populations of each country.
Well, that, and Japan's biggest problem isn't a "per citizen rate" kind of issue, but rather a "citizen rate" issue itself.
Nobody's having kids, and rather than implementing systemic change, they thought they could pay women to move and marry rural men... For about $5k. Once.
putting things in perspective!
UK has fewer murders in 1yr than Chicago does in 1month-U glorify it by allowing (most anyone) to buy guns. Yes I know ‘every person is allowed to bear arms‘ but military grade?U have3 guns per person Switzerland 2 their rate’s similar to that of Heard Island!Zilch!
Japanese levels of honor & respect are so far beyond that of typical Americans, it’s like expecting your adorable dog (Americans) to understand particle physics. Seriously.
Her comment points out something important that contributes to the problems assailing America. Venezuelans are Christian; are you worried about those people shipped off to die in El Salvador?
This is true! But then, those people here in America squealing loudest that they are Christians while hating just about everyone outside of their own social group/MAGA are grossly deluded about what being a Christian is really about. They are not real Christians. They are self-righteous fools.
It is a society without much fear of assault (no guns), citizens help each other during disasters, but also help to keep things going smoothly and well in citizen activities, the government is not psychotic, and Buddhist tenets have contributed to this society. Nothing else is required.
I know this is supposed to be an emotional post. A percentage per thousand doesn’t make sense to me also 5% is way too high for a homicide rate that would mean that +10 million people per year were killed in the US. Second, the number of homeless people is in not in a percentage.
They love to use Christianity as a weapon, then wonder why people get so turned off by that religion. When said people don’t even follow the guild lines of said religion. Supposed to love everyone equally, treat others with respect. Do you think maga people do that for example? Really? 😂🤦🏻♂️
It's so bizarre to me that anybody cares what someone else's religion is. Even if you think they believe what you believe, they probably don't. Worry about your own goddamn self.
There weren't any money lenders in the court of the gentiles. Every person who has insisted that is either dealing with the Mandela effect or a victim of the Church's long con.
She's the kind of heartbroken person that forced doctrine down the throats of captured people, when they were taken over by bloody Christian crusaders and conquistadors.
Maybe Shinto, Confucianism, Taoism & Buddhism are nicer religions. Or , more likely, the Japanese are a more orderly, community based people. If they look after each other better, take heart that they are better followers of Jesus' teachings than many "Christians" in US.
The US's christianity isn't really a Christianity. It's their own cult. Not like I want to protect Christianity but for them Jesus is like some kind of white dude ... That is kinda grant's some wishes or something.
I took a Religion in America class in college and some of the cults that arose in the 19th century were just plain weird. Some big ones survived and thrived, like Mormonism.
Ireland's civil liberties, cultural vigor, economy & standard of living all improved rapidly once they joined the EU & then pushed the Catholic Church's former stranglehold on society to the side.
fwiw, back in the 80s & 90s, Ireland was still the #1 source of immigrants to the US.
Since the Brexit. The Irish Passport has become the have to have travel document. 2 million have been issued to British Citizens.
All native born in Northern Ireland since the GFA can apply and receive. 350 British Parliamentarians have an Irish or European Passport.
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Even tho I'm now living across the pond, it made me angry when I found out that after Brexit, Farage was living in Germany & had applied for a German passport.
imho, the only thing that stopped him was that Germany didn't lift the restrictions on dual-citizenship until last year.
All MEP'S. Can apply for a Belgium passport. Dear Nigel has one. You can't expect a wannabe British Prime Minister to Queue for Hours at a European Airport with the Peasantry that voted the Brexit.
Now can you.
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But we have a high rate of suicide in Japan. We joke about going to a temple on New Year's Eve, a shrine on New Year's Day, have the wedding at a church and the funeral at the temple. We already celebrate Christmas (just commercial). I never felt very religious.
I never had KFC at Christmas when I was growing up. We did it one year after being featured on BBC news and children loved it. They ask for it every year now... 😮💨
orange dweller is an insane person because "n% per 100k" is either grammatically incorrect or redundant. I genuinely wouldn't understand what it means if 5.7 murders per 100 people was not unreasonable (implying she meant 5.7 murders per 100000 people)
Maybe if more people who CLAIM to be Christian actually were and acted like it, your heart wouldn't be so broken. My heart is broken over the fact that the Christianity I understood has been usurped by a bunch of hateful, racist, bigoted, mealy-mouthed Bible thumping liars.
Imagine going your whole life thinking the whole world is Christian and being heart broken when you find out other people have different beliefs than you….
It it’s not just that, is it? They are told to be “fishers of men” so they go out to ask if you’ve been “saved” by their lord Jesus Hernando Christ. I don’t need saving by your mythical sky being, bitch. Mind yo fucking business!
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The amount of times I heard my parents marveling about how great he was, “but somehow not a Christian”… surprised the eyeballs didn’t roll right out the socket
Nobody's having kids, and rather than implementing systemic change, they thought they could pay women to move and marry rural men... For about $5k. Once.
UK has fewer murders in 1yr than Chicago does in 1month-U glorify it by allowing (most anyone) to buy guns. Yes I know ‘every person is allowed to bear arms‘ but military grade?U have3 guns per person Switzerland 2 their rate’s similar to that of Heard Island!Zilch!
Is there a decimal point missing?
Silence.
Population of the Republic of Ireland 5.5 Million
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fwiw, back in the 80s & 90s, Ireland was still the #1 source of immigrants to the US.
All native born in Northern Ireland since the GFA can apply and receive. 350 British Parliamentarians have an Irish or European Passport.
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imho, the only thing that stopped him was that Germany didn't lift the restrictions on dual-citizenship until last year.
Now can you.
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Little Englanders like Farage made my childhood a misery & are a very big reason why I live 8 time zones away.
~ 68% of Japanese also say they do Confucian rituals.
~ 72% say they do Buddhist ones (e.g., funerals)
~ 75% participate in Shinto rites
The idea that "religion" is about exclusive identification or sectarian "beliefs" is a Western notion.
It’s SUPER LOW
https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/jpn/japan/murder-homicide-rate
https://youtu.be/QEQOvyGbBtY?si=1KEP93Oq0jwJt3Jg
You can either be Christian, or Christlike.
In the United States, you cannot be both.
Those two things are antonymous.