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Act_of_Reparation

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11. Bumper sticker liberals want bumper sticker solutions to bumper sticker problems.
Thu May 14, 2015, 12:43 PM
May 2015

"Right wing Christians are driving young people away from religion with their craziness" makes for a more compelling bumper sticker than reality: that the interaction of complex social forces -- education, connectedness, income, secular support services -- have primed a fair fraction of an entire generation to be less religious than their forebears.

We really don't want to admit that people are finding less and less use for religion because religion has become less and less useful.

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Excellent news! truebrit71 May 2015 #1
Very bad news for christians. beam me up scottie May 2015 #2
their empty pews told them this some years ago. ChairmanAgnostic May 2015 #3
Weird reaction from that woman. onager May 2015 #4
I had mixed feelings. At least she could read. ChairmanAgnostic May 2015 #5
ignorance and fear runs deep in many believers RussBLib May 2015 #6
i believe that is the equation for faith and religious beliefs - ChairmanAgnostic May 2015 #7
I wouldn't dare wear that t-shirt down here. beam me up scottie May 2015 #12
Where is "down here?" ChairmanAgnostic May 2015 #16
The bible belt. beam me up scottie May 2015 #18
The most frustrating part for many folks here on DU... trotsky May 2015 #8
As long as we all admit... onager May 2015 #9
LOL - BAMF trotsky May 2015 #10
BAMF AlbertCat May 2015 #15
Bumper sticker liberals want bumper sticker solutions to bumper sticker problems. Act_of_Reparation May 2015 #11
I'd seen these results mentioned, but this bit is the scary part. cdogzilla May 2015 #17
Tiny Minority of Fundie A-holes doing quite well... onager May 2015 #13
Indeed nil desperandum May 2015 #14
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