The Most Post-Christian Cities in the U.S.

[Guno צְבִי]

Yes the higher the education levels the lower the levels of Christianity


Hint, the top 10 post christian cities are not in jesusland

and a list of major cities, see where yours is on the bible thumping scale



http://www.patheos.com/blogs/andygill/post-christian-cities-us/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Best%20of%20Patheos&utm_content=57

[kudzu]

Yes the higher the education levels the lower the levels of Christianity


Hint, the top 10 post christian cities are not in jesusland

and a list of major cities, see where yours is on the bible thumping scale



http://www.patheos.com/blogs/andygill/post-christian-cities-us/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Best%20of%20Patheos&utm_content=57

Do not believe in God
Identify as atheist or agnostic
Disagree that faith is important in their lives
Have not prayed to God (in the last week)
Have never made a commitment to Jesus
Disagree the Bible is accurate
Have not donated money to a church (in the last year)
Have not attended a Christian church (in the last 6 months)
Agree that Jesus committed sins
Do not feel a responsibility to “share their faith”
Have not read the Bible (in the last week)
Have not volunteered at church (in the last week)
Have not attended Sunday school (in the last week)
Have not attended religious small group (in the last week)

[PostmodernProphet]

Yes the higher the education levels the lower the levels of Christianity


Hint, the top 10 post christian cities are not in jesusland

and a list of major cities, see where yours is on the bible thumping scale



http://www.patheos.com/blogs/andygill/post-christian-cities-us/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Best%20of%20Patheos&utm_content=57

is it any surprise they are all failing communities run by demmycrats?......

[Norah]

I’ll take Jesus over whatever the popular definition of being educated may be. I’d also take small towns over big cities any day of the week.

[Guno צְבִי]

I’ll take Jesus over whatever the popular definition of being educated may be. I’d also take small towns over big cities any day of the week.

you would take a dead guy nailed on two sticks? no wonder America is behind the world in Science

[Norah]

you would take a dead guy nailed on two sticks? no wonder America is behind the world in Science

I put my trust, my heart, and my faith in Him, but that doesn’t mean that I am against science. What do you consider to be educated? I recently graduated with a bachelor of science degree in animal science with a concentration in livestock management. I’m technically more educated in that particular field than most other students that majored in something else at my school but that doesn’t make me overall more educated than each of them. If I moved to a bigger city would that change my education level?

[Minister of Truth]

you would take a dead guy nailed on two sticks? no wonder America is behind the world in Science

Oh, really? Our scientific and technological output is lagging behind the rest of the world (I'm assuming you actually mean Europe, rather than "world.")?

[NiftyNiblick]

is it any surprise they are all failing communities run by demmycrats?......

Jesus Fucking Christ Yodeling on a Unicycle, how the fuck dumb are you?

If I were religious, I'd say,
"There but for the grace of God go I."

[Irish Exit]

Yes the higher the education levels the lower the levels of Christianity


Hint, the top 10 post christian cities are not in jesusland

and a list of major cities, see where yours is on the bible thumping scale



http://www.patheos.com/blogs/andygill/post-christian-cities-us/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Best%20of%20Patheos&utm_content=57

You forgot to not mention majority-majority in your least educated metric, champ

[Boris The Animal]

I’ll take Jesus over whatever the popular definition of being educated may be. I’d also take small towns over big cities any day of the week.

And twice on Tuesday

[Boris The Animal]

you would take a dead guy nailed on two sticks? no wonder America is behind the world in Science

No, the God of Creation who AROSE from the dead!

[J Craft]

you would take a dead guy nailed on two sticks? no wonder America is behind the world in Science

Report (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180124113951.htm) shows United States leads in science and technology as China rapidly advances
Date:
January 24, 2018
Source:
National Science Foundation

[leaningright]

I’ll take Jesus over whatever the popular definition of being educated may be. I’d also take small towns over big cities any day of the week.

You hang in there, Norah. I’ll stand right there with you.

[Leonthecat]

You mean to tell me that smart people realize that, magical beings with supernatural powers who have the ability to grant those who mumble the correct incantations on their knees everlasting life, don't exist?
What a surprise!

[Leonthecat]

No, the God of Creation who AROSE from the dead!

Zombie JEEEEESUUUUUSSSS?

http://championsofhell.com/imgland//938348.jpg

[Guno צְבִי]

No, the God of Creation who AROSE from the dead!

An all powerful god was killed?

[leaningright]

An all powerful god was killed?

Only by His choice. He allowed it to happen. He freely gave his life though He could have called legions of angels to take him off that cross....but He didn’t. That’s how much He loves me. And not just me ... you as well. Listen to the last line of this song.


https://youtu.be/mP563vwmQB0

[domer76]

Only by His choice. He allowed it to happen. He freely gave his life though He could have called legions of angels to take him off that cross....but He didn’t. That’s how much He loves me. And not just me ... you as well. Listen to the last line of this song.


https://youtu.be/mP563vwmQB0

Lordy

[NiftyNiblick]

I’ll take Jesus over whatever the popular definition of being educated may be. I’d also take small towns over big cities any day of the week.

Great--because you can have them. It all works out.

[domer76]

I put my trust, my heart, and my faith in Him, but that doesn’t mean that I am against science. What do you consider to be educated? I recently graduated with a bachelor of science degree in animal science with a concentration in livestock management. I’m technically more educated in that particular field than most other students that majored in something else at my school but that doesn’t make me overall more educated than each of them. If I moved to a bigger city would that change my education level?

If you believe that he:

Was of virgin birth
Walked on water
Revived the dead
Healed lepers
Arose from the dead

then you don't have a good grounding in science. Or, perhaps you just like children's stories.

[Cypress]

I put my trust, my heart, and my faith in Him, but that doesn’t mean that I am against science. What do you consider to be educated? I recently graduated with a bachelor of science degree in animal science with a concentration in livestock management. I’m technically more educated in that particular field than most other students that majored in something else at my school but that doesn’t make me overall more educated than each of them. If I moved to a bigger city would that change my education level?

I have know plenty of educated people - scientists even - who are devoutly religious.

I think to some extent there is a perception among some secularists that the devout Christian thinks the bible is literal history. Jonah actually lived in the belly of a whale, the Earth is 6000 years old, et al.

I am pretty sure that kind of literalism is pretty much limited to strains of evangelical Protestantism. I certainly personally never experience that kind of Biblical literalism and rejection of evolution in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholocism, or mainline Protestantism. So in some respects, I think it is unfair to paint all Christians as the type of frequent the Creation Science Museum, or the Noah's Ark Experience theme park.

At it's best, religion to me is a philosophical tradition that guides our choices. I mean, this goes back to Zoroaster, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, Muhammad, et al. So, at it's bare essence, they are collectively universal philosophical traditions rooted in the Axial Age - traditions who hold to the premise that we all have to make a choice to stay on the path of righteousness or not, and we all are responsible for our moral choices and the consequences that come with them. And that ultimately determines the purity of our souls.
One could argue all day about whether Johan actually lived in the belly of a whale, but I cannot argue with or make fun of the philosophical traditions the buttress the world's major religions at their best.

[Wilhelm Zenz]

you mean secular like say Iceland?

[Wilhelm Zenz]

then they really aren't educated

[Wilhelm Zenz]

doesnt this story sound fishy to you? an all powerful god letting himself be whipped and nailed to a cross? a cross was the common execution method if jesus would have lived in the old west would we all wear little nooses around our necks? if he had been executed by firing squad would we all have to wear bullets instead of crosses, doesnt any of this strike oyu as abad morbid and perverse? i was raised protestant, but toaughtto question everything, i read the bible, and now i definitely reject chritian teaching my god that is the most sadistic book i have ever read.. your god is a psycho a narsistic meglo maniac.. like an abusive alcoholic step father