why is america so religious?
its sad to know that america is a very religious country as compared to much of europe. here's some shocking facts:
Sweden - 85% atheist
UK- 44% atheist
France - 54% atheist
USA - 13% atheist
seriously , 13% ????? i was horrified to see this figure. i mean, much of europe has woken up form these stupid beliefs, but why didnt america ??? why ? i find this rather distressing folks......
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I bet it's our very "freedom of religion" that does it. There's always creatures like Jim Jones around who just LOVE to get a bunch of followers. And there's always plenty of really stupid people to be followers.
But in European countries, perhaps they have a history of state religion - like in Britain - and fly-by-night preacher idiots just can't get a foothold there.
Also America is very insulated from the world and from reality - we've always been rich and that breeds legions of exceedingly stupid people - somebody had to put Li'l Bush into the White House. And exceedingly stupid people are easy to fool with a little religion talk.
You'll find that America is more advanced and blessed than these other countries you've mentioned.
Our fore-fathers were getting away from tyrants, socialism, dictatorship, communism, etc., when they formed the Americas. All of these I have mentioned and some I had not are why many nations crumble or in dyer straights. America was built on the values and principals of the Word of God, for the people, by the people.
Most of the signatures on our Declaration of Indepence was signed by godly (56) men, 54 were Christians. There were two that were not Christians. The majority won out.
The Word of God in Psalm 33;12 says....
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.
Zechariah 2:11 says...
Many nations will be joined to the Lord.
Why is it so sad? We are a blessed nation and many immigrants want to come here and live. Do you hear about people clamoring to get into those countries you mentioned, "No!"
What did Jesus Christ ever do wrong to you?
Why are you against God?
Have He done you wrong? God is the reason anybody lives. Without him the earth would be void. What human can you name started the earth and the fullness therof?
We have liberty in America to worship and go where we want, with what we want to do and how we want to do it, than any country. We have freedom of speech, we have a right to bare arms, we can go to any job or career we choose to work at. Most of the rich in the world generated from America. There has never been war on our soil. We are protected by a Mighty God and His angels who defends this country.
Deuteronomy 8:19,20 says...
19) And it shall be, if you do at all forget the Lord your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I (The Lord) testify against you this day that you will surely perish. (eternal destruction and seperation from God)
20) As the nations which the Lord destroyed before your face, so will you perish (eternal damnation); because you would not be obedient to the voice of the Lord God.
This world is the only heaven a lot of people will see. And this is not paradise!
Just because someone doesn't consider themselves atheist doesn't mean he/she is religious. Besides, although you have the percentages, when you factor in population differences--what are the exact numbers? And there's nothing wrong with being religious in the first place--how long have humans been so? You saying it's distressing non-atheists haven't "woken up from these stupid beliefs," well how would you feel if non-atheists called you "ground-rotting hippies?" =/
What is it exactly that you are hoping they "wake up" from? Just because Americans are religious doesn't mean they are Christian, if that is what you are referring to. There are so many different religions in America. Do you have a problem with them all? Think about it though, you are in America and only 13% believe as you do apparently. You are going against the curve here, maybe, just maybe, it's not the 13% that have it right but the other 87%. Religion is important to people because it means more than nothing. Being an Atheist pretty much means you believe in nothing. 87% want more out of their lives than nothing. I'd say that makes us smarter, sorry.
I can use the same statistics using different areas of the US to prove that the Atheist rate is 85%, but that wouldn't be the truth either. I think it is an even split across the board, but the Christians want to be on top so they rig the statistics to show Atheists in the lower percentile.
While looking for an answer, I stumbled upon this discussion on the subject: http://blow.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/why-is-am...
They make some good points. You should have a look.
Go live in Europe then.
Europe has a lot of problems seeing their economy is going down the toilet a lot quicker than ours.
You are thinking that a country that is 90% atheist is a perfect utopia?
Explain Russia,North Korea, China, Cuba,Venezuela then.
Russia has a higher alcoholism rate than most countries including the U.S. You complain about the Government in China you go to prison IF you are lucky.Most the time they just shoot you in the head and harvest your body for organs.
America was founded by people who believed in GOD and in the freedom of religion and worship.THIS is why there is so much religion here.
LASTLY it is because people here are not as easily deceived into believing that atheistic garbage as the poor Europeans were.
To Optimum physique, you are full of crap, we didn't start the first or 2nd world war we ended them.We didn't start this war the Muslims did.
Ya man, religion is so bad. Like our founding fathers actually thought that all men were created equal and were endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights. Dude, they must have been so stupid. And Martin Luther King, man that dude thought that all God's children should have equal rights and not just white folks. He actually believed that God made black people equal with white people. Dude, like that guy had some serious problems.
Ya, I mean like we need more guys like Joe Stalin who made it a capital offense to believe in God. I mean talk about Utopia, man ! And Hitler, man he was right on when he talked about raising a generation with no conscience who would grow up to be brutal imperialists. Now those are the kind of dudes we need more of today, man.
Ya, religion is so lame man. I can't believe there are so many stupid people !
What's your source for the 13% atheist number?
First of all, those numbers are horribly inflated. I think you made them up.
I just recently saw that only 2% of Americans identify as atheist.
To answer your question, it's as simple as Americans have a different culture than Europeans.