Facebook Follies of Friends and Families

[Syt]

[crazy canuck]

Have the loons really convinced themselves he is a Christian.  I thought the fundies believe he is the second coming of Cyrus.

[Valmy]

He has been a notorious sleazebag for 30+ years but yeah I hate him because of his Christian virtues.

[Razgovory]

Zenophobe means someone who hates or is afraid of the god Zeus.  I don't think anyone has accused of him of that.

[dps]

Well, that one got one thing right--he is white.

[Admiral Yi]

dps, what do you think of my thesis that the Christian right is the one demographic who have most compromised their stated beliefs?

[dps]

dps, what do you think of my thesis that the Christian right is the one demographic who have most compromised their stated beliefs?

I think it's more a matter of that they, as a group, have somehow deluded themselves that President Trump shares their beliefs, but as a practical matter, yes, I'd say your statement is largely accurate.

[Razgovory]

I think that "Christian" is becoming less of religious category and more of an ethnic one.  See "Cultural Christian".

[Duque de Bragança]

Zenophobe means someone who hates or is afraid of the god Zeus.  I don't think anyone has accused of him of that.

No love for Zeno, this is a sad paradox.

[Camerus]

dps, what do you think of my thesis that the Christian right is the one demographic who have most compromised their stated beliefs?

I think it's more a matter of that they, as a group, have somehow deluded themselves that President Trump shares their beliefs, but as a practical matter, yes, I'd say your statement is largely accurate.

I think the non-deluded ones basically feel that, yes Trump is a hypocrite and immoral person, but at least he's not going to target them or threaten their religious liberty by judicial appointments or other means in the way that they believe a Democratic president would do.

I imagine some of the ostensibly deluded ones also recognize this calculus at some level, but basically spew bulshit to try and convince themselves and others that they're not making this tradeoff.

[dps]

I think that "Christian" is becoming less of religious category and more of an ethnic one.  See "Cultural Christian".

There is no such thing as a Cultural Christian.

[Razgovory]

I think that "Christian" is becoming less of religious category and more of an ethnic one.  See "Cultural Christian".

There is no such thing as a Cultural Christian.

Oh?

[mongers]

I think that "Christian" is becoming less of religious category and more of an ethnic one.  See "Cultural Christian".

There is no such thing as a Cultural Christian.

Oh?

Indeed I've heard several people described themselves as culturally ..(a given religion) .

Don't one or two Languishites effectively describe that way with regard to being Jewish?

[Tamas]

I think that "Christian" is becoming less of religious category and more of an ethnic one.  See "Cultural Christian".

There is no such thing as a Cultural Christian.

Oh?

Indeed I've heard several people described themselves as culturally ..(a given religion) .

Don't one or two Languishites effectively describe that way with regard to being Jewish?

I guess it already makes some sense and will increasingly do so all globalisation will (luckily) make people mingle on a global scale.

Culturally, my upbringing and the local culture I come from has a lot in common with other European local cultures, and the easiest to explain/express that is via the common roots in Christianity.

In a multicultural (in a global sense) environment, the cultural difference between somebody growing up in Germany or Hungary is neglibile compared to the difference between people from different world religion-dominated territories.

So, although I am very much an atheist, I'd be quite alright with being classified as culturally Christian, due to a lack of a better term.

[derspiess]

I think that "Christian" is becoming less of religious category and more of an ethnic one.  See "Cultural Christian".

I think there may be something to that.