I was raised as a charismatic Christian, speaking in tongues, prophesy, expecting (and hearing about) miracles, Sunday school, church retreats, youth group during the week, the whole nine yards. My parents had significant intellectual chops, but they'd had experiences that led them this way, so there it is. I wasn't an every Sunday attender during college but I did go occasionally and felt guilty when I didn't. I was active in the church as an adult up until maybe the past 8-10 years. /cont.
I’ve seen and heard this so many times now and I’m sure you have as well. Always sounded like a wrong mindset.
@jordan I would have agreed with you about that, but with the past 4-5 years of blatant evangelical support for torture, mistreatment of the poor and marginalized, etc., and the past year of "I don't need a vaccine, I have God"--well, I've had to change my mind.
@chiasm @jordan I’m not sure that we have anything better than polls to help us figure out what people think, but I’m not very confident in their results. You’re probably right about the vaccine, but I have a hard time blaming anyone because every source of information has an agenda these days and the whole truth isn’t part of it.
@chiasm @jordan As for the mistreatment of the poor and marginalized, I disagree. Almost all of the organizations that I know of that help these groups are in fact Christian based. I suspect that people in these roles in government have a skew towards being Christian too. I’m not sure how I could prove all of this though. No one takes polls if they can help it.