Here’s a look at Conservapedia’s featured article of the day:
As far as I can tell this is describing something that has never happened and yet it’s quite blatantly suggesting that is what we should expect to see happen regularly when atheists attack Christianity. This goes so far beyond the bounds of acceptable discourse, it blows my mind. This is exactly the kind of psychotic behavior so easily justified in the name of religion.
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Conservapedia……… what a cruel JOKE! How can you claim to be an authority on anything when you don’t even acknowledge the truth about how ANYTHING works????? Maybe it is time to start setting fires????
As much as I dislike conservapedia I think they are trying to make an analogy here. I think they mean the lone firefighter is like an atheist trying to stop the burning blaze of christianity, which to them is futile.
I must admit that hadn’t picked up on that interpretation. But if that’s what they meant, I find it amusing that they should compare Christianity with such a destructive force as a burning blaze. It also seems quite inaccurate as Christianity has been shrinking its numbers for a long time now.
I know its hilarious, but its typical of them being oblivious to the irony of their own actions.
If you type conservapedia into google, 49 of the first 50 links you get are sites slamming conservapedia. Just remember people, they are their own worst enemy. People that actually think conservapedia is a good thing are inconsequential and pathetic, and everyone knows it. Some people insist that it is a parody, which in itself makes it that much more sad and pitiful.
If you read the footnotes, Christian is rapidly expanding in terms of its global reach. The reason you didn’t pick up on the interpretation is your lazy reading habits.
Far be it from me to disagree with their footnotes but every major poll conducted by objective polling services I’ve heard in the last few years shows the exact opposite. And I can’t find anywhere on the page where it explains the meaning behind the photo. But thanks for commenting. Have a pleasant day.
I noticed you did not cite your sources for your claim about the global state of Christianity. An oversight?
Given that this was not the topic of the article, I didn’t find it all that relevant. I can certainly point to several articles suggesting a significant trend away from organized religion.
Pew Poll – “Religion Among the Millennials: Less Religiously Active but Fairly Traditional in Other Ways”
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1494/millennials-less-religious-in-practice-but-beliefs-quite-traditional
26% – Millennials of Little Faith
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20100416/ts_pew/26millennialsoflittlefaith
“The Anne Rice defection: It’s the tip of the religious iceberg” By William Lobdell
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-lobdell-religion-20100808,0,3621871.story
Psychology Today – “Why atheism will replace religion” by Nigel Barber, Ph.D.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-beast/201005/why-atheism-will-replace-religion
Newsweek – “The Decline and Fall of Christian America” by Jon Meacham
http://www.newsweek.com/id/192583
Christian Science Monitor – “The coming evangelical collapse” by Michael Spencer
<a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0310/p09s01-coop.html
Times Online – "There’s a new power in America – atheism" by Andrew Sullivan
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/andrew_sullivan/article5907453.ece
CBS News – Rise In Americans With No Religion
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/09/national/main4853201.shtml
"The End of American Religio-Culture Wars?" by Ronald Bailey
http://www.reason.com/blog/show/132811.html
Orlando Sentinel – "Church attendance declining — but not for those with more dynamic approaches" By Jeff Kunerth
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/orl-faith-study-091509,0,6822607.story
"Clergy Ratings Hit 30-Year Low, But…" By Hermant Mehta
http://friendlyatheist.com/2009/12/11/clergy-ratings-hit-30-year-low-but/
NY Times – NY Times – "Paranormal Flexibility" By CHARLES M. BLOW
"10 Challenges of Religious Communities"
http://www.nakedpastor.com/archives/4434
"Survey shows trend of young people leaving Christianity, church"
http://theundergroundsite.com/index.php/2010/04/survey-shows-trend-of-young-people-leaving-christianity-church-11885
"The worst job in the world" by PZ Myers
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/05/the_worst_job_in_the_world.php
"Catholicism slowly losing its grip on Poland"
http://www.secularism.org.uk/catholicism-slowly-losing-its-gr.html
"Vatican posts financial loss for third year in a row"
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.de734e04744ac14aca4dbc8db7312e9e.541&show_article=1
I took a close look at Christianity just this morning……. Then I flushed it with the rest of the Sh*T!