Is American Society at Present

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[freescorfr]

For me Ghandi was the most christian of Christians.
They're Multifarian the lot of them.

 

[Mensa]

Christian Society?

Is French Society Christian?


What about Great Britain?



What do you think?

Predominately, yes. Exclusively, no.

 

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[Mensa]

you want to explain that?

Who?

 

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[SINthysist]

The predominent religion is Christian as well as cultural outlook, i.e., Western Civ 101 sort of outlook.

But we really do tolerate all (except Latter Days Saints).

However, we worship consumerism and pray at Walmart or Sacs (how does a poor boy spell that) 5th avenue depending on social-economic standing.

 

[KillerMuffin]

Don't listen to her, Mensa. She just wants your body. I, on the other hand, want your mind and your body.

Predominantly Christian yes as in the societal norms and mores have been established based on the dogma of Christianity.

Exclusively Christian no as in that you, yourself are not a Christian, ergo this is not an exclusively Christian nation.

 

[Mensa]

Don't listen to her, Mensa. She just wants your body. I, on the other hand, want your mind and your body.

Thanks, Killer. In my mind, I've already had your body and I intend to have it again. Many, many times.

I've also had that celestial body of CB's. Did you know that she can assume position 15 in the Kama Sutra? Without putting her hip out of joint?

Whatta woman!!!

 

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[Mensa]

Quick question-is American society representative of ALL Christian-Protestant society?


Is France representavitve of all predominantly Catholic Nations?

No. Nation-States are like individuals, each has characteristics that render them unique.

 

[Todd-'o'-Vision]

Christian Society?

Hell's no. It just happens the radicals/extremeists that associate themselves with Christianity{Ashcroft, Falwell, Jackson, et al.} Scream the loudest.

As they say the squeakiest wheel gets the lube job everyone else gets screwed.

Check out CNN, Fox, CBS, ABC website polls less thatn 40% of amercia claim to be christian and if you went to the churches that number would drop in half.

 

[freescorfr]

Is French Society Christian?

France is officially secular. State schools are not allowed any religious character at all. It can be taught as History. The have a big fear of sects.

Society, on the other hand is still very catholic, but in a completely oblivious way - largely unquestioning - all kids take communion at 13 etc. It's a given. But next sunday nealry 75% of the population will go to Mass.

France is full of paradoxes.

 

[Ishmael]

No. Nation-States are like individuals, each has characteristics that render them unique.

Further, there are regional differences within the United States and even between cities in the same state. The United States cannot be considered as monolithic in this regard.

We all seem to live and work together in spite of it all.

Ishmael

 

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[Ishmael]

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Can the same be said of predominantly Buddhist states? Thailand, Japan. etc...?

I wouldn't know. Besides, isn't Japan primarily a Shintoist country?

Ishmael

 

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[Weird Harold]

Are regional differences only recognized in predominantly christian nations?

I think the USA is unique in the regional religious differences because of the way religious difference affected the influx of European cultures.

I can't think of any other country that was, in part, settled and explored by people in search of religious freedom. The result was that in the 17th and 18th centuries various religious factions settled in different areas where they could impose their idea of "community standards -- standards based in large part on a shared religious views. Most of those religious factions were at least nominally Christian or derived from Judeo-Christian roots.

The end result is a nation that shares a predominantly"Christian" background without a monolithic set of beliefs.

Buddhist countries, like Thailand, Burma, Nepal (before the Chinese occupation) and others have had at least a thousand years to homogenize their beliefs over a fraction of the USA's land mass -- it's is to be expected that they are more unified in their beliefs than the US is.

 

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[Weird Harold]

Are you discounting the effects of Imperialism in the Phillipines, India, China and the rest of the far East?

That's not quite the same -- the English (just as one example) brought in Anglican missionaries to convert the native peoples, but they did NOT, for the most part, displace the native peoples completely as was the case in the expansion of Europeans across America.

 

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[LovetoGiveRoses]

It's too late to think much. The Philippines were occupied for 400 years by the Spanish, that's a reasonable time to build up some consistency in the Religion. On the other hand, the nation is so divided by geography (6 or 7,000 islands) that nothing is very consistent across the country.

 

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[Azwed]

1648???


Nope 1607 just looked it up.