tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post6445315863993890222..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Thoughts for the EveningUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-39127718926064163452010-12-31T13:27:57.776-05:002010-12-31T13:27:57.776-05:00Related thought in a long and challenging article ...Related thought in a long and challenging <a href="http://ladyofsilencescalmdistress.blogspot.com/2010/07/is-there-such-thing-as-healthy_10.html" rel="nofollow">article by klady</a>:<br /><i>The demographic trends, however suggest that the decline in numbers and influence among the mainline churches is not so much because of any declining religiosity in the general population but rather because of dramatic changes in the social environment that have largely removed the non-religious reasons for joining and attending church regularly. It may be that the "spiritual but not religious" types were always around in larger numbers than we might imagine, but they once had compelling reasons to warm the pews on a regular basis, as well as a more positive view of religious institutions and religious people.</i>Peter Schweitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01717482101117776284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-42684681246896784682010-12-31T03:03:18.607-05:002010-12-31T03:03:18.607-05:00If we really followed the idea that the majority i...<i>If we really followed the idea that the majority is always right, then Barabbas would be the Messiah.</i><br /><br />Made.Of.WIN!!! (May steal this.)JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-89739347593889354992010-12-30T19:39:52.779-05:002010-12-30T19:39:52.779-05:00For all their self-proclaimed machismo, rightwinge...For all their self-proclaimed machismo, rightwingers are such chicken-shits. They occasionally visit my blog with anonymous drive-bys, sometimes on posts that haven't been visible for months.<br />Thank God for Blogger's new Delete and Spam functions for comments. If they're not going to stand by their own comments, then I see no reason to publish them. So, out they go.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.com