Interesting. I also just posted something myself that is more of an off shoot of the Christian Nation debate. My thoughts were based around the observation that our holidays in regards to the nation are eeking away from things like "Easter Break" and now being called "Spring Vacation" etc. It seems to me as though we are pulling away from being a Christian Nation, although people would like to believe otherwise.
I feel the reality that is before us fails to be recognized. This "reality" is that as more and more minorities strive to overcome their social/economic oppression, they will in effect utilize our system of government by taking positions of power within their communities and integrate the cultures which they represent into our system of democracy. As these communities of minority leaders gain more and more in numbers, the effect is the undoubtable assimilation of their communities/organizations into the "american" ideology. People often forget "minority" does not indicate quantity. As people within these "minorities" understand and manifest the capacity of their "quantity," by default there will be a new "dominant culture". I do not mean to suggest that this is the current status of our nation. However, there are enough "minority" leaders assuming positions of control to indicate that there is an evident shift in how communities are organizing in order to incorporate their cultures into the structure of government they have found themselves living in. Yes, we are slowly but surely (whether consciously or unconsciously) leaving the traditional "american" ideology that insists on a "christian" patriotism and, as I mentioned, as groups of minority communities gain social recognition and the level of status becomes more and more balanced, in effect, so will their "non-christian" ideologies be combined with the historical christian/judeo values thus forming a society centered more around a more collective representation. "Americans" fail to understand that growth of a nation does not mean the abandonment of Christianity but rather the acceptance of the the unavoidable realization that the existing minority communities' and their cultures: did, do, and will continue to define what is the accurate representation of what is considered "the people".
I think it's easy to lose faith when times get tough. Currently we are going through hard economic times. In this time it is easy to forget the good things occurring and also forget to count our blessings. Perhaps yes, many people do not claim they are Christian, which is PERFECTLY fine, everyone can believe it whatever they want to. However just because our "percentage" of Christians is apparently decreasing does not mean that the country as a whole needs to lose faith, at this time faith is needed more than ever- in whatever religion or practice that may be! Positive thinking! :)
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Interesting. I also just posted something myself that is more of an off shoot of the Christian Nation debate. My thoughts were based around the observation that our holidays in regards to the nation are eeking away from things like "Easter Break" and now being called "Spring Vacation" etc. It seems to me as though we are pulling away from being a Christian Nation, although people would like to believe otherwise.
I feel the reality that is before us fails to be recognized. This "reality" is that as more and more minorities strive to overcome their social/economic oppression, they will in effect utilize our system of government by taking positions of power within their communities and integrate the cultures which they represent into our system of democracy.
As these communities of minority leaders gain more and more in numbers, the effect is the undoubtable assimilation of their communities/organizations into the "american" ideology. People often forget "minority" does not indicate quantity. As people within these "minorities" understand and manifest the capacity of their "quantity," by default there will be a new "dominant culture".
I do not mean to suggest that this is the current status of our nation. However, there are enough "minority" leaders assuming positions of control to indicate that there is an evident shift in how communities are organizing in order to incorporate their cultures into the structure of government they have found themselves living in. Yes, we are slowly but surely (whether consciously or unconsciously) leaving the traditional "american" ideology that insists on a "christian" patriotism and, as I mentioned, as groups of minority communities gain social recognition and the level of status becomes more and more balanced, in effect, so will their "non-christian" ideologies be combined with the historical christian/judeo values thus forming a society centered more around a more collective representation.
"Americans" fail to understand that growth of a nation does not mean the abandonment of Christianity but rather the acceptance of the the unavoidable realization that the existing minority communities' and their cultures: did, do, and will continue to define what is the accurate representation of what is considered "the people".
I think it's easy to lose faith when times get tough. Currently we are going through hard economic times. In this time it is easy to forget the good things occurring and also forget to count our blessings. Perhaps yes, many people do not claim they are Christian, which is PERFECTLY fine, everyone can believe it whatever they want to. However just because our "percentage" of Christians is apparently decreasing does not mean that the country as a whole needs to lose faith, at this time faith is needed more than ever- in whatever religion or practice that may be! Positive thinking! :)
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