Eh… Not Catholic… Not Protestant… What Else Ya Got?
Time did a story on how many Americans change their religion/faith/belief. They found that, in the sample group, 44% had changed religion at least once. This info I found interesting:
“Former Catholics who switched either to another tradition or became unaffiliated cited unhappiness with church teachings on abortion and homosexuality and disagreements over the role of women in the church. Protestants were more likely to switch because they married someone from another tradition.”
So, Catholics left because their religion refuses to change it’s bat-shit-crazy stance on social topics. Fine. Great. Good for you defectors for using your developed sense of what is right over the ancient dogma of the Church. But, Protestants? Your ‘faith’ means so little to you that your willing to just leave it behind for a piece of tail? Fat chance you’ll get into either spouse’s conception of the afterlife that way.
Depressingly, only about 4% of un-affiliated Americans identify as atheist or agnostic. But this leads me back into the most absurd phenomenon. People who identify as being religious but are unaffiliated with a religion. I can understand devotees. They’re just wrong. These people are egomaniacs and wrong… a lethal combination. They are unbound by even the flawed logic and history of a religion and are free to interpret their god at their whim. The people who feel that god speaks to them directly are the ones most likely to back up their own selfish drives with holy justification. Not good.
Understandably, the top two reasons for joining any particular religion were to feel spiritually and socially connected or because something was lacking in their life. I feel for ya, guys, I really do. Our consciousness outgrew our existence way to fast. We were given the ability to question ‘why’ and ‘how’ when there weren’t any answers to those questions. It’s the cruelest joke, but there’s no one there to laugh.
(forgive spelling, the spell check is broke and i’m lazy)
