I see a new story like this nearly every day... whats with all the pedophile pastors? I thought that was only catholic priests...
Pastor Who Said Pulse Nightclub Victims Got “What They Deserve” Found Guilty of Child Molestation
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/04/11/pastor-who-said-pulse-nightclub-victims-got-what-they-deserve-found-guilty-of-child-molestation/
Found guilty on 8 separate accounts
Pastor Who Said Pulse Nightclub Victims Got “What They Deserve” Found Guilty of Child Molestation
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/04/11/pastor-who-said-pulse-nightclub-victims-got-what-they-deserve-found-guilty-of-child-molestation/
Found guilty on 8 separate accounts
I propose to make some new proverbs. "The brighter the light, the harsher the shadow" and "What did they fly said to the garbage? I will find you,".
Do people completely reject God or only Christianity? Can Islam or Buddhism have the support of those against Christians? I do not understand such a tough confrontation of opinions.
Islam and Christianity are very similar to each other, although Islam is a bit regressive. These religions are business minded and seek to interfere in the governance. On the other hand, Buddhism has similarities with religions such as Zoroastrianism and Hinduism. They hardly take part in politics.
Islam actually codified how to govern the conquered lands right in their "holy" book.
Who is Muslim, who is not, who needs to pay 'protection tax", what rights the Muslims have, what rights (if any) the non-Muslims have etc?
So ideally, Islam wants to govern the whole world. That is its goal. Total, global submission.
Vatican for a long time collected "tax" from all conquered lands.
It is all about power. Ideologically they are the same. Except Christianity lost a lot of its former power.
Islam is gaining momentum...More naive, uneducated people are drawn to it.
This is why it they be exposed. Make a subject in school about religions past and present. Don't mince words when talking about their history, like how Inquisition burned "heretics" or how Muhammad personally beheaded people. And with that, let them compete in the free market of faith. Christianity only seem benign because there are alternatives to it (even within Christianity, because of the numerous sects) and the secular state took away its temporal powers. It might be hard to do with Islam in its native territory (which it also acquired through conquest BTW) but non-Muslim countries still have a chance, if they are willing.
The interference these two religions have on the governments of various nations is very evident. Look at countries such as South Korea and Philippines in Asia. The church has forced the government to shelve plans for popularizing family planning.
South Korea does not need any more "family planning" They have yet to recover from the last round of such policies.
South Korea Demographics
https://www.pop.org/content/south-korea-%E2%80%9Cgoing-extinct%E2%80%9D
Quote from: Paul Wilson
The near-term demographic future of the southern half of the Korean Peninsula looks grim. Assuming that the current low-low fertility rate of 1.19 children per woman continues indefinitely, as NARS did, the population of South Korea will dwindle to less than half its current size by the end of the 21st century. It will go from 50 million down to 20 million, losing 60% of its population in less than 100 years..
South Korea’s low fertility is in large part the result of American efforts to combat “overpopulation” by exporting so-called “family planning” programs around the world. In South Korea, as in so many other countries, these efforts had a coercive element as families who dared to have more than two children were punished in various ways.[1]
Population control efforts in South Korea proved all too successful, and South Korean fertility rates plummeted from around 6 in 1960 down to a shockingly anemic 1.2 children in 2004. Even after overt anti-natal policies were discontinued in 1996, the fertility rate did not recover, but continued to drop.
[1] Mosher, Steven W. "The Crisis of the Empty Cradle." Population Control: Real Costs, Illusory Benefits. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, 2008. 20-25.
I have yet to see any demographic breakdown of the Christian vs the non Christian populations of South Korea but near universal trend globally is that Christians are more resistant to such demographic implosions. Christianity is already one of the largest religions in South Korea and I suspect that trend will only continue.
This should serve as a reminder to anyone who play with demographics. China, despite still being fairly populous, is quickly aging as a result of the One Child policy. Japan also have an aging population. Birthrates go down anyway as a country industrializes so if they'll ever require a maximum number of kids, it should be at least well above replacement level.
