#Secularization

[redshift-13]

Aug. 2, 2023

Last week, Gallup released new data showing that standard Christian beliefs are at all-time lows. Back in 2001, 90% of Americans believed in God; that figure is now down to 74%. Belief in heaven has gone from 83% down to 67%; belief in hell from 71% down to 59%; belief in angels from 79% down to 69%; belief in the devil from 68% down to 58%. These declines in personal belief are tracking with church attendance, which is at an all-time low (even when accounting for the pandemic’s social distancing). Religious wedding ceremonies are similarly at an all-time low, as the percentage of Americans claiming to have no religion has hit an all-time high.

More at the link.

#secularization #u.s. #religion #christianity #atheism #agnosticism #nones #god #angels #heaven #hell

[embersofhope19]

#humanity #humanism #atheist #deconstruction #atheism #secular humanism #secularization #be kind #help one another

[literaturha]

Secularization means, in the first place, a slackening of obligations—of any obligation. And, in certain cases, an elimination of such obligations. Apart from respecting laws, which implies the observance of an order, the only obligation that remains in every circumstance is the payment of taxes. No ritual is compulsory, not even that of voting. The resulting situation may rouse a subtle sense of euphoria. There, before the eyes of all, is a vast arena of what is available. And of what is permissible, so long as it is lawful.

Roberto Calasso, The Unnamable Present

#curbside quotidian #art #lit #quote #roberto calasso #the unnamable present #calasso #secularization #obligation #taxes #euphoria #artblr #art blog #bookblr #book blog #langblr #litblr #lit blog #studyblr #writeblr

[sweet-nothing26]

I personally think religious teachings should be completely banned from our school system and indoctrinating children with religion should be a federal crime. Like, think about it for a minute, what has religion offered humanity especially our youth except for religious trauma, fear, self-rejection and a low self-esteem? Nothing. The only benefit of belonging to a certain faith is having a false sense of community, an absurd and somewhat hopeful explanation of the human existence and supposedly being less lonely knowing there is always god by your side. Instead, we should be teaching our children how to think, dream, create and more importantly how to love. Children should be made aware of how powerful their brains are. They shouldn't be told to limit their thinking capacities. They should always have a curious approach to every matter in this life instead of simply saying god did it.

#anti theism #secular humanism #atheism #agnostic #anti religion #religious trauma #the universe #secularization

[thatscarletflycatcher]

Me acabo de percatar que el juzgado al final de “Los cuatro notables” tiene un crucifijo en la pared (!). ¿En Uruguay también hay/había?

Me habrás de perdonar que haya demorado tanto en contestarte esto, pero es una de esas cuestiones que uno pasa días rascándose la cabeza pensando el "por dónde empezar".

Argentina es al día de hoy inclusive un estado confesional Católico; el Uruguay ha sido un estado laico desde la constitución de 1919. Por más que yo he ido muy pocas veces a Argentina, y nunca realmente entrado en dependencias estatales como para ver si hay o no hay crucifijos, lo cierto es que el contraste y la diferencia es muy notable.

La versión corta de la respuesta es "no, los crucifijos fueron desapareciendo de todos los lugares públicos gradualmente hasta desaparecer del todo en 1920". La versión larga incluye...

Una breve Historia de la Secularización en el Uruguay y el concepto del getto católico (el artículo de wikipedia habla de la no existencia del getto católico, pero si sos un católico en el Uruguay, creeme lo sentís XD no me olvido de un compañero de trabajo que me tiraba onda hasta que se enteró de que era católica, y me dejó de hablar. O cómo sorprende a conocidos argentinos míos la manera en que el católico uruguayo se pone tenso en el momento en que alguien empieza a hablarle o a preguntarle algo de sus convicciones religiosas).

El cruce entre José Enrique Rodó (autor del Ariel, ensayo que hizo bastante ruido en Latam e incluso fue en el momento traducido l inglés casi en seguida, lo cual es muy llamativo. Puede llegar a interesarte), un liberal agnóstico, y Pedro Díaz, acerca de la retirada de los crucifijos de los hospitales en 1906. (Rodó defendía la presencia del crucifijo desde un punto de vista secular, que no deja de llamar la atención).

Y podría seguir de largo, pero esto ya es mucho más de lo que pides y no quiero agobiar XD

#ask #apesoformythoughts #catholicism #secularization

[geopolicraticus]

Karl Löwith

TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: Karl Löwith and Secularization

Tuesday 09 January 2024 was the 127th anniversary of the birth of Karl Löwith (09 January 1897 - 26 May 1973), who was born in Munich on this date in 1897.

Löwith’s classic work Meaning in History: The Theological Implications of the Philosophy of History essentially found philosophy of history to be an illegitimate enterprise that merely secularizes Christian conceptions of salvation and eschatology and presents them disingenuously as the product of philosophical thought. This conception of secularization widened beyond philosophy of history to become a referendum on modernity and progress (which latter holds a central place in the ideology of modernity) in the form of the Löwith-Blumenberg debate, which continues today.

Quora:             https://philosophyofhistory.quora.com/

Discord link:   https://discord.gg/r3dudQvGxD

#philosophy of history #eschatology #secularization #Karl Löwith #Youtube

[bli-o]

“You dont want kids? I said the same thing at your age. You’ll realize later.”

“You’re trans? You’re too young to know that. You’ll grow out of it.”

“You’re an atheist? You don’t actually disbelieve, you’re just mad at god. One day, every knee will bow and every tongue will confess.”

“You’re a leftist? You’ll become more conservative eventually; every generation does when they come into contact with The Real World™️”

“You’re gay/ace/queer? You just havent met the right man/woman yet.”

If you say any of the above things give me your personal information so i can harm you

edit: the terfs found this post. Y’all fuckin KNOW a teenager saying “give me your personal information” is a joke. You’re literally just being vindictive to have something to say.

anywaysy crazy how u guys r aligning with people who like theocracy and homophobia and heteronormity just because you hate trans people. It’s almost like you, my fellow hoes, are really damn predictable.

Edit 2: i love how after that first edit terfs mysteriously stopped interacting

#officer i said /j #queer #queer experience #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbt #lgbtq+ #lgbt+ #lgbtqia+ #gay #trans #transgender #nonbinary #secularism #atheism #atheist #asexual #leftist #leftism #lgbtq community #lgbt pride #lgbtpeople #lgbtqa #lgtbq #lgbtqplus #lgbtq pride #lgbt community #queer culture #queer community #queer pride

[waywardwombat]

NATIONAL-RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM AND POLITICAL TERRORISM OF THE NATIONALISTS AS A DRIVING FORCE OF THE ETHNOGENESIS OF THE ARMENIAN ETHNOUS

 (OUTLINE OF SOCIO-POLITICAL HISTORY) Олег КУЗНЕЦОВ   Oleg KUZNETSOV КАВКАЗ & ГЛОБАЛИЗАЦИЯ 176 Том 8 Выпуск 3—4 2014 Translated by Saadat Karimi Summary Through the prism of the content of the process ethnogenesis of the Armenian people the issues of the influence of organized national-religious extremism, political terror and terrorism on the vector and intensity of modernization…

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#Armenian Apostolic Church #Armenian-Gregorian clergy #ASALA #Dashnaktsutyun #ethnogenesis #Hunchak #JCAG #national-religious extremism #political terrorism #Republic Armenia #secularization #social modernization

[savethelifeofmychild]

#nonsecular vrrsion #i mean secular #?

[mystic-celine]

in case you haven’t been told lately, let me remind you:

you are That Bitch™

you deserve every compliment you receive

you are worthy of every ounce of praise that comes your way

you are powerful

you are worthy of love

you are deserving of the life you dream of

#witchblr #witchcraft #secular witchcraft #witchy things #baby witch #green witch #magick #witch #witches #witchy #celestial witch #kitchen witch

[immaculatasknight]

The demons set loose

#Christmas #Orthodox #Ukraine #Russia #weaponization #politicization #secularization #commodification #tradition #war

[redshift-13]

The Freedom From Religion Foundation celebrates a new Gallup poll showing that the percentage of Americans identifying as “nonreligious” now exceeds those identifying as “religious.” According to this poll, 33 percent of Americans now identify as “spiritual, but not religious,” (while 2 percent identify as “both”). Another 18 percent identify as neither spiritual nor religious — giving us a total of 51 percent choosing “not religious.” The number identifying as neither religious nor spiritual has doubled since the poll first asked the question in 1999. During that same timeframe, the number of respondents who identify as religious (47 percent in this poll) has dropped 7 percent. Hence, the surprising revelation that a slim majority of American adults today would not describe themselves as “religious.” The poll highlights another encouraging trend: Younger people are more likely than older adults to identify as nonreligious. More than a quarter of 18-26-year old respondents identify as nonreligious. That’s a stark contrast to the less than a tenth of those aged 65-plus who identify as nonreligious. Not a surprise is that Republicans are most likely to identify as religious (61 percent), with 28 percent identifying as “spiritual.” More independents (44 percent) say they are religious rather than spiritual (32 percent), with 21 percent identifying as neither. Democrats are nearly equally likely to say they are spiritual (41 percent) as religious (37 percent), with 21 percent identifying as neither. The poll indicates that religiosity among all age groups is down. These data strongly suggest that the trend away from religiosity will continue for the foreseeable future. Respondents seem to be shifting away from identifying as “religious” and toward identifying as “spiritual.” The rise in respondents identifying as “spiritual” nearly mirrors the decrease in respondents who identify as “religious.” This seems like a natural and predictable shift as individuals leave religion. Self-identifying as “spiritual” is likely for some a path toward leaving all supernatural belief behind for good. “This poll shows that religion is simply not for a majority of Americans,” comments Annie Laurie Gaylor, FFRF co-president. “The next step is to start electing officials who represent the majority of Americans no longer finding religion relevant.”

#gallup polling #religion #religious belief #secularization #ffrf #christianity

[glamourous-world]

I sit on my little skeptic throne of witchcraft and enjoy it all because either magic is real and I’m very in tune with myself and the world around me, or it’s not and I become a master of meditation and good mental attitude and I get a fuck ton of shiny little trinkets and nicknacks that bring me immense joy there is no losing here

#witchblr #witches of tumblr #witchcraft #secular witch #skeptical witch #glams blog of shadows

[world-v-you-blog]

The Uses of History, 12 – Christmas, 1

The Uses of History, 12 – Christmas, 1

(Photo credit – Wikipedia) The feast of Christmas as we generally know and observe it now in the West is a strange amalgam. Since the mid-1960s, in the name of inclusiveness and sensitivity, reinforced in the 1970s and 1980s by persistent lobbying and even legal action to remove the overtly Christian symbols and narrative around the feast from public view and even public discourse, a vaguely…

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#Birth of Christ #Christendom #Christmas #Happy Holidays #ideology #Imperialism #Jordan Peterson #Season&039;s Greetings #Secularization #The "Woke" #Woke Progressivism

[polyanthea]

And thus there came into Europe the idea of Holy Writ—an idea that is, I think, not wholly mistaken. Bernard Shaw (to whom I am always going back) was asked once whether he really thought the Bible was the work of the Holy Ghost. And he said, "I think the Holy Ghost has written not only the Bible, but all books." This is rather hard on the Holy Ghost, of course—but all books are worth reading, I suppose. This, I think, is what Homer meant when he spoke to the muse. And this is what the Hebrews and what Milton meant when they talked of the Holy Ghost whose temple is the upright and pure heart of men. And in our less beautiful mythology, we speak of the "subliminal self," of the "subconscious." Of course, these words are rather uncouth when we compare them to the muses or to the Holy Ghost. Still, we have to put up with the mythology of our time.

-Borges, This Craft of Verse

#borges #poetry #writing #mythology #homer #bible #craft #muse #secularization #george bernard shaw #holy ghost #poet #subconscious #milton #paradise lost #vessel #psychoanalysis #accommodation #domestication #translation

[peasantexchangeprogram]

theres this specific brand of judaism thats """all-accepting""" (of women, lgbt ppl, mentaly ill/disabled ppl, etc) and 'fight with gd behind a dennys' and uwu cute and scrunkly and non-threatening that was bred in captivity by secular americans thats somehow treated as the "real", widespread version of judaism by people on social media and its so so funny and annoying at the same time. and often coexists in gentiles alongside antisemitic beliefs, talking points and ideas. anyways. it drives me insane.

#mine* #gentiles thread carefully #i love it when secular/reform americans go (well jews dont *things jews 100% do*)