Daniel Redmon and why secular soceities die

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Feb 19, 2009 at 20:02

Yo, Luigi, your comment that "Japan and the EU are falling apart due to lack of religion" is wrong on so many levels, where do I start?

Really? If that is true, why was your response so short?

It's very, very simple Daniel: secular nations promote abortion, gay marriage, contraception, feminism and generally try and make people feel like their lives mean nothing if they sacrifice a family for a career, especially for the sake of the sacred liberal ideology of "progress."

Religious nations, on the other hand, promote having strong values and larger families. That would be why, Daniel, most of our immigration comes from countries rich in religion. Imagine that.

How about here: By pointing out the Japan is a very religious nation wherein most of its citizens are either Shinto or Buddhist.

Most of the young people in Japan are not religious. Bad news for them. It's a big reason why their birthrate is so low.

As for the European Union, well, while it is true that Europe has a larger percentage of non-believers than does the USA, that is true only if you don't count the overwhelmingly Catholic populations of Italy, Spain and Portugal. There is also a strong Catholic presence in Poland, from whence came our last Pope, John Paul II.

Yet they don't seem to want to have children. A very empty existence.

Second point: We should note that the overwhelmingly religious population of the USA now comprises a society that is, for all practical purposes, "falling apart," if your comment was at least in part a reference to economic conditions.

Sorry, but it's the secular liberals who are in power and I cannot be held responsible for the utter stupidity of other Americans who think that getting brainwashed at a fancy-pants liberal arts college = education. They choose to vote for people based on feeling sorry for them over their race (Obama) and sexual orientation (Frank) or good looks (Edwards) or inflated family struggle (Biden).

Naturally, you can expect a similar return in leadership. Not that the left is familiar with the word "investment." It's a scary word that involves math and you can't bypass it with tolerance, diversity, multiculturalism or some overly-dramatic life story. :)

I will accept your point to the extent of the democrat districts, where most people rely on government for well, their very existence in some cases. Here on the Great Plains, we are having an economic boom. Then again, we pretty always do.

Third and last point: No nation ever ceased to survive because it stopped believing in an imaginary deity living in the clouds. However, some have passed from view for harboring such unsupportable belief systems.

1) An enemy who believes in something will always defeat an enemy who believes in nothing. So, Daniel Redmond, what do you believe? That you can make yourself happy by saturating yourself with sex, drugs, rap music, beer, pot and video games?

I'll tell you one thing have worked in international circles:

a) China and Russia feel they can run roughshod over Canada, Europe, Australia and Japan. Their confidence is waxing like never before and it's all due to one thing: Massive growth and return of Christianity.

b) The radical Muslims in Europe believe they will control in there in two generations. The EU won't make it past 2075.

c) Brazil is now energy independent and has stablilzed its populatiton.

Who do you think will shine this century?

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