27 replies on “Might Use This On My Christmas Cards This Year”
The internet is a race…
That’s the best thing I’ve seen all day.
Om-nom-nom…
I am assuming gays are part of all three pieces of the pie.
So true. Nice to have a pie chart to prove the point, though. ; )
I like that it looks like Pac Man.
I like how the pie chart is positioned so it looks like the Christian majority is eating the rest of the people.
This is quite obviously restricted to American society.
Try asking the Iraqi Shiites if it’s possible for a possible for a majority to be oppressed.
This counter-example doesn’t prove that U.S. Christians are oppressed. But it does prove that your argument does not prove that they aren’t.
Yes its very good. Also when the naysayers point out that the majority of South Africa is black for example and that they were/are oppressed. Make sure to point out its not merely a numbers game but who is in control. So black, people who are the majority in SA, are oppressed by the minority because they were colonized and subjected to economic oppression by the ruling elite. I hope this makes sense. Im just sure the fanatic christians will try to bring that up. Also, in the US the group in control is still white christian males as evident in leaders of corporation and government. Even with the new administration they reflect the values of the ruling class. Domhoff on diversity in power describes it like the minorities in power have to be rich, upper-class, go to elite Ivy league schools, etc. They have the same mindset. With that said, thank god for Obama. Hes a good start in the right direction but bring on more actual leftist leaders in the future.
Come and see the violence inherent in the system!
I have a hard time believing a majority of this country is actually Christian as opposed to “Well, I celebrate Christmas and I guess Mom and Dad made me go to church growing up but I don’t own a bible and don’t really talk about my beliefs because it’s impolite”/Non-religious.
I ORDER you to be quiet!
RUN AWAY, RUN AWAY!!!
David Wright, would a pie graph showing our congressional representation of 92% Christian, 7.8% Jewish, and 0.2% atheist help you understand things?
Forgot the Muslims. Make that 91.6% Christian, 7.8% Jewish, 0.4% Muslim, 0.2% atheist.
Via Wiki: According to the CIA 2002 Fact Book, the following is the order of religious preferences in the United States:
* Christian: (78.5%)
o Protestant (51.3%)
o Roman Catholic (23.9%)
o Mormon (1.7%)
o other Christian (1.6%)
* unaffiliated (12.1%)
* none (4%)
* other or unspecified (2.5%)
* Jewish (1.7%)
* Buddhist (0.7%)
* Muslim (0.6%)
I don’t know where I fall. Unaffiliated, None, or other. I believe in something, but I don’t pretend to know what it is.
People who actually believe in a God and not the preacher’s bigotry: 0.0001%
God that MS Excel color palette is a travesty. What’s the exact opposite of hiring a skilled colorist to give your visualization software a balanced, pleasing color palette for the graphs? Is there a word for that?
@9 – I’m guessing it was supposed to be, um, funny as opposed to any kind of rational argument. And it was. Funny, that is.
THANK YOU! This is perfect!
Let’s hope the Majority does not get the upper hand or they will start taking away civil rights from the minority groups here in the states…. oh! you mean they already have… of never mind.
Pagans were in the majority once. So, there is hope. If only the majority read “rational” instead of “Christian” this country and the world would be a much better place.
“Also when the naysayers point out that the majority of South Africa is black for example and that they were/are oppressed. Make sure to point out its not merely a numbers game but who is in control. So black, people who are the majority in SA, are oppressed by the minority because they were colonized and subjected to economic oppression by the ruling elite.”
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Yeah, SA is so much better off now… degenerating from a first-world country to not being able to keep the power on and having the highest murder and rape rates in the entire world in only about ten short years. One in every three women in SA can expect to be raped… but at least those darn white people are not “oppressing” them anymore. Blacks don’t need whites to oppress them, because blacks oppress each other way better than whites can.
23 – When Pagans were the majority, Paganism bore little resemblance to the free Neo Pagan movements of today. It was an oppressive institutional religion and the scattered followers of “The Way” (early Christians) gained ground because they provided an alternative.
@#4 – gays are not a part of ANY pie pieces
Mike Huckabee was just on the Daily Show, and said that gay people have to make their case better for same sex marriage. Jon Stewart said that it was a travesty that gay people have to make their case for basic human rights.
The internet is a race…
That’s the best thing I’ve seen all day.
Om-nom-nom…
I am assuming gays are part of all three pieces of the pie.
So true. Nice to have a pie chart to prove the point, though. ; )
I like that it looks like Pac Man.
I like how the pie chart is positioned so it looks like the Christian majority is eating the rest of the people.
This is quite obviously restricted to American society.
Try asking the Iraqi Shiites if it’s possible for a possible for a majority to be oppressed.
This counter-example doesn’t prove that U.S. Christians are oppressed. But it does prove that your argument does not prove that they aren’t.
Yes its very good. Also when the naysayers point out that the majority of South Africa is black for example and that they were/are oppressed. Make sure to point out its not merely a numbers game but who is in control. So black, people who are the majority in SA, are oppressed by the minority because they were colonized and subjected to economic oppression by the ruling elite. I hope this makes sense. Im just sure the fanatic christians will try to bring that up. Also, in the US the group in control is still white christian males as evident in leaders of corporation and government. Even with the new administration they reflect the values of the ruling class. Domhoff on diversity in power describes it like the minorities in power have to be rich, upper-class, go to elite Ivy league schools, etc. They have the same mindset. With that said, thank god for Obama. Hes a good start in the right direction but bring on more actual leftist leaders in the future.
Come and see the violence inherent in the system!
I have a hard time believing a majority of this country is actually Christian as opposed to “Well, I celebrate Christmas and I guess Mom and Dad made me go to church growing up but I don’t own a bible and don’t really talk about my beliefs because it’s impolite”/Non-religious.
I ORDER you to be quiet!
RUN AWAY, RUN AWAY!!!
David Wright, would a pie graph showing our congressional representation of 92% Christian, 7.8% Jewish, and 0.2% atheist help you understand things?
Forgot the Muslims. Make that 91.6% Christian, 7.8% Jewish, 0.4% Muslim, 0.2% atheist.
Via Wiki: According to the CIA 2002 Fact Book, the following is the order of religious preferences in the United States:
* Christian: (78.5%)
o Protestant (51.3%)
o Roman Catholic (23.9%)
o Mormon (1.7%)
o other Christian (1.6%)
* unaffiliated (12.1%)
* none (4%)
* other or unspecified (2.5%)
* Jewish (1.7%)
* Buddhist (0.7%)
* Muslim (0.6%)
I don’t know where I fall. Unaffiliated, None, or other. I believe in something, but I don’t pretend to know what it is.
People who actually believe in a God and not the preacher’s bigotry: 0.0001%
God that MS Excel color palette is a travesty. What’s the exact opposite of hiring a skilled colorist to give your visualization software a balanced, pleasing color palette for the graphs? Is there a word for that?
@9 – I’m guessing it was supposed to be, um, funny as opposed to any kind of rational argument. And it was. Funny, that is.
THANK YOU! This is perfect!
Let’s hope the Majority does not get the upper hand or they will start taking away civil rights from the minority groups here in the states…. oh! you mean they already have… of never mind.
Pagans were in the majority once. So, there is hope. If only the majority read “rational” instead of “Christian” this country and the world would be a much better place.
“Also when the naysayers point out that the majority of South Africa is black for example and that they were/are oppressed. Make sure to point out its not merely a numbers game but who is in control. So black, people who are the majority in SA, are oppressed by the minority because they were colonized and subjected to economic oppression by the ruling elite.”
=======
Yeah, SA is so much better off now… degenerating from a first-world country to not being able to keep the power on and having the highest murder and rape rates in the entire world in only about ten short years. One in every three women in SA can expect to be raped… but at least those darn white people are not “oppressing” them anymore. Blacks don’t need whites to oppress them, because blacks oppress each other way better than whites can.
23 – When Pagans were the majority, Paganism bore little resemblance to the free Neo Pagan movements of today. It was an oppressive institutional religion and the scattered followers of “The Way” (early Christians) gained ground because they provided an alternative.
@#4 – gays are not a part of ANY pie pieces
Mike Huckabee was just on the Daily Show, and said that gay people have to make their case better for same sex marriage. Jon Stewart said that it was a travesty that gay people have to make their case for basic human rights.
Way to stuff it down his throat, Jon!!!