Occasionally, I’m asked why I focus my religion-oriented writing toward Christianity. Do I have a specific animus towards Christians or their beliefs? Well, no to both. It’s really very simple: Christianity is the religion I came from and it’s the largest identified religion in the United States. By identified, I mean, most Americans identify as Christian, whether they actually practice it or not.
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Once in a while, I like to take a look at the state of religious belief where I live, the United States. I don’t really think it changes much overall, but it’s always been curious to me how we who live here identify as a Judeo-Christian nation when that couldn’t be further from the truth. If we could be identified with any belief, it would be a Christian nation because out of the 350 million people that live here, some 66% identify as Christian. That’s 231 million Christians. More than any other country in the world.
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There are days I think I spend too much time online. I sometimes have to force myself to walk away and attempt to be productive. But the lure of the siren is always there, just across the room, maybe sitting quietly in another, but still there, ever so alluring, knowing it won’t be long before I’m there behind the keyboard, checking to make sure the world hadn’t ended while I was away. I know that sounds a little over dramatic, and it’s meant to be, in a way, to demonstrate how much many of us have become dependent on those social media applications and our race making the cleverest, and smartest, post of the day. We all complete to Win the Internet, even if it’s just for the day.
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So I heard that now Texas, and Florida are both on statewide lockdown, instead of, like Florida, only some counties in the south, and Texas, just closing schools. Of course, like everywhere else, essential services are still open, like grocery stores, pharmacies, liquor stores, and churches. Yes, you read that correctly. Going to church is considered essential. I am not against thee free exercise of religion, but these people cannot skip services for a month? We’re looking at four, FOUR, Sunday services.