Comments on: Losing their religion: Ranks of nonbelievers on the increase http://coloradoindependent.com/23704/losing-their-religion-ranks-of-nonbelievers-on-the-increase News you can't get anywhere else Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:35:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: knerd http://coloradoindependent.com/23704/losing-their-religion-ranks-of-nonbelievers-on-the-increase/comment-page-1#comment-32409 knerd Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:19:30 +0000 http://coloradoindependent.com/?p=23704#comment-32409 We're hard-wired for a "spiritual" approach to the world anyway. I believe these polls reflect a shift away from the religion ABOUT Jesus to more of an appreciation to the religion OF Jesus: concern for the poor, a shift away from narrow tribalism and a focus on a lyrical rather than tragic view of reality.<br><br>The church got sidetracked into being a bureaucratic Salvation Machine after it merged with the Roman Empire in 325 AD. It has reached its limit and it has long since crumbled away to the fundamentalist margins.<br><br>Like looking into the night sky at the starlight that left space aeons ago, we are now living in a totally different universe. We're hard-wired for a “spiritual” approach to the world anyway. I believe these polls reflect a shift away from the religion ABOUT Jesus to more of an appreciation to the religion OF Jesus: concern for the poor, a shift away from narrow tribalism and a focus on a lyrical rather than tragic view of reality.

The church got sidetracked into being a bureaucratic Salvation Machine after it merged with the Roman Empire in 325 AD. It has reached its limit and it has long since crumbled away to the fundamentalist margins.

Like looking into the night sky at the starlight that left space aeons ago, we are now living in a totally different universe.

]]> By: knerd http://coloradoindependent.com/23704/losing-their-religion-ranks-of-nonbelievers-on-the-increase/comment-page-1#comment-25078 knerd Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:19:30 +0000 http://coloradoindependent.com/?p=23704#comment-25078 We're hard-wired for a "spiritual" approach to the world anyway. I believe these polls reflect a shift away from the religion ABOUT Jesus to more of an appreciation to the religion OF Jesus: concern for the poor, a shift away from narrow tribalism and a focus on a lyrical rather than tragic view of reality.<br><br>The church got sidetracked into being a bureaucratic Salvation Machine after it merged with the Roman Empire in 325 AD. It has reached its limit and it has long since crumbled away to the fundamentalist margins.<br><br>Like looking into the night sky at the starlight that left space aeons ago, we are now living in a totally different universe. We're hard-wired for a “spiritual” approach to the world anyway. I believe these polls reflect a shift away from the religion ABOUT Jesus to more of an appreciation to the religion OF Jesus: concern for the poor, a shift away from narrow tribalism and a focus on a lyrical rather than tragic view of reality.

The church got sidetracked into being a bureaucratic Salvation Machine after it merged with the Roman Empire in 325 AD. It has reached its limit and it has long since crumbled away to the fundamentalist margins.

Like looking into the night sky at the starlight that left space aeons ago, we are now living in a totally different universe.

]]> By: knerd http://coloradoindependent.com/23704/losing-their-religion-ranks-of-nonbelievers-on-the-increase/comment-page-1#comment-22550 knerd Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:19:30 +0000 http://coloradoindependent.com/?p=23704#comment-22550 We're hard-wired for a "spiritual" approach to the world anyway. I believe these polls reflect a shift away from the religion ABOUT Jesus to more of an appreciation to the religion OF Jesus: concern for the poor, a shift away from narrow tribalism and a focus on a lyrical rather than tragic view of reality.<br><br>The church got sidetracked into being a bureaucratic Salvation Machine after it merged with the Roman Empire in 325 AD. It has reached its limit and it has long since crumbled away to the fundamentalist margins.<br><br>Like looking into the night sky at the starlight that left space aeons ago, we are now living in a totally different universe. We're hard-wired for a “spiritual” approach to the world anyway. I believe these polls reflect a shift away from the religion ABOUT Jesus to more of an appreciation to the religion OF Jesus: concern for the poor, a shift away from narrow tribalism and a focus on a lyrical rather than tragic view of reality.

The church got sidetracked into being a bureaucratic Salvation Machine after it merged with the Roman Empire in 325 AD. It has reached its limit and it has long since crumbled away to the fundamentalist margins.

Like looking into the night sky at the starlight that left space aeons ago, we are now living in a totally different universe.

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