tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post4609624622859928879..comments2024-03-22T03:19:38.110-04:00Comments on Forever In Hell: Unpacking the Christian KnapsackPersonalFailurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-78794954974960823362010-08-27T22:02:14.810-04:002010-08-27T22:02:14.810-04:00Personal Failure, is there any way you can move? ...Personal Failure, is there any way you can move? I've been an atheist since 1999 (after having been raised super-fundamentalist, homeschooled in the Bible Belt, the whole bit) and even though I know I'm part of a small minority, I haven't felt like one since moving out of Oklahoma. I now live in Berkeley, California, working on the campus of the University of California (Berkeley) and I almost never meet anyone socially who's religious. Before that, I was a seasonal worker in Yellowstone National Park, and again -- almost never met anyone who wasn't atheist, or at least just didn't give a shit. I know our country is crazy religious in a way that's entirely different from any other developed country, but there really are secular pockets. Promise!PentecostalResiduenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-53975060418244068722010-08-27T01:07:42.221-04:002010-08-27T01:07:42.221-04:00Tweeted again!Tweeted again!Vollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14514280952695776270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-88641070710809390282010-08-21T21:17:30.314-04:002010-08-21T21:17:30.314-04:00I am so confused as to why this (the original, rac...I am so confused as to why this (the original, race-oriented version, especially) is not taught at least once a semester in every school, everywhere, every year as a class goes through K-12. And I'm not even kidding.Cynical Nymphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601814894895238102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-87663388920590857992010-08-21T15:54:44.525-04:002010-08-21T15:54:44.525-04:00"I can be pretty sure that my neighbors in su..."I can be pretty sure that my neighbors in such a location will be neutral or pleasant to me."<br /><br />I am pretty sure that neither Torquemada's nor Bloody Mary's neighbors said this...<br /><br />And LOL at zilchjenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04294710640794526679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-23664495750377394382010-08-21T11:03:19.184-04:002010-08-21T11:03:19.184-04:00Well, some of us love you...Well, <i>some</i> of us love you...zilchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01695741977946935771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-49498148092907833452010-08-21T04:28:00.007-04:002010-08-21T04:28:00.007-04:00Don't forget, though, Pers- you can turn on yo...Don't forget, though, Pers- you can turn on your computer and get <i>us</i>. And we love you.zilchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01695741977946935771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-7002635214575856262010-08-21T02:45:53.548-04:002010-08-21T02:45:53.548-04:00this was excellent and well done.
let me give an ...this was excellent and well done.<br /><br />let me give an example; i, personally, know of at LEAST 20 "Christian bookshops" in Columbus. i know of TWO "Other" bookshops, that cover everything from animism to zorastrianism. TWO.<br /><br />there used to be [maybe still is; i quit going] a "Witches Ball" on Samhain/Halloween - it was for those of a pagan bent to celebrate one of their 2 high holy days. <br />at MINIMUM, 2/3rds of the attendees were just there to "watch those freaky witches and 'warlocks'"denelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083149213773118359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-4658884774787868022010-08-20T17:29:39.330-04:002010-08-20T17:29:39.330-04:00Investigating Christian Privilege and Religious Op...Investigating Christian Privilege and Religious Oppression in the United States<br />Warren J. Blumenfeld, Khyati Y. Joshi, & Ellen E. Fairchild, editors<br /><br />Today, the United States stands as the most religiously diverse country in the world. This diversity poses great challenges as well as opportunities. Christian denominations and their cultural manifestations, however, often function to marginalize, exclude, and deny members and institutions of other religions and non-believers the privileges and access that accompany a Christian affiliation. <br /> <br />Christianity is the privileged religious perspective in the United States since Christian groups, people, and organizations often have the power to define normalcy. Christian privilege comprises a large array of benefits that are often invisible, unearned, and unacknowledged by Christians. At times overt while at other times more subtle as Christian religious practice and beliefs have entered the public square, the clearly religious meanings, symbolism, positionality, and antecedents of these practices and beliefs betray claims to mere secularism. <br /> <br />The effect of the so-called "secularization" of Christian religious practices and beliefs not only fortifies, but strengthens Christian privilege by perpetuating Christian influence in such a way as to avoid detection as religion or circumvent violating the constitutional requirements for the separation of religion and government. Christian dominance, therefore, is maintained often by its relative invisibility. With this invisibility, privilege is neither analyzed nor scrutinized, neither interrogated nor confronted. <br /> <br />Investigating Christian Privilege and Religious Oppression in the United States addresses Christian privilege as well as religious oppression since the two are in symbiotic relationship: oppression toward non-Christians gives rise to Christian privilege in the United States, and Christian privilege maintains oppression toward non-Christian individuals and faith communities. <br /> <br />This anthology also provides historical and contemporary cases exposing Christian privilege and religious oppression on the societal, institutional, and personal/interpersonal levels. A number of chapters include sections suggesting change strategies, and in particular, ways to achieve the national goal of religious pluralism in the United States. <br /> <br />ISBN-10: 9087906765, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam.Warrennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-34335066890694830292010-08-20T17:00:59.366-04:002010-08-20T17:00:59.366-04:00That is exactly my point. They make shite music, ...That is exactly my point. They make shite music, it doesn't sell, so they are being persecuted and repackage it as "Christian" then it sells to the rubes. While all along, most bands in "secular" music are all Christians too.BeamStalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772110446629492132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-804756624034459112010-08-20T16:12:15.562-04:002010-08-20T16:12:15.562-04:00I don't think I've ever been in a music st...I don't think I've ever been in a music store/music section that did not have an area devoted to Christian music of several varieties ("rock", gospel, etc.), and that's to say nothing of Bush, who were singing about Jesus the whole time.PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-46332483588783205892010-08-20T15:20:21.475-04:002010-08-20T15:20:21.475-04:00If you're Christian, you can find entire ... m...<i>If you're Christian, you can find entire ... music stores,</i><br /><br />I am working on a post about this subject alone. The way I see it, it is part of the Christians are persecuted in "secular" music, so we have to have our own music and stores and awards. When most music artists are Christians.BeamStalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772110446629492132noreply@blogger.com