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Patriotism citizenship and nationalism are not necessarily the same thing. The idea I absorbed was the value of the nation's ideals and what is currently passing for nationalism seems to be a rejection of those very ideals. Antithetical even. 🥺😢😭

Yes, sadly so 😓 😰😥

A lot of people who are not of the majority religion anywhere try to stay "under the radar" because the weight of the Christian/Protestant/Catholic/Islamic/Hindu/Mormon society around them feels stacked against them. That's true for heterodox Christians too who feel slandered when called "not...

I agree, and I think that asking a group at work to pray IS religionism. You're inviting people to either participate in something they do not agree with OR CALL ATTENTION TO THEMSELVES BY WITHDRAWING - Whether it's intended or not, it identifies people, calls them out. I think it IS religionism...

Whose G-d? According to Deists, G-d withdrew after creation. G-d and religion are not the same thing. Is it metaphysically possible to stop G-d from doing anything or going anywhere or make G-d go anywhere? It IS physically possible to talk about G-d all the time in any place and have people...

I agree it could develop into that. Can you say more about your thoughts?

Your less than cheerful reaction to the topic kind of proves my entire point.

Workplace accommodation could mean an interfaith prayer space people could go to. It's not as if that would necessarily be tension free, for example how to manage different people using the room at what time, whether men and women could be in the same space based on the views of some faiths...

That sounds low level pejorative, but in any case, whether it is "paranoia" or not depends on your history and experience. It happens, people ask nosy questions at work and evangelize at work. I have had more than a few colleagues who are very loud about their religion and their politics at...

Welcome, glad to meet you.

I just looked but the only thing I saw was a very brief post from a newbie--- what am I missing?

What is going on?

If I had children, I probably would have provided a lot of information about other beliefs and encouraged critical thinking and exploration. My mom's message to me would have been a given.

It seems you may think there is something wrong with the topic. I think the social implications of being non religious or in a religious minority in various settings could be important sometimes. (or possible career implications, in some communities, depending on the people involved, and what...

What if the request for group prayer was by and for members of a different religion than your own? Would you stay or leave? Or something else?

CONDITIONAL IMMORTALITY https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/article/destroyed-for-ever-an-examination-of-the-debates-concerning-annihilation-and-conditional-immortality/ https://rethinkinghell.com/2016/01/01/conditional-immortality-meaning-best-label-1/...

Upon G-d granting eternal life Wouldn't live forever (referencing your earlier comments)

Wording it that way sounds strange, but there is both speculation and research around the impact chemicals in the environment can have on fetal development in such a way as to be an influence on sex/gender characteristics...

@wil did you also see the other items I added? Right above your answer - I'd be curious to see your response to some of the questions or links I put in my entry.

Liberty and justice for all is how things should be, and Americanism is fighting for those things and pointing out hypocrisy wherever you see it -- good on you when you do. I've never really grokked the idea of rejecting patriotism or Americanism due to annoyance that reality hasn't always lived...