I am not a Christian, but I live in a country where the majority of people are Christians.
Same; I'm not a Christian, but live in America which is definitely mostly Christians. It's interesting that it's a minority religion in the Middle East, where it originated.
I live in America too! It really is interesting that just through early immigration, conversion, etc. it has become so dominant here. On my way to work in the city, I pass churches for so many different Christian denominations.
There are two churches by my house, which affects the alcohol sale laws! Religion plays such a large part in American lives, unlike other developed countries.
Yes, it does. I bet there are fewer than 25 elected officials in our history who have ever been sworn in on anything other than a Bible.
For sure. It's so strange that for such an ethnically diverse culture the public isn't open to more religions - or the absence of religion.
Do you think that'll change in the years or decades to come? Or that Christianity will remain the implicit public/official religion?
Multiculturalism
The term multiculturalism has a range of meanings within the contexts of sociology, of political philosophy, and of colloquial use. In sociology and in everyday usage, it is a synonym for "ethnic pluralism", with the two terms often used interchangeably, for example, a cultural pluralism in which various ethnic groups collaborate and enter into a dialogue with one another without having to sacrifice their particular identities. It can describe a mixed ethnic community area where multiple cultural traditions exist (such as New York City) or a
I have been a member. I am not ashamed to be a Christian, and I am glad to know that the President of the United States is a Christian, for without the help of the Almighty I do not think he could rightly judge in ruling so many people. I have advised all of my people who are not Christians, to study that religion, because it seems to me the best religion in enabling one to live right.
He joined the Dutch Reformed Church in 1903, but four years later was