National Geographic
The religiously unaffiliated, called "nones," are growing significantly. They’re the second largest religious group in North America and most of Europe. In the United States, nones make up almost a quarter of the population. In the past decade, U.S. nones have overtaken Catholics, mainline protestants, and all followers of non-Christian faiths.
A lack of religious affiliation has profound effects on how people think about death, how they teach their kids, and even how they vote. Recent surveys are finding that it’s happening startlingly fast. Religion is rapidly becoming less important than it’s ever been.
Also anarchist are bringing a new way of thinking to greater empowerment for the people as individual. Rather than the State and Bankers first.
Happy to be a part, your thoughts?
My thoughts about this are that people are having new spiritual awakenings and are having to discard their old non-spiritual religions. Sometimes, people have to discard their old beliefs and become neutral for awhile they can establish and accept the new. I relate to this because I was a "none" for a few years before I found the spiritual belief system I was seeking. I firmly believe that Jesus tried to teach spirituality to his followers, but their minds were still in too primitive a state for the vast majority of them to understand.
The Jews had the Kabbalah, but their leaders had reverted to a non-spiritual commercialized religion (remember Jesus's running the money-changers from the temple?). I think he taught in parables so people could relate on their own levels what he was trying to say. Unfortunately, too much of the low-level resonated with the world, and we ended up with a Christianity that was no better than the outmoded Judaism he was trying to replace.
Now, 2,000 years later, we've completed another 26,000 year cycle in the universe, and minds have matured to a certain extent. Earth is beginning a new 26,000 year cycle. Technology has shrunk the world into a tiny sphere, and we are exposed daily to new ideas and new ways of dealing with old ideas. The world is no longer flat! People are coming to the realization that today we should not be following laws and belief systems that were written by nomadic people who's main technology was the wheel. We are seekers and are looking for answers that match the 21st Century. I'm not mocking Jesus, in fact I think he is proud of us. I believe he is saying, "finally, my humans are starting to get it."
Well said.
Most part I like the myth of Jesus, it's the Christians I have a challenge with.
Most people I know say they are spirtual rather than Religious. Spiritual means to me exploring the unknowns with good intentions, not stuck in the Bronze age.
I do sense a 80 year winter cycle is finishing. It still will get worst, before it all gets better.
Yes, atheism as well as "religious but unaffiliated" are growing.
Not sure what anarchism has to do with it, though - is this a completely different topic or are you tying the two together somehow? Because as far as "bankers" go we are steadily progressing towards a cashless society, which means bankers or barter, and barter will never again be a large part of our finances.
You mean digital , we are 97℅ there , only 3℅ is cash. Still digital is American dollars currency. US currency is going to be dead soon. As the world barters on a personally basic and National more often leaving US trying to figure out what to invade next.
Anarchist offer more smaller bussiness entrepreneurship and individual human rights. Rather than puppeteer's and banker slave masters to own everything.
Wilderness, I think he may be trying to say that anarchists are influencing this movement, but I'm not sure. I was trying to ignore that statement because I don't agree with it. I also think that the world is too populated to be able to go back to a barter system. I was not interested in economics in college and somehow managed to get out of taking the subject. I would like to see you elaborate more on the bankers.
I like to hear wilderness solution for the Bankers too. Where the State and Bankers heirachary are the greatest source evil lived.
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