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I can`t speak for a Church or a congregation to which I do not belong and where I have never attended their Church and have only indirect reports. I assume because of the large number of memoirs of people who fled these Churches (well as I have said I think of them as cults) that your assertion is true of at least some fundamentalist Churches. That has absolutely nothing to do with my point that left wing Christians, animists, Jews, Hindis, main stream Muslims and other non fundamentalist religions could be key parts of the progressive movement if agnostics and atheists could get over the fear they feel when confronted by people of faith and refrain from calling them dimwits and morons. Especially when all these other not fundamentalist religions have, in America, on average much higher levels of educational attainment than atheists and agnostics.

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A cult is often defined as a (more or less) close-knit group that keeps others out and keep the members from leaving. It usually has one strong leader, whom the rest are encouraged to look up to, sometimes to worship. Some dimwitted morons define it as “any group that I’m not a member of”.

Agnostics and atheists might be members of those “left wing Christians, animists, Jews, Hindis, main stream Muslims and other non-fundamentalist religions”. This atheist, for example, is a tax-paying member of the Swedish Church.

Agnostics and atheists in general don’t have a fear of being confronted with people of faith, as they are EVERYWHERE, and we are being confronted by them constantly. THOSE are not the ones we call “dimwits” or “morons”, it’s the fundie Christians and Muslims and Jews and Hindus, and the right-wing Christians.

The higher education you have, the higher the chance that you are an agnostic or an atheist. It’s unclear whether atheists seek higher education, or people become atheists the more they study. Probably a bit of both.

Whats an Animist? Does he mean Animism? Is that even popular enough for a token mention?

all these other not fundamentalist religions have, in America, on average much higher levels of educational attainment than atheists and agnostics

Really? You say “in America”, as opposed to the rest of the world, but I doubt your statement is true, anywhere. I’d really like to see the source of your statistics. How many religious Americans have won Nobel prizes in the last decade or so?. … Huh? … I’ll wait … Hmm? … Don’t worry, you can get back to me on that one.

my point that left wing Christians, animists, Jews, Hindis, main stream Muslims and other non fundamentalist religions could be key parts of the progressive movement if agnostics and atheists could get over the fear they feel when confronted by people of faith and refrain from calling them dimwits and morons

Devout Muslim Sadiq Khan who is pro-Semitic. My best friend is a long-time Church of England Christian. C-of-E clergy peers in the House of Lords were instrumental in ensuring the 2013 Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act was passed in the House of Commons and entered the statute book. PROTIP: Romans 13:1-5.

So what was your 'point' again, OP...?!

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Probably means general animistic faiths (neo-pagans, Wiccans, Shintoists, First Nations/Native American shamanic traditions, etc.).

…Aren’t most of those groups already part of the progressive movement? I mean, I’m (philosophically) a Shinto-Buddhist, and I’ve never had an issue with atheists, aside from a few outliers who happened to be just awful people.

Looking at you, Thunderf00t.

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Confused?