tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352263427762940860.post252944516006826323..comments2024-01-23T16:25:46.293+13:00Comments on Canterbury Atheist: Does Christianity flourish in America because Americans are simply more ignorant than the average Westerner?Canterbury Atheistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09900223059660267657noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352263427762940860.post-14548963337062938882013-08-22T15:38:33.208+12:002013-08-22T15:38:33.208+12:00Everyone is we are born that way. So just how man...Everyone is we are born that way. So just how many New Zealanders have you meet there Jarell? How long have you spent outside the U.S? I don’t think you are qualified to offer an opinion until you have immersed yourself in culture outside the home of the Disney Channel, thrill kill murders of harmless Australian joggers. All the best on your travels. <br /><br />Canterbury Atheistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09900223059660267657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352263427762940860.post-73655583533387622242013-08-15T00:33:03.905+12:002013-08-15T00:33:03.905+12:00As an American I must say I took offense to this p...As an American I must say I took offense to this prejudicial article. For one you generalizing American people in this way shows how ignorant you truly are. I think that maybe you are an ignorant fool who either met a few ignorant Americans or believe everything you seen in videos and the internet and generalized the entire population in this way. Some of the most prestigious universities of the world are located in the United States, scientific developments, engineering, and many more aspects. With that being noted, these educated Americans do in fact know alot about the rest of the world and many travel and live in different countries. You also seem to be idiotic and one sided enough to suggest that religion plays a role in what you may describe as "American ignorance" when there are many Americans who don't have religion or believe in any deities for that matter. Now I would be wrong to say that all New Zealanders are kiwi eating bastards who live in a lost and forgotten country only known by Australians and considered an extension of Australia. That would be pure ignorance as I know that isn't an accurate description. I would actually love to visit NZ and see the what the country has to offer, so do yourself a favor: stop being an American hater and educate yourself because it seems that you are not very smart. It actually seems that your opinions and reasoning are diluted and maybe you are sexually frustrated and need to get laid or make some friends or something, whatever is I wish you the best of luck on shredding your abundance of ignorance from you brain.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07948277520017822188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352263427762940860.post-61024805464776334492013-01-14T08:22:54.286+13:002013-01-14T08:22:54.286+13:00I resent your statemens. I'm born and raised i...I resent your statemens. I'm born and raised in Colorado, have traveled the world, driven through the entire US, gone through college and grad school despite childhood poverty, and all I can say is simply that wherever you go, there will be people who are bright clever and interesting, but by far they are outnumbered by those who are dumb as a sack of bricks. I come from a long line of atheists, my spouse is an atheist, but most of my dearest closest friends are christian and they keep up with every scientific and philosophical quandry I throw at them. Obviously you have to be more selective about th company you keep.<br /><br />There is a far more severe problem at work here outside of religion, and it starts at the home. There is a diminishing sense of responsibility, actions don't have consequences, children are not developing proper coping mechanisms in a broad sense, there is a sense of entitlement with the populace in general, people are being raised too individualistically and are not developing empathy, technology immersion is doing away with interpersonal skills and relationships, and there is a very saddening misplacement of priorities (I.e. becoming the next honey boo boo as opposed to completing your math assignment). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352263427762940860.post-60456157005049710192011-04-24T08:50:19.551+12:002011-04-24T08:50:19.551+12:00I disagree. Americans know little about the rest ...I disagree. Americans know little about the rest of the world because they have little need to know about these places. No offense, but if NZ were to sink into the ocean perhaps our lamb prices would increase slightly and we'd have to find somewhere else to film the Lord of the Rings movies, but otherwise the impact would be fairly minimal. I suspect that few Kiwis can say that about the US.<br /><br />American ignorance about the world, and our conservative, superstitious values are mostly unrelated. I frankly believe the reason we are so religious is because it has been politically and economically expedient to control the masses through such conservative values. Religion is a highly evolved form of crowd control, after all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com