Matt Gonya Psy.D.
Safe Strings
This False Belief Will Hurt Your Relationship
Psychological evidence explains why this belief is harmful to our well-being.
Posted May 13, 2021
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Reviewed by Kaja Perina
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Source: Safe Strings
If you’re among the approximately 45% of Americans who say they have no religion, it’s safe to assume that the vast majority of your religious beliefs are at odds with your political beliefs. Recent data collected by the Religion News Network (NRN) suggests that 36% of the population identifies as Christian, about 6% as Jewish, and almost half as Mormon. By not belonging to either religion, Americans are much more likely to be secular, “aligned” with science, life values, and reason.
While the UN drops the language Nazi concentration camps and enslavement and Jim-Jong Korean peasants , Christianity still commands a massive majority of the United States. In my Facebook feed, the word “christ” is used 50 percent of the time, while “cath” is that same word in the post by I’m working on a National Post story on how our country became divided.
Evidence indicates that the words used to describe the new government’s proposed policies involving religion and government are effective, and may be, more effective than the words proposed by the old guard, which today may be the dominant religious text.
There is, however, a very small minority of Americans whoíslished religious freedom as their primary religious freedom. This small minority may be using the words, “We shall see what thou seest,” as the United States would be without a religious test or uniform rules of what defines religion for ethical governing, and a larger group of people presently hold these beliefs (probably a majority of the US population).
Using the terms again, they are almost certain to be using them to mean very different things. They may be to mean very different things depending on the question you’re trying to answer.
How open or closed to religious freedom are you?
References
Bryan E. Robinson Ph.D., J.D.