The Great Dialogue

Most Americans See Bible As Word Of God, Gallup Says http://n.pr/1ovYe4h ...worth reading...    

God Rest Maya Angelou... http://national.deseretnews.com/article/1598/The-spiritual-side-of-the-late-Maya-Angelou.html#MhBFFcDKxR97HmJk.03

America's Less Religious: Study Puts Some Blame On The Internet http://n.pr/1jIkZRl    

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27099700    

SEE:   http://www.pewforum.org/2014/04/04/global-religious-diversity/

Millennials 'Talk To God,' But Fewer Rely On Religion, Survey Finds http://n.pr/1ndEUIE    

http://www.evolutionvsgod.com/

SEE:  http://www.pewforum.org/2014/02/10/russians-return-to-religion-but-not-to-church/

SEE:  http://www.pewforum.org/2014/01/14/religious-hostilities-reach-six-year-high/

Entry Pageviews United States 1236 Russia 157 Germany 122 Ukraine 25 Romania 20 Poland 17 Sweden 13 Netherlands 10 Malaysia 7 South Korea 6

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-25960225    

QUESTION:  DO YOU THINK THAT RELIGIONS SHOULD BE ABLE TO CLEARLY DEFINE WHAT THEY BELIEVE? SEE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE WEBPAGE, SCROLL DOWN; VOTE!

SEE:  http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/science/new-truths-that-only-one-can-see.html

SEE:  http://www.pewforum.org/2013/12/30/publics-views-on-human-evolution/

From USA TODAY One-third of Americans reject human evolution While nearly two-thirds of Americans say humans have evolved over time, a third of U.S. adults disagree, according to new survey results from the Pew Research Center. The Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project report released Monday found that 33% think "humans and other living things have existed in their present form since the beginning of time." Sixty percent agreed with evolution. Among those who agree with human evolution, about half attribute it to "natural processes such as natural selection." Whereas, 24% of adults say "a supreme being guided the evolution of living things." The survey also found disagreement across political and religious lines. http://usat.ly/1cj234B Get USA TODAY on your mobile device: http://www.usatoday.com/mobile-apps Dr Schmoyer    

And let it always be said he knew how to keep Christmas well! SEE:    http://www.pewforum.org/2013/12/18/celebrating-christmas-and-the-holidays-then-and-now/

SEE: https://www.barna.org/barna-update/faith-spirituality/611-christians-more-like-jesus-or-pharisees#.Uqmwl_RDuSo "Finally, the question of authentic faith—is a particularly sore topic for many Millennials—who are often leaving church due in large part to the hypocrisy they experience. Again, no research is a perfect measure, but this study points out a sobering possibility: that the perception so many young people have of Christians contains more than a kernel of truth. Just as the New Testament writer Paul demonstrates in Galatians 2:11-16, the responsibility of the Christian community is to challenge hypocrisy just as boldly as other kinds of sin."

If I Were the Devil  If I were the Prince of Darkness I would want to engulf the whole earth in darkness.  I'd have a third of its real estate and four-fifths of its population, but I would not be happy until I had seized the ripest apple on the tree.  So I should set about however necessary, to take over the United States.  I would begin with a campaign of whispers.  With the wisdom of a serpent, I would whispers to you as I whispered to Eve, "Do as you please."  To the young I would whisper "The Bible is a myth." I would convince them that "man created God," instead of the other way around. I would confide that "what is bad is good and what is good is square."  In the ears of the young married I would whisper that work is debasing, that cocktail parties are good for you. I would caution them not to be "extreme" in religion, in patriotism, in moral conduct.  And the old I would teach to pray —...

...Sadly Disturbing in view of the fact two of our congregation are preparing for missionary service in Senegal: http://www. pewforum .org/2013/06/20/ arab -spring-restrictions-on-religion-findings/

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/vatican-surveys-bishops-on-modern-families-same-sex-couples/story-e6frg6so-1226753912965