re: For those wanting to live in a post-Christian America, how are you enjoying it

Not surprising. Way to many churches have dropped standards to keep up with the times. Drives me nuts to see people sitting in the pew like they are going to the mall or gym. Wearing their hats and drinking their starbucks. The church doesn't force itself to be respected than its not surprising that no one does.

As to the sermons...if you don't have one every few weeks that make you uncomfortable and reevaluate something you are doing then you are not at the right church. ie...the ones that accept homosexual behavior are not Christian, but just a place to have people feel good about their sins.

This kind of thing also needs to be watched out for too...

(Rumble Video) Megan Basham: How the Federal Govt Used Evangelical Leaders to Spread Covid Propaganda to Churches

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Maybe you're unfamiliar with my posting style, but you don't get to 38,000+ posts by ignoring trolls, you get there by engaging them.

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I’m neither concerned about your plethora of posts or your techniques to disarm said trolls. I have a belief system that I’ve tried to live by for the last 40 plus years, and my observations are just that, my observations.

P.S. I have over 50,000 plus posts. Do I get a prize?

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I’m a Freemason that encounters the hypocrisy of self proclaimed America first patriots that hate freemasonry but love the constitution often

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Hiram Abiff called. He wants his secret handshake back!

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You lost me on that. I don't conflate my "rights" as set forth in the Constitution (by man) with rights set forth by some sort of supernatural entity.

Alas, the U.S. isn't a theocracy. Imagine men, interpreting obscure divine will, and then imposing it on others.

Those that think we should be governed by "God's Laws" and live in a theocracy should entertain the idea of moving to Iran.

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I wasn't advocating for a theocracy. You had mentioned a specific period in time when a specific nation had a specific kind of government that resulted in people who didn't believe in God being put to death. I was just saying that it wouldn't be a violation of rights in such a government to put people to death for treason when the king is God.

We don't live in a theocracy, so it shouldn't be a problem to you. Also, while I'm a Christian, I don't think a theocracy is a necessary form of government for Christians. I do believe that all governments should recognize Christ as Lord and King and the source of their derived authority to govern, but that doesn't mean I believe we should return to the specific theocratic, civil laws of Israel from the Old Testament.

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You seem reasonably intelligent….

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You've just joined an extremely small group.

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if you knew for a fact, Jesus Christ was indeed scourged, spit on, mocked and crucified, rose from the dead on the third day after being crucified, appeared to hundreds after being declared dead, and then ascended to Heaven and sits at the right hand side of the Creator would you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?

Said more succinctly, if Christianity were true would you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?

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Probably not.

"Thou shalt have no other gods before Me"

"the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength."

God tells us not to put others at His level. It is He alone who is worshipped, not some Jew named Jesus, or his mom. That is one of my main sticking points with Christianity, how they break the 2nd and 4th commandments.

I would follow Jesus into God's Grace, even without your above conditions, but I will not hold him as high as God, nor will I pray to a crucifix or any other symbol.

And I'd even consider remembering the Sabbath and keeping it holy.

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There is no such thing as a healthy Christian who chooses to separate themselves from other healthy Christians in the name of individualism.

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Well said. Hebrews 10:25 covers that pretty succinctly:
"Do not forsake the assembling of yourselves together as the manner of some is..."

As LSU fans we tend to like to gather together on Saturdays in Death Valley as a community of like-minded people who enjoy each other's company. Why shouldn't Christians want to be together in weekly worship to the Almighty Creator with even more fervor than that? Yes, indeed. Christians most definitely ought to assemble together with regularity as the writer of Hebrews is quick to remind us.

ETA: I think you and I are pretty much on the same page with regard to this.

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I’m neither concerned about your plethora of posts or your techniques to disarm said trolls.

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I didn't say I disarm trolls, just that I engage them.

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I have a belief system that I’ve tried to live by for the last 40 plus years, and my observations are just that, my observations.

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It's not just your observations, you're making baseless and vague claims That I only ask you to support with some kind of source. You haven't really provided much content, just some bloviation. I've seen some of your other posts on the subject, and you seem to generally be more supportive of your positions - hence why I thought I might get some more specifics from you.

Alas, it's looking more like trolling.

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P.S. I have over 50,000 plus posts. Do I get a prize?

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Why would you think you would get a prize? Merely for my indicating that I post a lot in response to trolls? That wouldn't really make much sense for you to be expecting a prize based on that.

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There are smart atheist

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Uhm. No.

Nm

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Failure to be grateful to the Almighty for his blessings, prosperity among them, is near fatal hubris and got Israel forty laps in the wilderness. In the end, it’s a spiritual problem IMO.

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So America's younger generations could remain just as lazy and entitled as they are today, our borders remain just as open, our tax and welfare policies can still promote people to work less, our politicians can continue being self servants instead of public servants, and on and on and on... We could still fix our woes despite all of that if we were just more grateful to God?