Long time no post; Less religious America yet still a strong observant demographic

What can I say? I always feel as if Facebook conveys a good enough idea of what most of us atheist bloggers are getting at - there is no god or supernatural forces in the universe. Only boring old physics and the INFINITE UNIVERSE. Man, we're unbearable.

That's actually why I felt like writing. Although some of the posts I make, or memes I re-post (I think that constitutes a fair portion of the majority of any timeline) still make it abundantly clear, I'm not as emphatic about going headfirst into arguments with people who are fixed in their beliefs. I notice this when I comment in public media outlets, especially dealing with individuals I'd roughly estimate to be between 45-67 There is a consistent thread among that particular demographic - they are seemingly as idealistic as ever.

Which should come as no surprise. Evangelicals are flocking to Donald Trump despite the fact that he is the opposite of Christ without all the dark, mischievous flair of Satan. I'm someone somewhere in the grey areas that is the "left" of center of the duopoly on Capitol Hill. The drivel of evangelicals is of the most fervent, absent minded supernatural tribalism we've seen. Well, forgive me, excluding Scientology.

"I'm an ENFJ, thanks for asking!

Of course my beloved Pew Polls back me up on this, Polling and Analysis November 3, 2015 U.S. Public Becoming Less Religious Modest Drop in Overall Rates of Belief and Practice, but Religiously Affiliated Americans Are as Observant as Before but you get glimpses of hope from analysis such as " The Landscape Study shows, for example, that nearly all major religious groups have become significantly more accepting of homosexuality in recent years – even groups, such as evangelicals and Mormons, that traditionally have expressed strong opposition to same-sex relationships."

I can only hope this acceptance is based out of the same loving God they worship, rather than being terrified of being left behind in history as so many religions have before our civilization began. A relic of an already archaic pass, long overdue to expire.

God, the Output Machine

A question I often pose to Christians is, why does this particular type of God have such an evident inability to  intervene in the matters of atrocity? I say "particular type" because it's easily observed such a God carries very specific traits. Pantheists are quick to point out it is only, and wholly love but if you examine the vengeful, and somewhat needy God of the Holy Bible you'll find outright anger, brutal punishment for seemingly benign activity and a blatant disregard for the suffering of children in particular.

This particular line of questioning and my own answers to said questions creates an interestingly-patterned God that is mostly capable of the materialization of something from nothing, creating intricate biological organisms (whether they function properly is of an entirely different line of discussion) and having a few instructions for the conveniently placed infamous couple Adam and Eve. It (I find calling god a "he" to be an absurd practice and incorrect term, strictly reserved for biological gender distinction) decides then in an entirely arbitrary manner, to then give birth to a son (that following this pattern of creation and logic, is also Adam and Eve's darker-skinned cousin) and send him off to eventually be killed for political reasons. Oh, and the very sin we were created with inherently. Why not just leave that part out and need cleansing? The world would probably be a better place if by this theological standard, there were no original sin. If you're reading by the way, God, please, impose your will somewhere on this madness in the Middle East, eh?

God then, after this wonderful line of miracles, psychotic and irreverent babbling, rampant disease, famine, superstition and fear, more or less disappears from the equation after the death of the Christ. Kind of God's way of saying "hey man, he said a few things here and there, that's allllll you on the listening department to catch that. I mean, I gotta listen to you guys all the time!" Well sure then, we'll go along with that line of thinking as absurd as that is for the moment being as some several million people do regularly in practice.

After the time of Christ then and the story of him becoming widespread through totally non-violent, polite, non-invasive, TOTALLY NO CRUSADING HERE INVOLVED we are left with a story about a God who created everything, including creation itself (I include that often to try to draw out someone who can explain why God is all output, with no reciprocation or further involvement) and then more or less stood back and watched his own creations do what they do, and still do to this day, based on literary instructions in a far, far less advanced times. Imagine going to read a wall in a cave in Peru to figure out how to get your espresso maker to work. That's it on, or around the area that the Christian-understood God that he operates. Non-interventionist, despite his most professed creations such as Israel and the United States are complete interventionists.

I am honestly left with again, no other conclusion other than there is no such being that exists, and the above example is just yet another reason the story and method of operation this particular god (of thousands) tends to express it's own existence.