Americans and Religion

[kandrathe]

I think only people that have really thought about what they want to believe in an end up in beleiving there is no God, call themselves atheist.
People that don't really believe enough in God to go to church every day, but do mostely because society tells them to, will definetely cal themselves christians (tough luck for them in the afterlife, being there in hell with all the atheists:D)

There will always be less atheist recognized than there really are because there is no atheist society or 'church' of which you can become a member.

I think the difference is between those that are unsure if there is a God, those that are sure there is not a God, and those who would say "I am an atheist."

You have some strange notions about the religious. Society doesn't tell people to go to church (everyday or even once a week). I would say the society I live in tells people to buy lots of things and to worship money, and Sunday is for watching nuevo-gladiators in the arena. I suppose the only way your neighbor could tell if you were religious would by how often you showed up in church, but then its really none of their business. The Bible merely says "Observe the sabbath", and from what I can tell, it would be more important to talk with God everyday anyway. Jesus boiled it down to two rules, "Love God ernestly" and "Love one another" which consequently if everyone did, they would be following all the other rules.