There are Tons of these people Shall we call them culturally Christian? Break them out by sect--culturally Catholic, culturally Baptist, culturally Quaker? How resilient to atheism are these cultures compared to Judaism?
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If such people are /not/ culturally Christian how might we describe their culture?
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Oh this is an interesting point As recently as the 2000s we had a President who described the US as a 'Christian' or 'Judeo-Christian' nation Havent heard that in a while https://twitter.com/SatyreContraire/status/1210209314440384513?s=19 …
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the problem is that Christian culture is so omnipresent in the West that these people just sort of consider themselves atheist or agnostic without quite recognizing their continuing cultural relationship with Christianity
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Dawkins self-identifies as cultural Christian!
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This is the only thing Bret has said that has been retweeted into my TL that I have not regretted reading
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Growing up I also assumed the general surrounding culture is just "Christian" regardless of variances otoh, this is actually probably true in the US more than many other western countries
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*southerner raises hand* The thing I find fascinating is refusal to credit sincerity of “literal” religious beliefs. Speaks to our cultural silos.
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Oh yeah that's super weird. Who doubts people are genuinely religious (and why?)
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You have to define what exactly is "culturally Jewish" to be able to then apply that to Christians. Do they still observe the major holidays, and raise their children as Jewish, at least through a bar/bat mitzvah? Then the equivalent is basically Christmas & Easter Christians
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or are they completely non-observant, with no plans to introduce their old faith to their children?
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