{"id":3414,"date":"2015-07-15T06:16:10","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T11:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/?p=3414"},"modified":"2015-07-15T21:44:54","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T02:44:54","slug":"ten-awesome-things-about-being-christian-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/2015\/07\/15\/ten-awesome-things-about-being-christian-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten awesome things about being Christian in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1. Whenever national political leadership makes a point of their faith\u2014and they surely will\u2014it will be your faith rather someone else’s on display.<\/p>\n

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2. Should your state officials decide to ignore church\/state separation to promote their faith,\u00a0it will be your faith rather than someone else’s being promoted.<\/p>\n

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3. If your mayor and city council decide to ignore\u00a0church\/state separation to promote their faith, it will be your faith rather than someone else’s being promoted.<\/p>\n

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4.\u00a0If you choose to serve in the Armed Forces, you will have no problem finding a Chaplain that practices and understands your faith.<\/p>\n

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5. Whenever the federal government builds and maintains a chapel, your own religious iconography and liturgical trappings will occupy the bulk of it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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6. If you happen upon a huge monument to religion on a public thoroughfare, it will almost always be honoring your faith rather than someone else’s.<\/p>\n

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7. If you move anywhere in the South, people will ask “What church do you go to?” as a friendly way of getting to know you better. As a Christian, this sort of banter won’t prove\u00a0terribly awkward and potentially career-ending.<\/p>\n

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8. If you cannot make it to a scheduled\u00a0event on Sunday morning or Wednesday evening, people will generally be understanding about it. You need not explain what church services are or why they\u00a0happen at\u00a0those particular times.<\/p>\n

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9. During the holiday season, you will be bombarded with welcome and familiar religious iconography. Additionally, the government at every level (federal, state, municipal) will give you the\u00a0day off to celebrate the birth of your savior.<\/p>\n

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10. If you are looking to get married or buried, you will have no problem finding a nice venue and an experienced officiant. When it comes to\u00a0the\u00a0solemnization of significant life events, secular humanists and atheists face a set of legal and logistical challenges which\u00a0Christians\u00a0may\u00a0blissfully ignore.<\/p>\n

No doubt there are many more unnoticed privileges enjoyed\u00a0solely by\u00a0members of the majority faith. Feel free to add those\u00a0in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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