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I called the shot a couple of weeks ago and said that the next super huge war is gonna been in S. E. Asia. China, Japan and all the other countries (including my beautiful Philippines) are diplomatically fighting over a couple o' three islands right now and I'm saying the next step is fighting physically over the islands (BTW. they are really beautiful and worth fighting for. Jus' sayin'). Here's another shot called.

This is one of the side islands closer to the Japanese side. the ones near southern Philippines are awesome-r.

Just like in this years election cycle where both sides are courting the Latino vote (not so much the Asian vote, but they should, as well as the atheist vote), the courting of the none vote should not be ignored. (First) My brown shiny cousins are the "X" factor in the up coming election. One of the only peoples to actually grow in recent years is the South of the Boarder-ers (they are having hella babies, err, I mean voter's, err I mean both). They are growing in U.S. population and they are growing the evangelical Christianity population. Once again, La Raza's pumping up the numbers of evangelical Christianity, while all the other races are, like, dwindling....(I went off just now, here's the point...)....they should also be cultivating the vote of the nones.

I'm a nerdy and atheist-Asian so you know I heart this chart 3x's more than you.

Don't get it confused with the vote of Nuns (which is probably important also), I'm talking about the growing group of peeps that say the have no religious affiliation (thus nones). They are still *spiritual* to some extent (that's a cop-out if you ask me), but without the help of organized religion. A sort of recent survey from the people at Pew Research (yes, that Pew research) claims that 1 in 5 adult peeps are going all none. If this is true, and I have no reason to NOT believe it, than teh nones are a statistically bigger group than my beloved Team Atheist (I think Team Atheist, which is  also Team Agnostic, is rolling at, like, 12%-ish and because you guys are so good looking and smart you automatically see 1 in 5 and already know that is 20%. Right. Good.). So who are these people anyways....

A chart says 1,000 words, but none of them are "fart." It only rhymes.

They are the disillusioned with organized religion, but instead of taking the leap of coming out and staying out, by studying a little bit, they want to cling to the super lame position that there is something, rather than nothing (concerning God that is). No evidence or reasoning required or asked for. It's a perfectly legitamate belief and spirituality even if only it comes from the heart-n-shit...that is until of of these nones wants to debate Team Atheist (anytime anywhere nones). Sadly (this is my experience not the Pew survey) the nones apply the bad ol' religious conspiracy theory. bla bla bla...HERE. They think that organized religion is a bastardized interpretation of, let's say, the teaching's of Jesus and that  the personal, unpaved system of belief is equal to organized religion. Me, I don't believe in conspiracy theories, it's the truth that a tried and true group method whomps all over an experimental, wishy washy spiritualness of trial aned error by the individual (1). This is the best/worst part,. these nones as they are called think that organized religion is poo poo and even some kinda corrupt ancient machine that is designed to steal you money and for all I fuckin' know...your soul. So what do the nones do, ditch organized religion with there great history, record keeping and super sic infrastructure, for....

...a personal, not guided, no authority, no centuries of debating scripture, no painstaking translating ancient Sumeric to Greek to wahtevahhhh, all for the *personal* God, that I guess, one can make into whatever they want (this really proves there is no God. One God or no God I say), a God or religion that one can customize like a cafeteria lunch. Yes...no thanks.

Dammm, am I Orthodox "nothing in particular" or UN-Orthodox.

(You might wanna sit down before you read this one from me...) What the nones are missing out on is the benefits (namely structured knowledge that can only come from an infrastructure with history) that the very structure that they poo poo can provide. Sure I don't believe in supernatural stuffs, but I believe in institutions and instruction. You can self educate yourself for four years, but that doesn't equal a degree from Berkeley.  You can learn martial arts moves from Youtube videos (please don't do that, please), but if you went to a school with a hierarchy and, gee I dunno, methods, belt levels and people to practice with and teachers to ask questions to....wouldn't that be better (yes).

...survey, that is. 

What if you are religions but without institution...where is the growth (no where). If you are a none and you basically believe that there is some sort of God that created everything, but (in this instance) dude doesn't intervene in earthy/human matters, then how on erffs are you gonna come up with something like the common and very important  Cosmological Argument on your own (I guess statistically one could, but it's highly improbable). If you did manage to do that, then wouldn't there be a million gazillion different versions of it: one for each none that somehow managed to make up there very own Cosmological Argument. There might be many faces of God, but in this instance it only makes the argument for a God diluted, not stronger.


If I wuz a politician in this election cycle I would totally contemplate how to get the none vote. Hell, agnostics think they are fence sitters and undeniably they represent a pretty good voting chunk (yes, I said that). Me, personally, I believe that with some honest effort there is enuff information out there to make the decision: Is there a God, or is there NOT a God. Fence sitting is not necessary, needed or wanted.



Agnostics....(I'm putting my hand up so you and the hand can communicate freely), it is intellectual laziness that you do not decide either way. Nones...you are still clinging to ideals that children have and you will not be able to break away, or embrace, religion and God, without the guidance of a heirachy that has already thunk your questions...over and over again in a systematic and comprehensive way.

What am I trying to say...nones are a huge part of the voting block and no man is an island.

* None's On The Rise @ Pew Research

* Quote me on this one...."chicken butt."

(1) Would one individual be able to figure out math-with no help. Perhaps, but it's highly unlikely. Would an individual be able to discover, understand and convey the nature of God, with out the group help/community that has advanced all of civilization, society, even secular society, to the extent an entire group with history and sharing could. Perhaps, but it's more likely with help and numbers, Jus' sayin'.