Perceptions about America and Americans.

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CharlieGrown

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What did surprise me when i first came on CC, is the level of division and critism
among the denominations of American Christians. You just don't find that in the UK.

if a church is going in the wrong direction in the UK, people just leave. The majority of
evangelical churches in the UK all believe and preach the same main biblically based
principles. They may differ on minor doctrinal issues or emphasise different minor
things, but you can quite happily go to a Pentecostal one Sunday, then a baptist the next,
then a Methodist the next etc without feelings something is going wrong.

Many different denominations work together in the UK. For example in the city I live,
there is something called church watch, it keeps track of all the different events going
on in all the churches so you can attend any of them.

There is also prayer for the city/nation events where different churches come together to
pray together. Plus loads of interdenominational organisations working together to
spread the gospel. Pastors visit each other's churches and are invited to speak as
guest speakers.

But there again church attendance is lower in the UK, so we don't generally spend lots
of time putting each other down. If the army is small you don't try to kill off your own
soldiers.
I think the problem is denominations and interpretations. Also pride has a big influence and the unteachable spirits we have. I have seen very little times people admit if they are wrong. It is as if we are so stubborn that we just keep on going in the same direction.
 

p_rehbein

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HEY! You can lead those Third World Countries who don't play Baseball to Shea Stadium, BUT you can't make 'em play!

It's not like they have TRIED to ya know!

What about Japan? What about Cuba? Some pretty good ball players there..........BUT they still would not last through a 162 game Season against our SUPERIOR MLB guys!

:)
hehe


We claim the baseball 'world' series because we allow one team from Canada. Big whoop. But you are right, it is arrogant to claim world sports championships when the games never left our shores :)
 

Yeraza_Bats

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My favorite musician and favorite fictional character both come from America. I think the US has some pretty neat stuff : p

(Im an American yeah : p)

Id like to hear what non-Americans think of our food, though : p
 
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My favorite musician and favorite fictional character both come from America. I think the US has some pretty neat stuff : p

(Im an American yeah : p)

Id like to hear what non-Americans think of our food, though : p
I don't eat cardboard boxes man :p

LOL my son loves McD's (his daddy not so much :eek:)
 

tourist

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Sadly the days of Band of Brothers is long gone. You want to see just how divided the US is now, wait until January 20th when DT takes office. I guarantee there will be rioting in the streets far greater than the ones we just saw with his election. this country has been headed for civil war for many many years, and it would seem it will soon be upon us.

We claim the baseball 'world' series because we allow one team from Canada. Big whoop. But you are right, it is arrogant to claim world sports championships when the games never left our shores :)
It was called the World Series long before Toronto and Montreal joined and was just US teams. The Montreal Expo's are now the Washington Nationals.
 
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It was called the World Series long before Toronto and Montreal joined and was just US teams. The Montreal Expo's are now the Washington Nationals.
LOL I always laugh when I watch American sports....

I must say without the highlight packages it is a bit slow sometimes :p
 

Yeraza_Bats

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LOL I always laugh when I watch American sports....

I must say without the highlight packages it is a bit slow sometimes :p
Have you ever watched pro wrestling? I think that's like the greatest thing of all in American sports :p
(its not really a sport though : p)

And when I think of American foods, I picture like McDonalds and Burger King and like Twinkees and Doritos and Coke-a-Cola and junk like that, haha.
 

Blain

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I wonder also how other countries see us. I am not against America but in all honesty we have fallen far and may not be able to get back up.

I am guilty of this as well but think of this if you will, we Americans in America have grown up for the most part with more than we need so much so we greatly confuse our needs with our wants, we complain about not having food in the house when it's stocked full of food we say how life would be so much better if we had more money in our pockets and we freak out if we don't have internet for like an hour or if we don't get our mocha latte we call ourselves poor when we have a house with electricity air conditioning internet clean food and water a good warm bed ect.
I am just as guilty as anyone of all this but it sickens me inside that this is how we are and I want to change that even Paul learned how to be happy with having nothing not even a bed to sleep on.

not only that but america is the most known country for all kinds of wickedness we are the leading producers of porn we average a little more than 60% of pornography in the world and in all honesty babylon describes America to the T.

However in light of all this I haven't given up on America or Americans I am grateful to live here and because of all we have been given something I ask God very strongly is to mold my heart to not take a single thing for granted
 
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kaylagrl

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A friend in Europe told me all Americans were IGNORANT, OBNOXIOUS, and FAT.

I said, "Woah, slow down pal... I'm not fat."

: )

You're a trip. lol You always know just when to strike the comedic note. :D
 

Demi777

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Well in Germany Americans generally dont have a good name.. not even to say that we just had a threat again Yesterday that is still in the air.
Americans are said to be trouble makers, beer drinkers, evil,radical, oppressive, McDonald eating, fat idk what..
Gladly im none lol
 
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Miri

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Oh I forgot, I was brought up watching little house on the Prairie, The Waltons,
Dallas, Man from Atlantas, Chips. So thought everyone was rich, wore stetsons,
rode horses, carried guns, wore Easter bonnets and went deep sea diving. :p
 

Fenner

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Oh I forgot, I was brought up watching little house on the Prairie, The Waltons,
Dallas, Man from Atlantas, Chips. So thought everyone was rich, wore stetsons,
rode horses, carried guns, wore Easter bonnets and went deep sea diving. :p

That's how I live my life.
 

jb

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I'm always curious how people from other countries perceive our country, the USA and Americans, especially after the recent election.

So friends from other lands what is your view on America and Americans? Be honest!
Isaiah 6v9.......
 

p_rehbein

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Having lived in Germany for almost 8 years, I can honestly say this description best fits the average German one meets in the local Guest Houses...........

What they used to say about us (American Soldiers) is that we were OVERPAID, OVERSEXED, and OVER HERE!

Still, I loved my time there.........was a great near-decade


Well in Germany Americans generally dont have a good name.. not even to say that we just had a threat again Yesterday that is still in the air.
Americans are said to be trouble makers, beer drinkers, evil,radical, oppressive, McDonald eating, fat idk what..
Gladly im none lol
 

Demi777

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Soldiers and overpaid?? yeah right lol they aint got any idea. yeah the oversexed is another thing. Here they are always like '' AMI GO HOME! STAY OFF OF OUR WOMAN!" and stuff like that lol

Having lived in Germany for almost 8 years, I can honestly say this description best fits the average German one meets in the local Guest Houses...........

What they used to say about us (American Soldiers) is that we were OVERPAID, OVERSEXED, and OVER HERE!

Still, I loved my time there.........was a great near-decade
 
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I can't really answer this question, because I've lived and worked in America three times and will be going back there next year too. The people I met were fantastic and I loved every second of it. One of the nicest guys I met was on a shuttle train in Dallas- Ft Worth airport. He told me about his experiences in Australia and how positive they'd been. How he'd hope to give the same Jesus like attitude to Australian visitors when they were on his soil. He helped me with all these directions, names and places and was very accommodating. I've only ever had positive experiences so nothing but awesome memories for me.