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Looks like bible sales are starting to level out...

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I always thought I was in the minority being an Atheist but am glad to see I`m not from the poll results

Interesting thing about those that are religious tho. 95% of the population of the planet are supposed to beieve in one religion or another, if that`s the case, why are those that talk passionately about their belief so ridiculed in the Media?

Take Cold Feet, one episode had one of the couples (I think Jim Nesbit and Helen Baxendale) were house-hunting, and they were viewing the seemingly perfect house, when their prospective new neighbours popped their heads over the fence. The conversation flowed nicely, until one of them said something like "Oh yes, we credit all our happiness to our Lord Jesus Christ". The smiles fell, the comedy soundbite hit ("wa-wa-waaaa") and the Jesus-loving couple were instantly dismissed as loons.

Another example, the Simpsons. Ned Flanders, even though the family (in fact, almost the entire cast) visit church every sunday, The Flandereses are singled out and ridiculed for being seemily more faithful than Rev. Lovejoy.

Meet the Parents. Owen Wilson, talks about believing in Jesus, instant moron.

If the religious are supposed to be in such a majority, why are they so constantly berated?

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If the religious are supposed to be in such a majority, why are they so constantly berated?

Thats because Satanists and Jewish Zionists who want to destroy your faith in God run the media.
Well, you did ask. ;)

oh great, he`s still around to brighten up our day, and to reduce sensible threads to tatters

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This item was edited on Tuesday, 16th March 2004, 20:17

Hey, you can`t call the bible, after all it is the biggest selling work of fiction ever. !

edit= i especially liked the episode of the simpsons where ned is asking god why he`s having such a bad time, stating he does and believes everything said in the bible even the bits that contradict one another :D :D

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I think a lot of free thinking individuals remain naturally cynical of simplistic `off the peg` answers to difficult questions. A lot of very nasty things happen in life. It`s not enough to thank the lord for the good times and blame satan for the bad. My own view is that the man`s long gone... >:(

Personally, I take the Eddie Izzard pov, I reckon Jesus existed, and was a pretty free-thinking guy with some radical ideas, but 300 years of chinese whispers blew the true story out the window.

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i conscribe to no religion whatsoever, but i do believe that jesus existed and was a very, VERY good leader and a good person, tho these days if you claim to cummune with "god" on a regular basis you generally get locked up :D bottom line is that everything is open to interpretation, most religious scripts have a lot of good in them, unfortunatly mankind finds way`s to use them to make war, rather than the peace that is intended, so i just try to chill out, live a good life, help poeple if/when i can but we are only human. :D

I believe in the Ogster! AY-MEN! :)