Godless Britain : Godfearing America?

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Godless Britain : Godfearing America?

Post by Atheist-Lite » Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:33 pm

Anyone with a subscription might bring up the full WSJ article here?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... lenews_wsj

Godless Britain
BY SHMULEY BOTEACH

Britain today has become one of the most godless societies on earth. Its principle religious exports today are thinkers who despise religion. From Richard Dawkins, who has compared religion to child abuse, to my friend Christopher Hitchens, who titled his 2007 book "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything," the British have cornered the market on being anti-God, at least the Christian and Jewish varieties.

While 92% of Americans believe in God, only 35% in Britain do and 43% say they have no religion, according to Britain's National Centre for Social Research. The number of people who affiliate themselves ...

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Post by Tyrannical » Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:35 pm

Google "True, False, Useful" and tell me what you get :{D
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Post by Atheist-Lite » Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:37 pm

Tyrannical wrote:Google "True, False, Useful" and tell me what you get :{D
Wouldn't work in Britain. We're far too cynical for that. :smoke:
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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:45 pm

Crumple wrote:
Tyrannical wrote:Google "True, False, Useful" and tell me what you get :{D
Wouldn't work in Britain. We're far too cynical for that. :smoke:
Yep. Far too cynical to google. :tea:
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Re: Godless Britain : Godfearing America?

Post by Atheist-Lite » Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:47 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
Crumple wrote:
Tyrannical wrote:Google "True, False, Useful" and tell me what you get :{D
Wouldn't work in Britain. We're far too cynical for that. :smoke:
Yep. Far too cynical to google. :tea:
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Post by Tyrannical » Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:48 pm

No wonder my ancestors left that pathetic little island. Not only was her King daft, but everyone that stayed behind :{D
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Re: Godless Britain : Godfearing America?

Post by Atheist-Lite » Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:49 pm

Tyrannical wrote:No wonder my ancestors left that pathetic little island. Not only was her King daft, but everyone that stayed behind :{D
That's why no one believes in god here anymore. :smoke:
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Post by MrJonno » Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:29 pm

Scandanavia is far more atheist than the UK. The UK is irreligious and more of a case that no one actually really cares whether god exists or not rather than actually deciding either way
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Post by Feck » Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:36 pm

Tyrannical wrote:No wonder my ancestors left that pathetic little island. Not only was her King daft, but everyone that stayed behind :{D
That seems a non sequitur , explain please ??????
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Post by Tyrannical » Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:46 pm

Feck wrote:
Tyrannical wrote:No wonder my ancestors left that pathetic little island. Not only was her King daft, but everyone that stayed behind :{D
That seems a non sequitur , explain please ??????
All the honest God fearing men left Britannia, or at least the smart ones did. That's why America is the God fearing country that it is. Or was, until we started to let in certain undesirables.
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Re: Godless Britain : Godfearing America?

Post by Atheist-Lite » Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:49 pm

Tyrannical wrote:
Feck wrote:
Tyrannical wrote:No wonder my ancestors left that pathetic little island. Not only was her King daft, but everyone that stayed behind :{D
That seems a non sequitur , explain please ??????
All the honest God fearing men left Britannia, or at least the smart ones did. That's why America is the God fearing country that it is. Or was, until we started to let in certain undesirables.
Yeah. Our forbearers shipped our religious nutjobs out that way. From the state of America today I'm thankful they did. :roll:
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Post by Feck » Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:52 pm

Tyrannical wrote:
Feck wrote:
Tyrannical wrote:No wonder my ancestors left that pathetic little island. Not only was her King daft, but everyone that stayed behind :{D
That seems a non sequitur , explain please ??????
All the honest God fearing men left Britannia, or at least the smart ones did. That's why America is the God fearing country that it is. Or was, until we started to let in certain undesirables.
I never you were funny too :funny: Honest? God fearing? AND Smart .... Shit you really are a funny
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Post by Tero » Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:28 pm

Soon its going to be cool to be an atheist most places, just like tattoos. We just need toput the fun da mentals all in Kansas and Utah. Maybe kick out Texas.

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Re: Godless Britain : Godfearing America?

Post by Tero » Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:03 am

I was just dreaming, this lady is babbling away less than 15 miles from me:

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