Godless Britain : Godfearing America?
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Godless Britain : Godfearing America?
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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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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Re: Godless Britain : Godfearing America?
Google "True, False, Useful" and tell me what you get 

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Wouldn't work in Britain. We're far too cynical for that.Tyrannical wrote:Google "True, False, Useful" and tell me what you get

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Yep. Far too cynical to google.Crumple wrote:Wouldn't work in Britain. We're far too cynical for that.Tyrannical wrote:Google "True, False, Useful" and tell me what you get

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You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.
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Re: Godless Britain : Godfearing America?
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Yep. Far too cynical to google.Crumple wrote:Wouldn't work in Britain. We're far too cynical for that.Tyrannical wrote:Google "True, False, Useful" and tell me what you get

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No wonder my ancestors left that pathetic little island. Not only was her King daft, but everyone that stayed behind 

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That's why no one believes in god here anymore.Tyrannical wrote:No wonder my ancestors left that pathetic little island. Not only was her King daft, but everyone that stayed behind

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Re: Godless Britain : Godfearing America?
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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Re: Godless Britain : Godfearing America?
That seems a non sequitur , explain please ??????Tyrannical wrote:No wonder my ancestors left that pathetic little island. Not only was her King daft, but everyone that stayed behind




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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.Feck wrote:That seems a non sequitur , explain please ??????Tyrannical wrote:No wonder my ancestors left that pathetic little island. Not only was her King daft, but everyone that stayed behind
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Yeah. Our forbearers shipped our religious nutjobs out that way. From the state of America today I'm thankful they did.Tyrannical wrote: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.Feck wrote:That seems a non sequitur , explain please ??????Tyrannical wrote:No wonder my ancestors left that pathetic little island. Not only was her King daft, but everyone that stayed behind

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I never you were funny tooTyrannical wrote: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.Feck wrote:That seems a non sequitur , explain please ??????Tyrannical wrote:No wonder my ancestors left that pathetic little island. Not only was her King daft, but everyone that stayed behind





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