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IDemo

(16,926 posts) Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:33 PM Dec 2015

These Pranksters Read Bible Passages to People, Telling Them It Was the Qur’an; They Were Shocked

A lot of conservative Christians like to argue, as do atheists, that the Qur’an is full of barbarism and misogyny. Unlike the atheists, though, they forget that their own Bible is also full of horrific verses.

So the Dutch pranksters at Dit Is Normaal ran an experiment. They bought a Bible, but changed the cover to say it’s the Qur’an. Then they asked people to read passages and give their thoughts.

It went exactly as you’d expect:

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These Pranksters Read Bible Passages to People, Telling Them It Was the Qur’an; They Were Shocked (Original Post) IDemo Dec 2015 OP

here's the video (if you want it to appear in your OP) napkinz Dec 2015 #1

Thank you, updated OP n/t IDemo Dec 2015 #5

you're welcome napkinz Dec 2015 #6

+1 Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #2

Beautiful. I embedded it for easier access. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #3

I'm impressed that the pranked people were so willing to be enlightened mainer Dec 2015 #4

I'm not sure if they need to sign a release over there, before posting someone's response. TheBlackAdder Dec 2015 #8

Already saw at RawStory or C&L as a commentor's post entry earlier today. No surprise :-) nt TheBlackAdder Dec 2015 #7

Already on the greatest page... Photographer Dec 2015 #9

Thanks IDemo Dec 2015 #10

Much agreed! Photographer Dec 2015 #11

Priceless! Crunchy Frog Dec 2015 #12

Northern Europeans have a much more laid-back approach to religion localroger Dec 2015 #13

kick napkinz Dec 2015 #14

napkinz

(17,199 posts)

1. here's the video (if you want it to appear in your OP)

Reply to IDemo (Original post)

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:36 PM

Dec 2015

IDemo

(16,926 posts)

5. Thank you, updated OP n/t

Reply to napkinz (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:40 PM

Dec 2015

napkinz

(17,199 posts)

6. you're welcome

Reply to IDemo (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:41 PM

Dec 2015

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)

2. +1

Reply to IDemo (Original post)

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:37 PM

Dec 2015

Nicely done.

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)

3. Beautiful. I embedded it for easier access.

Reply to IDemo (Original post)

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:38 PM

Dec 2015

?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

mainer

(12,022 posts)

4. I'm impressed that the pranked people were so willing to be enlightened

Reply to IDemo (Original post)

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:40 PM

Dec 2015

It was also funny to see them speaking in Dutch and suddenly "What the fuck?" comes out of their mouths in English.

TheBlackAdder

(28,205 posts)

8. I'm not sure if they need to sign a release over there, before posting someone's response.

Reply to mainer (Reply #4)

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:45 PM

Dec 2015

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If so, that might explain why the jerks weren't shown.

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TheBlackAdder

(28,205 posts)

7. Already saw at RawStory or C&L as a commentor's post entry earlier today. No surprise :-) nt

Reply to IDemo (Original post)

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:43 PM

Dec 2015

Photographer

(1,142 posts)

9. Already on the greatest page...

Reply to IDemo (Original post)

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:47 PM

Dec 2015

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017312566

IDemo

(16,926 posts)

10. Thanks

Reply to Photographer (Reply #9)

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:56 PM

Dec 2015

I don't normally look at the Greatest Page. This is good enough to share on GD as well as the video/multimedia group.

Photographer

(1,142 posts)

11. Much agreed!

Reply to IDemo (Reply #10)

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:58 PM

Dec 2015

It's brilliant.

Crunchy Frog

(26,587 posts)

12. Priceless!

Reply to IDemo (Original post)

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 04:05 PM

Dec 2015

I'd like to see the same experiment done in this country. Of course here, they'd probably get shot once people realized they'd been pranked, in contrast with the reasonable and thoughful reactions of the Dutch subjects.

localroger

(3,627 posts)

13. Northern Europeans have a much more laid-back approach to religion

Reply to IDemo (Original post)

Sat Dec 5, 2015, 05:48 PM

Dec 2015

Inasmuch as they indulge in religiosity at all they don't seem to take it so seriously as we in the US tend to, and for the most part their whole society is trending toward humanism with an agnostic approach to religious matters. This is of course one reason you get people who probably think of themselves as nominally Christian who don't realize those passages are in the Bible. In the southern US nobody would have been surprised at the switcheroo.

napkinz

(17,199 posts)

14. kick

Reply to IDemo (Original post)

Sun Dec 6, 2015, 01:41 PM

Dec 2015

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