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Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 10:30 PM Original message |
Britons' Belief in God Vanishing as Religion...Replaced by Apathy--Telegra |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. That last line you quoted |
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PartyPooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 10:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Amen to that! |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 10:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Yep. Religion sells stuff. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 02:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Deleted message |
jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 12:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
70. true, we can't ignore it anymore |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 12:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Amen to that! |
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MARALE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
46. I am with you all the way!!! |
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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 06:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
59. My thoughts exactly |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. Apathy? |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 10:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Amen. Amen Amen.Amen. Amen Amen..... n/t |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 10:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Good. Maybe I'll move there. |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 02:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Maybe we go to there instead of Canada? nt |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 07:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
33. Well, I thought about going to the Church of Apathy ... |
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Ferretherder (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 08:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
62. What's the use?!!!!!!! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 09:59 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. You must have the Church of Apathy mixed up with .... |
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Ferretherder (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 07:31 AM Response to Reply #66 |
71. Uh, oh yeah. You're right. |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 10:12 AM Response to Reply #66 |
73. They are just down the street from a couple more |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. I studied an evangelical site that claims that only 22% of people |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 08:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
34. Awwww......too fucking bad..... |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:04 AM Response to Reply #34 |
45. LOL--"It's the equivalent of a vacuum cleaner" |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
69. Oh, my,....I believe I am spiritually connected with you!!! |
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termo (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 08:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
38. 22% sounds very optimistic |
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TyeDye75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 10:18 AM Response to Reply #38 |
75. In Britian less than two million |
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twenty2strings (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 08:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
61. The five freedoms? |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. Another headline PUSHING the religion line. |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 10:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Did God stop... |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 10:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. The fundie answer, "god works in mysterious ways."n/t |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 09:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
63. Yup. Man avoids responsibility by invoking God. |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 11:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. In truth, that is ALMOST, but not quite what we have here.... |
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Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 11:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Remember, it's the Telegrah...RW paper... |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 06:18 AM Response to Reply #14 |
30. The Telegraph used to have a good reputation... |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. My Nan never got the taste for it and she died today |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-04 10:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Demonaut, best wishes to you and your family! n/t |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 12:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I know in my heart that your Nan will go on to a better place .. |
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WLKjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
67. I had grandparents like that too |
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Piperay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 04:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
57. R-I-P |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
15. God fatigue |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 12:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Rev. Barry Lynn of Americans United for Separation and State.. |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 12:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. But religion, or at least Christianity , is also in decline... |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 01:02 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Oh, yeah. No doubt. |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 08:26 AM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Oh, hell yes. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 01:04 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. There was a state church in Germany when I was there in the 1960s |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 01:17 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. If so, I stand corrected. Maybe there is.... |
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reorg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 08:45 AM Response to Reply #21 |
72. no, there is no state church in Germany |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 09:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
64. It's called |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 04:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. I credit the BBC |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 06:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
82. The Church of England doesn't get any taxes |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
25. The Telegraph recently lost their libel case with Galloway |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 02:24 AM Response to Original message |
26. I believe this is a consequence of having a state religion. If America... |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 04:39 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. there is a plethora |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 05:19 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. What you call a fact is a sad abuse of language |
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mithnanthy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 06:38 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Sweetheart.... |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 02:09 AM Response to Reply #29 |
77. nice theories |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 03:28 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Jesus Christ as the basis of knowledge & process theology |
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JPace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 09:57 AM Response to Reply #26 |
44. "they could do it by making it the state religion" |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
32. With The "Example" We Americans Set, Small Wonder... |
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Texas Transie (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
35. god is real |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 08:34 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Boy, |
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termo (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 08:57 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. humans created gods |
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strobetoad (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 09:01 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. God has a funny way of showing his "love" |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 11:13 AM Response to Reply #35 |
47. very nicely put |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
40. It seems Europe is far ahead of us |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
42. I wish we could afford to be "apathetic" here in Murka... |
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Sara Beverley (989 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
43. I think the US Republicans and RW-conservative Christians have done more |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
48. Europeans are way ahead of us as usual. |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
49. Europe.... |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
50. No wonder the fundies hate europe, France in particular! Gotta |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 01:35 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Yep, the old joke is absolutely right... |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 01:39 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. The best headline during the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal was from a |
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manly (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
53. gimme that old time religion |
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Piperay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
54. I really believe most people in America |
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Johnny Noshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 07:24 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. Try this |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
55. Well, duh!!...After watching the US Religious Right, religion is nauseat'n |
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AngryWhiteLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
56. Is it any wonder....Britons are smarter and have common sense. |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 04:44 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Hell, even Canadians have more common sense than Americans! |
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AngryWhiteLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 09:54 PM Response to Reply #58 |
65. Canadians aren't rabidly religious, are they??? |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-04 10:42 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Well said!!! |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 04:04 PM Response to Reply #65 |
81. We're on par with the UK |
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TyeDye75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
74. I live in England |
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aikido15 (637 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 05:48 AM Response to Reply #74 |
79. sounds like a good place to be |
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TyeDye75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 06:53 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. The ironic thing is |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
76. Good for them! Escape from hurtful fantasyland. |
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