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Religions > Atheism |
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"quibbler" |
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18 Oct 2003 09:01:11 PM |
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harris poll on gawd |
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/latest.asp
It's kinda funny. They say that most people believe in gawd, without
providing the exact figure, and then they proceed to show that many
people have different opinions about who or what this god thing is.
It's kinda like saying most people believe in unicorns, but that some
people think unicorns are green, hairless bipeds with an arm growing
out of their foreheads instead of a horn :)
They don't seem to mention atheists at all.
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Quibbler (quibbler247atyahoo.com)
"It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the
threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, 'mad cow'
disease, and many others, but I think a case can be
made that faith is one of the world's great evils,
comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to
eradicate." -- Richard Dawkins
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| User: "Brian Westley" |
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| Title: Re: harris poll on gawd |
19 Oct 2003 02:32:21 AM |
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quibbler <quibbler247@yahoo.com> writes:
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/latest.asp
It's kinda funny. They say that most people believe in gawd, without
providing the exact figure, and then they proceed to show that many
people have different opinions about who or what this god thing is.
It's kinda like saying most people believe in unicorns, but that some
people think unicorns are green, hairless bipeds with an arm growing
out of their foreheads instead of a horn :)
They don't seem to mention atheists at all.
The tables seem to; table 2 & 3 seem contradictory, but it could
be due to some atheists responding to how they define gods,
even though they consider gods to be fictional.
Table 2:
DOES GOD HAVE A HUMAN FORM?
"Do you think of God as being . . . ?"
Base: All Adults
9% Like a human being with a face, body, arms, legs, eyes, etc.
48% A spirit or power that can take on human form but is not inherently human
27% A spirit or power that does not take on human form
5% Other
10% Do not believe in God
Table 3:
HOW MUCH CONTROL DOES GOD ON WHAT HAPPENS ON EARTH?
"Do you think God . . . ?"
Base: All Adults
29% Controls what happens on Earth
50% Observes but does not control what happens on Earth
6% Neither observes not controls what happens on Earth
15% Does not believe in God
So I make it out to show 15% atheists.
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Merlyn LeRoy
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| User: "Blast Femur" |
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| Title: Re: harris poll on gawd |
18 Oct 2003 09:51:00 PM |
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quibbler <quibbler247@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:MPG.19fb9e5164caf5b498a27d@news.cis.dfn.de:
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/latest.asp
It's kinda funny. They say that most people believe in gawd, without
providing the exact figure, and then they proceed to show that many
people have different opinions about who or what this god thing is.
It's kinda like saying most people believe in unicorns, but that some
people think unicorns are green, hairless bipeds with an arm growing
out of their foreheads instead of a horn :)
They don't seem to mention atheists at all.
Because atheists are the minions of the devil. Whatever the ***** that
means.
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Blast Femur
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So, what are you going to do with the first 18,547,387,259,122,090 years
of eternity?
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| User: "Kermit" |
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| Title: Re: harris poll on gawd |
19 Oct 2003 02:34:40 AM |
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Blast Femur <youwish@yeah.com> wrote in message news:<Xns9418C9D60BABCblastfemur@204.127.204.17>...
quibbler <quibbler247@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:MPG.19fb9e5164caf5b498a27d@news.cis.dfn.de:
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/latest.asp
It's kinda funny. They say that most people believe in gawd, without
providing the exact figure, and then they proceed to show that many
people have different opinions about who or what this god thing is.
It's kinda like saying most people believe in unicorns, but that some
people think unicorns are green, hairless bipeds with an arm growing
out of their foreheads instead of a horn :)
They don't seem to mention atheists at all.
Because atheists are the minions of the devil. Whatever the ***** that
means.
Minions are something like scallions, but more bitter.
--- kermit
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