How an Amazonian tribe turned a missionary into an atheist (29 Viewers)

[Enron]

To some point, major religion is pretty foolish. But let's not kid ourselves and assume the Amazonian tribes are all "godless". The majority if not all Amazonian natives either worship or have worshiped (before the spanish invasion) some sort of deity or multiple deities. So it's not like they were atheists, they just had their own things going on.

 

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[Enron]

Wrong, in 30 or 40 years, churches will be torn down all across the world. Old-ass people, who make up 70% of the church-going population will be dead.

That's extremely inaccurate.

 

[Martin]

Good for them then, but 50% is a bit way too much. Doubt it's true.

pedia:

As of 2006, 10% of Israeli Jews defined themselves as Haredim; an additional 10% as "religious"; 14% as "religious-traditionalists" ; 22% as "non-religious-traditionalists" (not strictly adhering to Jewish law or halakha); and 44% as "secular" (Hebrew: חִלּוֹנִי‎, Hiloni).[4] Among all Israeli Jews, 65% believe in God and 85% participate in a Passover seder.[5] However, other sources indicate that between 15% and 37% of Israelis identify themselves as either agnostics or atheists.[6]

Also see here:
http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html

So whatever the precise number I think it's clear that Israel being in the top 30 or so most atheist societies is still pretty high on the scale.

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

Then correct me, FUCKASS!

 

[Bjerknes]

You guys have no idea. They will stage the second coming of Jesus Christ if their future depended on it. That's how corrupt the system is.

 

[Eddy]

pedia:


Also see here:
http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html

So whatever the precise number I think it's clear that Israel being in the top 30 or so most atheist societies is still pretty high on the scale.

That's definitely not 50% then Martin

 

[Martin]

That's definitely not 50% then Martin

44% secular? Yah, huge difference.

 

[Enron]

Then correct me, FUCKASS!

Your statement might apply to the US but only the US. And that's still a maybe.

 

[Eddy]

44% secular? Yah, huge difference.

That's with agnostics as well.

 

[Enron]

You guys have no idea. They will stage the second coming of Jesus Christ if their future depended on it. That's how corrupt the system is.

Probably just uncover some ancient scroll in mesopatamia and say the second coming is coming a little later that originally thought.

 

[Bjerknes]

I can see it now. Barack Obama is the Prophet Mohammed and Jesus Christ all wrapped in one.

 

[Martin]

That's with agnostics as well.

It is. But the difference between atheist and agnostic is negligible. Neither of them believe in god thus neither of them live in accordance with religious conviction.

Atheist<->agnostic is basically a semantic dispute.

EDIT: I would even argue that agnostic is the politically correct version of atheist.

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

Your statement might apply to the US but only the US. And that's still a maybe.

I wasn't speaking internationally.

 

[Enron]

I wasn't speaking internationally.

Then don't say "all over the world".

 

[Bjerknes]

Probably just uncover some ancient scroll in mesopatamia and say the second coming is coming a little later that originally thought.

A great catastrophe will be engineered and somebody will be chosen to be the leader to take us out of it. Book of Revelations.

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

It is. But the difference between atheist and agnostic is negligible. Neither of them believe in god thus neither of them live in accordance with religious conviction.

Atheist<->agnostic is basically a semantic dispute.

Except not at all.

Agnostics and atheists are very different.

 

[Martin]

Except not at all.

Agnostics and atheists are very different.

Do tell.

 

[Eddy]

It is. But the difference between atheist and agnostic is negligible. Neither of them believe in god thus neither of them live in accordance with religious conviction.

Atheist<->agnostic is basically a semantic dispute.

EDIT: I would even argue that agnostic is the politically correct version of atheist.

But with agnostics, they can easily pick up a book and be all religion-psycho again

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

Then don't say "all over the world".

The world is widely accepted to be just the United States.

 

[Eddy]

The world is widely accepted to be just the United States.

EDIT: Actually, to some extent, some of our middle-eastern countries have already accepted your ideology.