Poll of the Day > Why is 98% of the government religious?

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That's an atypical bias compared to the ratio of religiosity among the population.
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Where did u get that percentage

minervo posted...

Where did u get that percentage

AronRa
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So the devils ass.
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Foppe posted...

So the devils ass.

While I am anti-religious, I'm just curious how there's a Disproportionate percentage of religiosity in government.
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USA is more religious than what you believe.
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What are u gonna do when they ask you to let them put a microchip in your hand and forehead?

Lokarin posted...

Foppe posted...

So the devils ass.

While I am anti-religious, I'm just curious how there's a Disproportionate percentage of religiosity in government.

Religious people vote... religiously.
*puts on sunglasses*
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minervo posted...

What are u gonna do when they ask you to let them put a microchip in your hand and forehead?

Why would you need more than one microchip... or is it ASUS making them?
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because they're fake and the only way they get elected is if they're protestant non catholic
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Lokarin posted...

minervo posted...

What are u gonna do when they ask you to let them put a microchip in your hand and forehead?

Why would you need more than one microchip... or is it ASUS making them?

So you'd be ok with the microchip idea?

When people grow up and mature they tend to find god. Since politicians tend to be older, there you go.

Because being non-offensively religious is less harmful than anything else when trying to get votes. I'm sure more politicians will start coming out as atheists as it gets more and more accepted in society.
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crinalex posted...

Because being non-offensively religious is less harmful than anything else when trying to get votes. I'm sure more politicians will start coming out as atheists as it gets more and more accepted in society.

Not in America. It's going backwards in this regard. The religious people are possibly more fanatical and misguided than the puritans who landed hundreds of years ago.
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dedbus posted...

When people grow up and mature they tend to find god. Since politicians tend to be older, there you go.

More like people who were raised in past generations tend to be more religious, with each new generation being less religious than the last.

The fact that you would even twist reality in such a way is hilarious.

Currant_Kaiser posted...

dedbus posted...

When people grow up and mature they tend to find god. Since politicians tend to be older, there you go.

More like people who were raised in past generations tend to be more religious, with each new generation being less religious than the last.

The fact that you would even twist reality in such a way is hilarious.

I think he means as people approach death they start to grasp at straws
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TheCyborgNinja posted...

crinalex posted...

Because being non-offensively religious is less harmful than anything else when trying to get votes. I'm sure more politicians will start coming out as atheists as it gets more and more accepted in society.

Not in America. It's going backwards in this regard. The religious people are possibly more fanatical and misguided than the puritans who landed hundreds of years ago.

puritans were whacky but i read that they had tons of sex lol
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Lokarin posted...

That's an atypical bias compared to the ratio of religiosity among the population.

What are you basing that on? It's a safe bet that it's not accurate but because of the whole 'you have to love god or you're un-murrican' and the compulsion to spurt 'gawdblismurricah' at the end of every speech etc. in case anyone gets even the slightest hint that they're not a god botherer and by association, somehow unpatriotic.
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Lokarin posted...

minervo posted...

Where did u get that percentage

AronRa

So basically out of somebody's ass? And if 98% is religious (which it obviously isn't), that's in keeping with the population since only 2% is atheist.
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TheCyborgNinja posted...

crinalex posted...

Because being non-offensively religious is less harmful than anything else when trying to get votes. I'm sure more politicians will start coming out as atheists as it gets more and more accepted in society.

Not in America. It's going backwards in this regard. The religious people are possibly more fanatical and misguided than the puritans who landed hundreds of years ago.

You can cut yourself on that edge.
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Zeus posted...

You can cut yourself on that edge.

There is a direct correlation between acts considered "evil" and religiosity. I'm looking for the exact AronRa video so I can find the source, i watched a bunch in a row so I need to find the right one.


This is one of the sources, still looking for the politician one: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/07/16/what-percentage-of-prisoners-are-atheists-its-a-lot-smaller-than-we-ever-imagined/
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Zeus posted...

Lokarin posted...

minervo posted...

Where did u get that percentage

AronRa

So basically out of somebody's ass? And if 98% is religious (which it obviously isn't), that's in keeping with the population since only 2% is atheist.

Two percent identify with the atheist label specifically. When you consider a bunch of other labels for the irreligious(agnostic, none, religiously unaffiliated, secular humanist, secular jew, etc.) that number jumps up to about twenty percent.

TheCyborgNinja posted...

crinalex posted...

Because being non-offensively religious is less harmful than anything else when trying to get votes. I'm sure more politicians will start coming out as atheists as it gets more and more accepted in society.

Not in America. It's going backwards in this regard. The religious people are possibly more fanatical and misguided than the puritans who landed hundreds of years ago.

You're out of touch. Most of America identifies as Christian even though very few are actively practicing. Fundamentalists are loud and regressive, yes, but they're not most Christians. There are also many people of other faiths who still have the belief in a higher power part going for them.

An atheist is unelectable at this time.

Running for a spot in state legislatures as an atheist is outright illegal in some states. Obviously, these laws are trumped by the “No Religious Test Clause” of the United States Constitution, which is found in Article VI, paragraph 3, and states that:

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.

However, these laws are still on the books and have given atheist candidates trouble in the past. Cecil Bothwell, an atheist who in 2009 won an election for a Asheville, North Carolina city council seat, was almost unseated by local critics who pointed to a provision in North Carolina’s constitution that prohibited nonbelievers from being elected. This provision of the state constitution is similar to provisions in Arkansas, Maryland, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.

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Europe is more religious than you might think. They're just pagan/Muslim instead of christian.

Also lots of new agey shit.
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I found it.
-but the thumbnail has boobs in it-

It's "How Mythology Disproves Noahs Flood" by Aron Ra

It wasnt 98, he just said "over 90" and I remembered it wrong
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