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    Why do some Americans believe weird things?

    From the country that put humans on the moon, has some of the leading universities in the world, and has been at the forefront of much of the technological development of the past 70 years comes an amusing and interesting article by S Jonathan O'Donnell



    The "Trump Prophecy" video clip is well worth watching. Who believes this nonsense? It is straight out of the twelfth century?

    https://theconversation.com/demons-o...america-144898
    "It ain't necessarily so
    The things that you're liable
    To read in the Bible
    It ain't necessarily so    ."
    Sportin' Life
    Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
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    Linking Q to evangelicals now? What a pathetic waste of electrons...
    That's what
    - She

    Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
    - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

    I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
    - Stephen R. Donaldson

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post
      From the country that put humans on the moon, has some of the leading universities in the world, and has been at the forefront of much of the technological development of the past 70 years comes an amusing and interesting article by S Jonathan O'Donnell



      The "Trump Prophecy" video clip is well worth watching. Who believes this nonsense? It is straight out of the twelfth century?

      https://theconversation.com/demons-o...america-144898
      There are people all over the world. Bigfoot, UFO's, Koch Brothers, Hitler Lived, etc. Your article doesn't even give us an idea what the "large number" of evangelicals is...

      This just seems to be more of you engaging in your prejudices

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      • #4
        Attacking Americans again, how unoriginal...
        Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Bill the Cat View Post
          Linking Q to evangelicals now? What a pathetic waste of electrons...
          Reading for comprehension:

          "QAnon has many overlaps." [my emphasis]



          Originally posted by CivilDiscourse View Post
          There are people all over the world. Bigfoot, UFO's, Koch Brothers, Hitler Lived, etc. Your article doesn't even give us an idea what the "large number" of evangelicals is...

          This just seems to be more of you engaging in your prejudices
          Yet of those examples you gave three hail from the USA. By the way, are the Koch Brothers a fantasy/conspiracy theory like Bigfoot and UFOs?
          "It ain't necessarily so
          The things that you're liable
          To read in the Bible
          It ain't necessarily so          ."
          Sportin' Life
          Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin

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          • #6
            Originally posted by seer View Post
            Attacking Americans again, how unoriginal...
            Only weird Americans and those who rely on the comforts of unreason.
            "It ain't necessarily so
            The things that you're liable
            To read in the Bible
            It ain't necessarily so            ."
            Sportin' Life
            Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post
              Only weird Americans and those who rely on the comforts of unreason.
              Well I would say that the majority of Christians, here and in the rest of the world, believe in some degree of demonic influence. And...

              Germany's spiritual crisis: why many are turning to witchcraft

              Pagan hotbeds

              Belief in magic, spiritism (nowadays called "channelling"), shamanism and other New Age beliefs has supplanted Christianity in many areas, particularly in what used to be Communist East Germany where a Stalinist regime actively discouraged church-going.

              Cities like Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne have become hotbeds of pagan practises.

              "There are now scores of covens throughout Germany, with at least one in every major city," says a 44-year-old witch named Maddalina, who is high priestess of a coven in Berlin.

              "The number has quadrupled since German unification 15 years ago," she says. Maddalina insists she practises "beneficent white magic" known as Wicca.

              https://wwrn.org/articles/19301/
              Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post
                Reading for comprehension:

                "QAnon has many overlaps." [my emphasis]
                Like I said. Waste of electrons. Unsubscribing.
                That's what
                - She

                Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
                - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

                I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
                - Stephen R. Donaldson

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by seer View Post
                  Well I would say that the majority of Christians, here and in the rest of the world, believe in some degree of demonic influence.
                  Why and on what basis?

                  Originally posted by seer View Post
                  Germany's spiritual crisis: why many are turning to witchcraft
                  Wicca is a far more tolerant belief/religion than your version of Christianity. I have a lot of time for Wiccans. Two deities, male and female principle, strong respect for the natural world, pacific, and tolerant.

                  According to Prof. Ron Hutton [an acknowledged expert on modern paganism] Wicca is the only religion Britain ever gave to the modern world.
                  "It ain't necessarily so
                  The things that you're liable
                  To read in the Bible
                  It ain't necessarily so                  ."
                  Sportin' Life
                  Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post
                    Why do some Americans believe weird things?
                    Gee, an anti-American thread from HA. What a surprise.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Ronson View Post
                      Gee, an anti-American thread from HA. What a surprise.
                      No, this is a thread about those Americans who believe in the comforts of unreason. N.B the word "some" in the title.
                      "It ain't necessarily so
                      The things that you're liable
                      To read in the Bible
                      It ain't necessarily so                      ."
                      Sportin' Life
                      Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post
                        No, this is a thread about those Americans who believe in the comforts of unreason. N.B the word "some" in the title.
                        So if I created a negative thread every day about "some" Germans, it wouldn't be an indication of anti-German sentiment?

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post
                          Why and on what basis?
                          The teachings of Christ and the New Testament in general. We are Christian after all...

                          Wicca is a far more tolerant belief/religion than your version of Christianity. I have a lot of time for Wiccans. Two deities, male and female principle, strong respect for the natural world, pacific, and tolerant.
                          It wasn't just Wicca, it was also magic, channelling, shamanism etc... The point is all peoples have beliefs that are out of the ordinary. Your country included. So why pick on the US again?
                          Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Ronson View Post
                            So if I created a negative thread every day about "some" Germans, it wouldn't be an indication of anti-German sentiment?
                            Better yet, talk about "some blacks" see how far that gets you.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post
                              No, this is a thread about those Americans who believe in the comforts of unreason. N.B the word "some" in the title.
                              What is "unreason?"
                              Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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