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I dislike thumpers as much as Laffy,
GaGambler 340 reads
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but I don't think I believe many of these surveys that claim to "prove" such a large percentage of Christians really believe some of the really dumb shit in the Bible, like literally believing the world is only a few thousand years old. We all know how polls can be manipulated, and these polls IMO are highly questionable. I live in the Bible Belt and have so for decades, by necessity I deal and interact with a lot of Christians and these polls contradict my personal experience with Christians by such a huge margin that I have to believe they are concocted.

Keep in mind, I am still one of the biggest "Thumper bashers" on this board and this is by no means a softening of that position. It's just that some of these polls just don't add up to me.

mattradd1895 reads

It's amazing so many bible-thumpers fall for this when they can read that Jesus said no one will know when it will happen. They ignore what is clearly said on the matter, while going though elaborate machinations predicting the end times.  ;)

I suspect it's much like the Republican's raising money on so called scandals of Democrats. Just another way to make money. Or, perhaps an extreme case of self-righteousness, thinking that they will be spared, while all others perish.   ;)

Related Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cancel-your-plans-because-the-world-is-ending-today...

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GaGambler419 reads

I can't find the date, and I am not talking about the prediction for this last May, but I remember back in the late 80's, supposedly smart people were leaving California by the droves because supposedly Nostradamus had predicted that California was going to fall into the ocean due to a mega earthquake.

The "end of the world" has been predicted so many times it should merit no more attention than the 675th dick size thread on TER.

Christianity is based on stupidity and stupid, gullible people, but it hardly has a monopoly on either stupidity or gullibility.

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