Shocking facts about UK ........ really?

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Shocking facts about UK ........ really?

Post by stattointhailand » May 11, 2022, 4:14 pm

Well that s the headline .........

"What are the most shocking facts about the UK?
Originally Answered: What are some of the most mind-blowing facts about the United Kingdom?

I have some facts that will blow your minds clean out of your skulls.

Americans will be amazed what absolute heathens we are.

Now I realise you are perfectly well aware that us Brits aren’t the most Godly of people.

It’s fairly obvious that we are cynical sarcastic supervillains, because of the way we twiddle our moustaches and say:

‘Me, evil?… whatever gave you that idea?’

…while reaching for a trap door switch; and because our national sport is tying distressed damsels to train tracks; and because Dick Dastardly was our longest serving Prime Minister, and was mocked by the press as ‘Mr. Nice Guy’; and because our standard phrase for saying goodbye is: ‘You haven’t seen the last of me… mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha’.

But seriously… did you know the following completely genuine facts about our ungodliness?

They conducted a poll of our Church Leaders.

These were the results from the priests of the Church of England.

Two thirds of our priests doubted the physical Resurrection.
Three quarters of our priests were unconvinced by the Virgin birth.
16 per cent of our priests said they were unsure about God.
8 per cent of our priests said it was impossible to be clear on God.
Only a minority of our priests said they themselves rely on church leaders when making decisions - a minority of… 0%.

And… drum roll…

2% said God was a human construct.

Yep.

1 in 50 of our bloody priests claim that God doesn’t exist.

“I preach using God’s terminology, but never with the suggestion that God actually exists.”

I mean, compare that with the USA… where 3% of people are atheists.

Here, it’s 2% of our Christians. And not any Christians but our official Church’s leaders.

And another 1% ‘preferred not to answer’ - which given they are God's representatives on Earth, and the question is ‘Does God exist?’, is either astonishingly lazy, or a tad suspicious.

And another 2% plumped for ‘none of the above’, despite ‘the above’ including ‘There is a personal God’.

Which, by my reckoning, means our Christian Priests are more atheistic than Americans are.



MWA-HA-HA-HA-HA!

Source:

Lancaster University Survey by YouGov: YouGovAnglicanSurvey



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Re: Shocking facts about UK ........ really?

Post by tamada » May 11, 2022, 4:36 pm

Sort of goes with the "cleanliness is next to Godliness" narrative, no?
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Re: Shocking facts about UK ........ really?

Post by stattointhailand » May 11, 2022, 7:32 pm

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Re: Shocking facts about UK ........ really?

Post by AlexO » May 11, 2022, 9:16 pm

Statt's.
While I don't disagree with your sentiments, there are a great many people who do find solace in their beliefs.
To sit and basically mock them online is very disrespectful and shows just what an absolute a--wipe you are.
Thought you had 'better things' to do than watch movies and write crap.

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Re: Shocking facts about UK ........ really?

Post by tamada » May 11, 2022, 9:43 pm

AlexO wrote:
May 11, 2022, 9:16 pm
Statt's.
While I don't disagree with your sentiments, there are a great many people who do find solace in their beliefs.
To sit and basically mock them online is very disrespectful and shows just what an absolute a--wipe you are.
Thought you had 'better things' to do than watch movies and write crap.
That's very woke of you Alex. Im sure a great many unknowing people of all faiths will take comfort in you standing up for them against statts's jibes.
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Re: Shocking facts about UK ........ really?

Post by GT93 » May 12, 2022, 3:37 am

Do you think AlexO is a secret Guardian reader? That would surprise me.
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Re: Shocking facts about UK ........ really?

Post by pepesgrill » May 12, 2022, 3:40 am

statts seems to be a lot more clued-in than Alex0
who's often confused if he's a brit or a scot? it's
unsettling to say the least. just pick a side man

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Re: Shocking facts about UK ........ really?

Post by GT93 » May 12, 2022, 6:09 am

So, statts, the C of E tells as many porkies as Johnson?
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