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[The Exorcist]

Fuck you Brendan!!! It's got Electrolytes!!!!! :)

At 10:42 PM 9/10/2008, Brendan wrote:

>All y'all gotsta watch IDIOCRACY, to see what's gonna happen if things

>continue down this path. Can't link to it from here (work) sorry, you can

>find a trailer on Youtube...

>

> > "If you ask what percentage believes in miracles--I think it's about 75

> > percent. What percentage believes that the world was created the way it

> > is now 10,000 years ago, it's about half. What percentage are born-again

> > Christians, I don't remember the exact number but maybe a third. In

> > fact, one of the interesting poll results that came out this summer is

> > that about a third of the population of the United States believes that

> > we must support everything Israel does because that's a sign of the

> > Second Coming." - Noam Chomsky, _The Humanist_, January, 2007 issue:

> > http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-29649323_ITM

> >

> > -----

> >

> > And:

> >

> > God vs. doctor: 1 in 2 say prayer saves the dying

> > 20 percent of docs also say God can reverse terminal prognosis, study

> > finds

> >

> > CHICAGO - When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many

> > Americans.

> >

> > An eye-opening survey reveals widespread belief that divine intervention

> > can revive dying patients. And, researchers said, doctors "need to be

> > prepared to deal with families who are waiting for a miracle."

> >

> > [...]

> >

> > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26272687/

> >

> > -Oliver

> >

> >

> > Brendan wrote:

> >> Correct, religiosity is extremely high in the US and from what I

> >> remember

> >> it's also correlated with being thick. Can try to dredge the link up if

> >> anyone is interested.

> >>

> >> Oh and I'm not calling Americans thick mind, rather religious

> >> fundamentalists.

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >

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