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I am not having sex with Spike! But I'm starting to think that you might be.
Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Mar 15, 2007 3:57:04 am PDT #7173 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
tommyrot - Mar 15, 2007 4:06:48 am PDT #7174 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jesus-Loving Americans Totally Ignorant of Jesus, Religion
- 75% of adults believe the famed Benjamin Franklin saying “God helps those who help themselves” is one of the Ten Commandments.
- 10% believe Joan of Arc was the wife of Noah from the Book of Genesis.
- Most believe Saint Paul led the Israelites from their enslavement in Egypt.
- Only one in three Americans can name the four Gospels, while less than half can even name one of them.
- A majority couldn’t identify the preacher of the “Sermon on the Mount.” (Hint: The Bible says it was Jesus.)
Jesse - Mar 15, 2007 4:08:57 am PDT #7175 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
75% of adults believe the famed Benjamin Franklin saying “God helps those who help themselves” is one of the Ten Commandments.
Seriously?? That's insane. Even if you can't name ten commandments, people should at least have a sense of the tone of them, for chrissakes. Or they should be able to figure out that "commandment" is related to "command," and know what that means.
Fucking people.
tommyrot - Mar 15, 2007 4:11:16 am PDT #7176 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Of course, I'm really curious as to how that study was conducted, how the questions were phrased, etc.
Jesse - Mar 15, 2007 4:14:08 am PDT #7177 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, sure. But no matter what, that shit is bananas.
sarameg - Mar 15, 2007 4:15:47 am PDT #7178 of 10001
The woman tailgating me on the way in was putting on mascara at 40 mph while tailgating me.
I don't need a survey to tell me people are largely stupid. I just have to drive to work.
shrift - Mar 15, 2007 4:16:24 am PDT #7179 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Dude! It's the Sermon on the Mount! I've only been to church services once in my life, and even I know it was Jesus.
I feel like grabbing ignorant people by the face and shouting "READ!"
Ailleann - Mar 15, 2007 4:17:28 am PDT #7180 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
that shit is bananas
b-a-n-a-n-a-s
Dagnabit, Jesse.
Sue - Mar 15, 2007 4:22:10 am PDT #7181 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Aimee, I'm so sorry about your grandmother.
Steph L. - Mar 15, 2007 4:24:02 am PDT #7182 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Of course, I'm really curious as to how that study was conducted, how the questions were phrased, etc.
I jumped to an opinion in the LA Times that was linked from Wonkette -- the opinion was written by the author of the book ("Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know -- and Doesn't") that Wonkette refers to. The author, Stephen Prothero, is chairman of the religion department at Boston University -- some of the questions come from a religious literacy quiz he gave to undergraduates that he taught.
Other statistics come from studies that he calls "more scientific," though in the LA Times piece, he doesn't get into the details of those studies.