Perhaps I’ve lead a sheltered life, but I had no idea there was a white supremacist rock scene. Imagine, music made by only white people. How boring. But, hey, somebody’s got buy Ted Nugent records. As long as I don’t have to listen to it. They other thing that confused me was a report on NPR yesterday morning, where they referred to Sikhs as “sicks.” The even has a spokesman from the Sikh community, and her referred to himself as a “sick.” Here I always thought it was “seek.” So I thought I’d learned something new, but then, on the way home they were saying “seek.” So now I’m confused, but then Lakshmi Singh read the news, and she said “seek” so I’m going with what she says (after all, we SU alums have to stick together).
Pat Robertson says that the attack on the Sikh temple was caused by atheists because atheists hate god. Of course, as usual, ol’ Pat has confused me. How can an atheist hate something s/he doesn’t believe exists?
Rocked in recent years by sex-abuse scandals and crises in leadership, the Catholic Church in the Republic of Ireland has been struggling to keep its members close.
But this week, a new global survey on faith and atheism has revealed that the crisis of faith in Ireland may be much worse than previously thought.
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According to the global index, there has been a notable decline in religiosity worldwide.
Across the globe, religiosity fell by 9 points. The number of people worldwide who call themselves religious is now 59 percent, while those who identify as atheist rose from 4 percent in 2005 to 7 percent.
The U.S., France and Canada joined Ireland on the top-10 list of countries to have experienced a “notable decline in religiosity” since 2005.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/08/religiosity-plummets-ireland-declines-worldwide-atheism_n_1757453.html