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#605718
Jay-Sus
That's very interesting Sigmund Fraud. Now can you tell me something that isn't complete bullshit?
7/30/2008 4:22:32 AM
#605719
Smith
Because Japan doesn't do anything right.
7/30/2008 4:23:18 AM
#605728
Skyknight
That's not going to work so well, Smith. What of Shintou and (depending on how you define "religion") Buddhism?
7/30/2008 4:26:42 AM
#605743
Allegory for Jesus
Did this bishop happen to look at the rest of Europe? Did he not realize that religion is dissolving, but the nations remain? Did he happen to look at the Middle East and the United States for what high religiosity can do for "social problems"?
Depression, stress, eating, drinking, and a side of marijuana are paltry in comparison...
7/30/2008 4:33:22 AM
#605757
approximate
Doesn't your religion have some sort of commandment about not lying?
7/30/2008 4:43:10 AM
#605765
Malkavian Jeff
OH NO NOT BRITAIN!
Atleast there's Norway, Sweden, Japan, Russia.
None of them get kicked in the keenster.
7/30/2008 4:46:52 AM
#605773
Amos
Some people are the exact opposite of the
Four Yorkshiremen. If it was in the past, it was better. It doesn't matter how much better things are now.
7/30/2008 4:52:00 AM
#605796
Charni
"Sir, you are drunk"
"Yes, but in the morning i will be sober and you will still be ugly"
I think the same can go for religion
7/30/2008 5:29:40 AM
#605854
Mr Blur
Sadly, over here we have our share of religious retards too.
7/30/2008 6:49:22 AM
#605923
philbert
I haven't been paying close attention to the news recently. Can somebody tell me how many pogroms we've had in Britain lately?
7/30/2008 8:30:03 AM
#605942
Michael
I think Monty Pythons "Life of Brian" more appropriate, and far more accurate.
7/30/2008 8:43:17 AM
#605980
fmitchell
@Skyknight
From what I understand, Shintou has devolved into a set of rituals and festivals that everyone does because everyone does them. (This *is* Japan.) Nobody actually believes in Inari and Ameratsu and the rest.
7/30/2008 9:24:01 AM
#606041
anevilmeme
As opposed to places like Iran or Saudi Arabia where everything is just wonderful?
7/30/2008 10:45:37 AM
#606105
Emma
@ Allegory for Jesus
He is the Chief Rabbi addressing Bishops, from a Jewish point of view of the country.
London has a problem with rising crime, teenagers are killing each other.
7/30/2008 11:45:00 AM
#606213
aaa
Your religion is dying.
7/30/2008 1:39:19 PM
#606426
Princess Rot
Have you forgotten the Dark Ages, Rabbi?
7/30/2008 3:59:05 PM
#606442
Osiris
What about Japan and Sweden?
7/30/2008 4:04:30 PM
#606593
JESUS PLEASE CUM SOON!
Riiiiiiiight, because it's not like the US doesn't have its share of social problems, despite being overly religious for a western country.
7/30/2008 6:03:13 PM
#606658
Grigadil
I believe that a loss of religion would alleviate Israel's "social problems". Ulster's as well. But hey, traditions of tribal warfare do not die all that easily.
7/30/2008 6:50:03 PM
#606664
apYrs
I believe [Godwin] Germany in the 1930s was fairly religious.
7/30/2008 6:56:20 PM
#606676
Tomby Stone
Britain's social problems are caused by a loss of religion in much the same way that poor Austrian girl's social problems were caused by being let out of her father's cellar after 23 years.
7/30/2008 7:18:14 PM
#606694
David B.
"Almost all of Britain’s social problems are caused by a loss of religion, the Chief Rabbi told Anglican bishops last night."
Yes, we haven't lost it fast enough, hence we still have social problems.
7/30/2008 7:35:00 PM
#606697
Angelica Einstellsehn
Skyknight: You have to remember that those religions/philosophies are treated very differently from Western ones. They're a part of daily life, but just that - a part.
7/30/2008 7:36:17 PM
#606733
Brain_In_A_Jar
In other words, only the mentally or emotionally damaged have any use for religion.
7/30/2008 8:12:11 PM
#606768
tracer
Ancient Rome didn't disintegrate until AFTER it became a Christian Nation....
7/30/2008 8:42:04 PM
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