Atheists & Agnostics

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts) Fri Jul 24, 2015, 11:44 AM Jul 2015

American Bible-thumper Travels to Scandinavia, Freaks out After Discovering how Secular They Are

A few highlights:

While interviewing several members of a church in Copenhagen, McLain makes the mistake of assuming that, given their faith, they must be homophobes like he is. After he laments the fact that the oppressive government made Denmark’s churches perform same-sex marriages, the Reverend had to awkwardly tell him that neither he nor anyone else at the church had a problem with gay people. McLain’s pained expression is priceless.
He runs into a man on the street who (finally!) says he believes in God. Excited, McLain asks if he is a Christian. The man tells him, no, a Muslim. McLain: “A Muslim!”
An excruciating discussion with a humanist over coffee ends with the humanist telling McLain, “In short, I have no need of a god. To put it bluntly.” McLain stares off into space, his mind melting.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/11/07/american-bible-thumper-travels-scandinavia-freaks-out-discovering-secular-video/

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American Bible-thumper Travels to Scandinavia, Freaks out After Discovering how Secular They Are (Original Post) AlbertCat Jul 2015 OP

THAT explained that strange grey fluid running out of his ears. ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2015 #1

I believe we discussed this one in the Religion group a while ago. mr blur Jul 2015 #2

I believe we discussed this one in the Religion group a while ago. AlbertCat Jul 2015 #3

You asked the same question that I always ask.... Curmudgeoness Jul 2015 #7

I thought everybody in Italy would be super Catholic olddots Jul 2015 #4

I think everyone one I've met from Italy AlbertCat Jul 2015 #5

Well edhopper Jul 2015 #6

And, it seems that the Christians he does meet, mr blur Jul 2015 #8

It always blows my mind when Europeans speak so plainly about their atheism. PassingFair Jul 2015 #9

“There’s no proof of evolution, you weren’t there!” Arugula Latte Jul 2015 #10

you weren’t there! AlbertCat Jul 2015 #11

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)

1. THAT explained that strange grey fluid running out of his ears.

Reply to AlbertCat (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2015, 11:53 AM

Jul 2015

Not that he would miss his brains, considering how little use they got.

mr blur

(7,753 posts)

2. I believe we discussed this one in the Religion group a while ago.

Reply to AlbertCat (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2015, 01:12 PM

Jul 2015

My irony meter broke.

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)

3. I believe we discussed this one in the Religion group a while ago.

Reply to mr blur (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 24, 2015, 03:01 PM

Jul 2015

That figures.

Everything at "Addicting Info" is always old.

Still....I like it. I keep threatening to move to Denmark.

Why are all the civilized places above the frigging Arctic Circle???

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

7. You asked the same question that I always ask....

Reply to AlbertCat (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 24, 2015, 07:12 PM

Jul 2015

why are the civilized places all so cold? Even if I wanted to run away to Canada, I have to go north---which is not the direction that I would like to go. Even in the US, the warmer states are mostly the crazy states. I don't get it.

And don't worry about this being discussed in the R group. Some of us don't spend much time there and miss a lot. I found the article hilarious and would love for this guy to find the same thing here one day.

olddots

(10,237 posts)

4. I thought everybody in Italy would be super Catholic

Reply to AlbertCat (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2015, 03:07 PM

Jul 2015

The weren't and the the people seemed to have their shit together alot more than Merrikuns .

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)

5. I think everyone one I've met from Italy

Reply to olddots (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 24, 2015, 03:17 PM

Jul 2015

Hates the Catholic Church. Tho' that's not a big sample.

edhopper

(34,802 posts)

6. Well

Reply to AlbertCat (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2015, 06:23 PM

Jul 2015

up there, being secular is a defense against trolls.

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mr blur

(7,753 posts)

8. And, it seems that the Christians he does meet,

Reply to AlbertCat (Original post)

Sat Jul 25, 2015, 08:30 AM

Jul 2015

are much more "Christian" than he could ever hope to

PassingFair

(22,437 posts)

9. It always blows my mind when Europeans speak so plainly about their atheism.

Reply to AlbertCat (Original post)

Sat Jul 25, 2015, 09:56 AM

Jul 2015

I remember having "the talk" with my Scots/English cousin, driving
through the countryside, when I sheepishly admitted that I was an
atheist.

He baldly told me that he had ALWAYS been an atheist, and that almost
everyone in the family had been unchurched for as long as he knew!
What an EYE-OPENER! My father was an atheist, but I had thought he
was an outlier!

I since discovered that up to 60% of Scots consider themselves "no religion".

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)

10. “There’s no proof of evolution, you weren’t there!”

Reply to AlbertCat (Original post)

Sat Jul 25, 2015, 11:37 AM

Jul 2015

And Adam & EVE are TOTALLY true and proven because Bible.

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)

11. you weren’t there!

Reply to Arugula Latte (Reply #10)

Sat Jul 25, 2015, 12:04 PM

Jul 2015

You weren't there for Jesus either...so.... there's no proof.

Also, unless you got up early this morning, you weren't there for the sunrise, so there's no proof it rose.

What's that you say? Because it is now noon and the sun is at your zenith, you deduce that it did rise. But you weren't there so you have no proof. You did make a very educated guess based on strong evidence that it rose. Huh....

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