Fox News: Poll Says 38% of Americans Think Disaster in Japan 'Sign From God'

[SkyDaddy7]

Run time: 04:34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWX6OeG2MZU   Posted on YouTube: March 25, 2011 By YouTube Member: C0ct0pusPrime Views on YouTube: 1108   Posted on DU: March 25, 2011 By DU Member: SkyDaddy7 Views on DU: 1690

 

[ixion]

1. 38% (or better) are bat-sh*t crazy

which is scary.

[PoliticAverse]

2. I think it's more likely a sign from Murphy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy%27s_law

[hobbit709]

3. Finagle is God and Murphy is his Prophet.

[sharp_stick]

4. That's about right

I think pretty close to 38% of the population are irretrievably moronic.

What we need to do now is correlate this list of morons with the ones that can't be bothered to pick up their dogs shit from neighbors lawns and the hillbillies running all over every public space on ATV's. I'll wager $100 that those lists cross over to a pretty large degree.

[OHdem10]

5. People can believe as they wish, but it is not the job of the Media

to affirm their beliefs. It certainly not the job
of any Media Person to stoke these fires and pass
judgement saying God is punishing a certain person,
place or group of people.

Do these same people we have this menacing vengeful
God sitting up in Heaven just waiting to punish this
group or that group.

I still believe if one really believes the earthquake
is a sign of the second coming, we would have 38% of
the people who would be on their knees and when not on
their knees their "true holiness" would shine through
in complete acts of kindness throughtfulness, no gossiping
no passing judgement on others, giving us all an example
by their patience and truthfulness.

[Smarmie Doofus]

6. 38% doesn't surprise. Basically you'll have 38% who are.....

... on the "wrong" side on every single issue from a progressive POV.

38% voted for Goldwater in '64.

The more things change.....

Although I doubt that even 38% were so dumb in those days that they believed in "signs from god".

We sure aren't getting any smarter, that's for sure.

[Dollface]

7. Meghan K is right. It is interesting,... in an OMG people are so stupid sort of way.

[elocs]

8. There's nothing interesting or amusing about this since these people not only drive cars, they vote.

They were a moving force in helping to elect the current wacko governor here in Wisconsin because Democrats were too angry at Obama, or disappointed or demoralized to show up and cast their votes.

More scary is that these people represent a movement to a new dark age in this country as they embrace and celebrate anti-intellectualism and they are proud of being anti-science although they want the very best and latest that science and medicine has to offer when they have heart surgery. They disrespect and loathe teachers if those educators are union members and they have no problem scapegoating them for any economic problems.

No, there's nothing amusing that 38% of Americans think the disaster in Japan is a sign from God.

[davidthegnome]

9. Unfortunately, I know some of them

Some of them are even very close to me. I can't explain the ignorance, I can't even understand it myself. I suppose I'm somewhat on the fence when it comes to the God issue (the existence of such a being). I do believe though, that if the Jesus in the bible was the representative of a supreme being - that supreme being is not nearly as ignorant or judgmental as so many of those who claim to follow it.

Some people believe the will of God explains all things - that God is even directly responsible for all natural disasters.

[marions ghost]

11. Fear and denial

the complexity and dangers of these times scare people. They turn to religion understandably. But then they get it messed up and start applying it too rigorously and literally. They don't really get the "spirit" part, just the laws. But it comes from fear and I don't know how you cure fear.

Same thing happened at Easter Island and other places where humans have gone extinct in the past. "The Gods are angry at us." Not necessarily. Maybe it is a great teaching that will lead some of us to steer the boat in a different direction.

[certainot]

13. where the fear comes from, as explained by an alien...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnrfuTUlqVs

[Dawning Red]

20. Not quite right, as I understand it.

Hmm. Second post about religion here for a newb, which was NOT why I decided to start posting here, but still. Well, let's see what Jesus Himself said about disasters, I think this is from Luke:

Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”

So it seems to me that the emphasis is less on what happens in life, and more on what kind of a person are you in it.

Now, it is kind of interesting that as I was playing World of Warcraft the other day (Yeah, I'm a geek, sue me!) a number of people in a place you would LEAST expect to hear this kind of talk were discussing (and I'm paraphrasing here) how the recent upswing in uprisings, economic collapses statewide and global, and even the Japanese earthquake might be some of the signs mentioned in Revelations, and then the next day, a few teenagers I work with were discussing the end of the world, and these are not religious kids in any way that I can see. I'm not really sure exactly what's happening here, but I will freely admit that if Earth had some kind of spiritual temperature, it sure seems to be running some kind of fever right now.

[get the red out]

10. If it's only 38% of their viewers

Then that's really not so bad!

[border_town]

12. Why would they report this?

Another way for them to plant things into people's brains.

[AlbertCat]

14. Oops

my computer shut down while I posted this one. I reposted below...

[L. Coyote]

15. That percentasge is too low for those cutting education spending!

Best privatize education so fundie teachers w/o credentials can instruct the other 62% about the TRUTH.

[malmapus]

16. They keep using that phrase....

I do not think it means what they think it means.

[AlbertCat]

17. This god of theirs...

has got to be the WORST communicator of any omnipotent entity ever!

What's the word? Thou shalt not live on a fault line? Thou shalt not eat Japanese veggies?


Maybe... Thou shalt not use nuke power... perhaps?

And they're so very serious on Fox News about it!

"interesting results!" NOT

And how can they be serious with a female reporter named Loren Green???? HAHAHAHA! :rofl:


Da dadada dadada dadada dada DA DA!!!!




Fox News is like a bad version of The Onion.... that dupes and rubes actually believe!

[tridim]

18. Why do people still worship this "God" asshole?

[The Backlash Cometh]

19. And we get radiated, I guess it become Armageddon?

[Gato Moteado]

21. it's a sign from god that......

....Faux News viewers are idiots.

[penndragon69]

22. don't worry.

No christians were harmed in the filming of this disaster.
After all, any christians in town were raptured up before they
could be ground into chum. Only those dirty Shinto / Buddhists
were killed by his benevolent and loving wrath!

Praise ye, oh flying spaghetti monster on high!!

[DeSwiss]

23. WRONG!

- The disaster in Japan is a sign of man's stupidity. Particularly since he had at least two previous, extremely serious warnings (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_accident">actually more) that went ignored.


Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima. Who's next?

[WhoIsNumberNone]

24. Where di they conduct this poll? Arkansas?

Did they use Sarah Palin's phone list? How did they manage to find that many ignorant people? And why is it always Fox "News" that comes up with these kind of numbers? I sense a connection.

[adnelson60087]

26. As a native Arkansan, let me say...the South as a whole is much worse than Arkansas.

[vroomvroom]

25. 95% of the World also believes in Magic and Sorcery better known as Religion.

So this is not a surprise.

[ReggieVeggie]

27. and actual magic and sorcery, and astrology, and lots of things

that have no basis in reality

[HarveyDarkey]

28. I was just about to post this & I saw your post

CP is one of my favorite You Tube posters. I've been subscribed for a long time.