God and the Super Bowl

by Christ Alone 30 Replies latest social current

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  Christ Alone

  Did anyone notice the frequency that God was mentioned during the Super Bowl? I was impressed. With the rampant atheism here, sometimes it's easy to forget that belief is still very strong. The desire that many have expressed here of an atheist nation will never happen.

  I wondered if anyone else noticed the frequency of mention of God and Prayer during the super bowl. Here are some that I noticed. Oprah (and Jeep) talked about prayer for our troops. Ram talked about God gift of Farmers. Jennifer Hudson and Sandy Hook elementary sung about God blessing America. And Ray Lewis (on the final video listed here) at 4:35 said, "If God is for us, who can stand against us."

  Did this annoy any of you?

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

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sillEgUHGC4

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf4nU7HRVDQ

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYcMfbIa-uo
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  unstopableravens

  oprah annoys me, she is anything but christain,that in itself doesnt annoy me but hearing her talk about god does,when she has osteen and rick warren on her show,she is a new ager,and denys jesus being the only way,
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  cofty

  As a Brit it doesn't annoy me but I think it is a bit weird.

  The desire that many have expressed here of an atheist nation will never happen.

  We would have said the same about Britain a century ago.
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  Christ Alone

  Britain is not an atheist nation. You have some great ones! N.T Wright is a great hero of mine and for Britain. Your own Queen is a very devout Christian. No, while Christianity has hit a lull in Britain, it definitely has not been phased out. And will not, imo.

  Here's the latest census I could find about Britain. Atheism is still quite small:

  The UK population: by religion

  As far as it seeming impossible a century ago, maybe we'll revisit this topic in America in a century.
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  Glander

  A blind man could have seen the blatant pass interefence. So God was getting a beer?
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  Christ Alone

  Sorry, I didn't notice the 2011 census. Atheism is still far behind Christianity. I did appreciate the "Jedi Knight" reference...

  2011 Census 1		Adherents	%
  Christian		33 200 000	59.3
  No religion		14 100 000	25.1
  Muslim		2 700 000	4.8
  Hindu		817 000	1.5
  Sikh		423 000	0.8
  Jewish		263 000	0.5
  Buddhist		248 000	0.4
  Jedi Knight		176 632	0.3
  Pagan		57 000
  Spiritualist		39 000
  Agnostic		32 382
  Jain		20 000
  Humanism		15 067
  Wicca		11 766
  Ravidassia		11 058
  Rastafarian		7 906
  Heavy Metal		6 242
  Baha'i		5 021
  Druid		4 189
  Taoist		4 144
  Zoroastrian		4 105
  Scientology		2 418
  Pantheism		2 216
  Heathen		1 958
  Satanism		1 893
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  cofty

  CA - I know hardly anybody who would identify themselves as an atheist and if they were asked they would say they were christian.

  The fact is they could not care less about god or religion. Census stats are meaningless. The percentage who worship regularly is in single figures and falling. There are churches closing everywhere in the UK and being converted to better uses.
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  Christ Alone

  I thought you guys liked proof and numbers? Where's the single figures proof?

  I still call it a lull. It'll pick back up, I think. Anyway, still love NT Wright. And he's from your country.
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  designs

  Clearly the Big Guy in the sky favored the Righteous Ravens over the worldly 49ers.

  18,000 children died of hunger yesterday, and will today and tomorrow.

  Must be a shortage of Manna in heaven.
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  cantleave

  It is a lot more than a lull CA. More and more people are moving away from delusion and beginning to realise that myths and legends should have no place in 21st century society. The very idea that Mitt Romney could have became the leader of the free world, fightened mosts Brits, we laughed at Tony Blair and George Bush, not because of their policies, but because of their Christianity. Wake Up! Smell the Coffee! The UK is rapidly catching up with Denmark!