Mumbo Jumbo Mentalists

[dan1981]

Apparently most of this country are a bunch of mumbo jumbo beliveing mentalists.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7996187.stm

1 IN 5 PEOPLE BELIVE IN HOROSCOPES AND ASTROLOGY FOR F'S SAKE.

not to mention the 27% that think we're all gonna be coming back at your aunt Ritas pet tortoise.

and don't get me started on the 55% who belive in bloody heaven.

[The_Burg]

And people wonder why this countries going down the pan!
(Where was the poll carried out though? A astrology convention maybe)

[Jasandjules]

How Apt on Easter Weekend........

[dan1981]

Jasandjules said:

How Apt on Easter Weekend........

I'm spending the religeous day sat at work. Sold my soul (70%!) to the moneymen?

Yup.

[bga]

The_Burg said:

And people wonder why this countries going down the pan!
(Where was the poll carried out though? A astrology convention maybe)

When the British Empire was at it's peak, people had far more random beliefs than astrology & horoscopes.

[stephen300o]

Then there's that Jesus fella people go on and on about.

[cymtriks]

There is a very big difference between reading horoscopes for ammusement and actually beliving them.

As for the other stuff like reincarnation and heaven surely the default position is to be agnostic? If the questions were phrased to turn a "Possibly" into a "Yes" then that explains the numbers.

[Los Palmas 7]

cymtriks said:

There is a very big difference between reading horoscopes for amusement and actually believing them.

True. I don't take them seriously at all - how the random positions of some far-off celestial bodies can have any bearing on my future is completely beyond me.

Then again, us Virgos are naturally cynical.

[jmorgan]

Surprised people get wound up by polls when they can be very contrived etc.


I bet you can get a poll to say speeding is safe.

[him_over_there]

Is it really suprising ?

Most people are idiots.

[ShadownINja]

bga said:

The_Burg said:

And people wonder why this countries going down the pan!
(Where was the poll carried out though? A astrology convention maybe)

When the British Empire was at it's peak, people had far more random beliefs than astrology & horoscopes.

You could argue that this country's become more secular and there are now more chavs so perhaps we need religion. And that the drop in number of pirates is associated with global warming.