"Watching the English" on religion
i've just finished reading this book, which i'll tell you more about later. for now, this part made me laugh. it's about why 60% of English people answer 'yes' when asked if they believe in god:
"- they are 'not particularly religious but sort of believe in Something';
- they are vaguely willing to accept that there might be a God, so saying 'no' would be a bit too emphatic;
- they would quite like to think that there is a God, even though on the whole it seems rather unlikely;
- they don't really know but might as well give Him the benefit of the doubt;
- they haven't really thought about it much to be honest, but yeah, sure, whatever."
(Fox, K., 2004, p355)
i'm sure it's the same for quite a lot of people out there, not just the English, but still, it's very funny to see it written down like that.
"- they are 'not particularly religious but sort of believe in Something';
- they are vaguely willing to accept that there might be a God, so saying 'no' would be a bit too emphatic;
- they would quite like to think that there is a God, even though on the whole it seems rather unlikely;
- they don't really know but might as well give Him the benefit of the doubt;
- they haven't really thought about it much to be honest, but yeah, sure, whatever."
(Fox, K., 2004, p355)
i'm sure it's the same for quite a lot of people out there, not just the English, but still, it's very funny to see it written down like that.

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