and 80% of icelanders believe in elves. guess atheism and stupidity go hand in hand!
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If someone actually believes in elves, does that make them an atheist? Because chances are they're probably neopagan. Since I'm mostly Irish, and if I were to say I believe in leprachauns, chances are, I'm probably a neopagan. Most atheists don't believe in such things, at least not ontologically, only if they're a cultural thing, and then it's mostly for entertainment purposes. But if believing in elves, or fairies, or anything of that nature makes one stupid, then what can be said of your sky fairy? That makes you dumbest of all.
I know that a lot of Icelanders are atheists. There are also a lot of Christians. Have you ever been to Reykjavík? Beautiful city, filled with churches. Churches with low attendance, sure, but there are a lot of them.
I don't really know anyone from Iceland who believe in elves though. Do you have any citation for us?
Google is a great thing, maybe you should try it. Iceland was Norse Pagan during Viking period, now Christian plus other faiths. Out of the Christian denominations, Lutheran seems to be the one of choice.
Irish have the Leprechauns
Lots of cultures have their legends, it certainly doesn't mean they are stupid. You have your silly legend and no one calls you stupid. Well okay maybe they do call you stupid . . .but your legend is mean and intolerant and pushes its belief system on everyone else.
Leprechuans used to mess up my kids room on March 17 and leave candy. We like them. I think the Yeti wants to be left alone :)
Perhaps, but they don't go from door to door badgering people who don't believe in elves, they don't make a big fucking deal about whether elves like gay marriage or not, and they generally just use it as an excuse to do ... idk whut. Fun stuff, I would presume.
So as religions go, it's a great idea. Far better than yours.
Actually, only 10% actually believe in the "Hidden People", while another 10% positively don't. The remaining 80% were either undecided or unwilling to answer.
Elves of Iceland (Documentary) Huldufolk (Wikipedia)
Also, how is this different from believing in angels or demons?
77% of people in Ireland believe in Leprechauns. 94% of American children believe in the tooth-fairy. 89% of North Pole inhabitants believe in Santa Claus. This is easy - I could make up statistics all day.
31% of Americans believe the Bible should be taken literally. Sadly, this one is true. (Gallup.com)
Versus the 80% of Christians that believe in angels?
@Stabby bot:
Actually I thought it was higher than that, frankly I'm a little relieved.
Christians believe in a cosmic Jewish zombie.
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Uh, personally, Elves are a bit more believable, bub.
I thought the elves did a freakin' good job in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
While we're at it, that book serves as a more rational basis for a religion than the Bible.
"Churches with low attendance, sure, but there are a lot of them."
Isn't Iceland's population 300,000 or am I an order of magnitude off?
yeah, because you can only believe in ONE thing, either God, or the Elves
70% of Christians believe in talking snakes.
Wow. People on Balkans believe(d before, some still do) in Vampires, zduhaches ("blowers"), "fairies", warlocks and at least two dozen more demonic-magical creatures. Does that make them any less Christian? Of course not.
Are these the elves that make shoes for the shoemaker, the elves that make cookies for the Keebler company, the elves that make toys for Santa to deliver at Christmas, or the elves who will totally waste you with arrows* if you get on their bad side?
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Ummm, how can it be our last warning when you've cut and pasted the same crap several times to various threads on page one alone?
We're still not amused, asshole.
Do us all a favor, and fuck off.
Hey, FSTDT-ers! This coward actually signed off with a link! What say we give him a nice DDoS attack to show him just how nice it is to be spammed?
Hey, he recognizes the universe is 13.7 billion years old, anyway. I don't agree with his theology, but that's got to count for something.
With every word he spews out, Troy-boy conclusively proves he is 100% loony.
And that's a statistical FACT.
They live so well, that they don't care. By the way, elves are a part of MYTHOLOGY. That is, RELIGION.
“and 80% of icelanders believe in elves. guess atheism and stupidity go hand in hand!”
A few seconds on Google: “A 2022 poll found that 31% of Icelanders believe in elves, while 57% do not.”
So, 71% Christain, 7% atheist MAXIMUM.
Confused?
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