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Gameshow to convert atheists - Could it work here

  • 08-07-2009 2:37pm
    #1
    CDfm
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    Here is a news item I came across in Reuters.

    I suppose some will say it has a cult following so I thought I should get in there first:D

    http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5623GD20090703
    ISTANBUL (Reuters) - What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists?

    Turkish television station Kanal T hopes the answer is a ratings success as it prepares to launch a gameshow where spiritual guides from the four faiths will seek to convert a group of non-believers.

    The prize for converts will be a pilgrimage to a holy site of their chosen religion -- Mecca for Muslims, the Vatican for Christians, Jerusalem for Jews and Tibet for Buddhists.


Comments

  • #2
    Bougeoir
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    You don't even win money but a fecking pilgrimage to a "holy site" (although Tibet doesn't sound half bad lol)? Why would any atheist even want to go on the show to begin with though? What a load of nonsense!


  • #3
    Mena
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    Bougeoir wrote: »
    You don't even win money but a fecking pilgrimage to a "holy site" (although Tibet doesn't sound half bad lol)? Why would any atheist even want to go on the show to begin with though? What a load of nonsense!

    I'd go. Who's going to pass up a free trip to Tibet?


  • #4
    prinz
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    A load of nonsense sums it up nicely tbh.


  • #5
    PDN
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    Just when you think reality TV can't get any dumber.


  • #6
    prinz
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    A team of theologians will ensure that the atheists are truly non-believers and are not just seeking fame or a free holiday
    :confused::confused:



    My word. Why doesn't the Imam or Rabbi or whatever get the winning prize, they're doing the work? I don't get the whole concept of it tbh.


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  • #7
    ChocolateSauce
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    A few of these threads popped up in the Other forum. I think it's a really silly idea, and I'm not sure if the point (apart from making money) is to try and convert the atheist or get atheist arguments out there in the Turkish media.


  • #8
    Bougeoir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 170 ✭✭Bougeoir


    ChocolateSauce wrote: »
    A few of these threads popped up in the Other forum. I think it's a really silly idea, and I'm not sure if the point (apart from making money) is to try and convert the atheist or get atheist arguments out there in the Turkish media.
    Well there is a huge problem in Turkey between the Secular and the Religious. You see the current Turkish State is founded upon secular values or laïcité - separation of religion (in Turkey's case, Islam) and state. Currently, there is a rather religious government in power who want to impose religious laws and stuff. And the secularists and protesting about this. It's call causing many problems and Turkey is one of the most liberal Islamic countries there is. I'm guessing maybe the show has something to do with that, maybe.


  • #9
    keano_afc
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    PDN wrote: »
    Just when you think reality TV can't get any dumber.

    I take it you didnt catch Total Xpose on TV3 last night then PDN?? :D


  • #10
    bnt
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    I can think of a "pilgrimage" that would suit me if I won: a few weeks on the International Space Station. :D

    You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

    ―Oscar Wilde predicting Social Media, in The Picture of Dorian Gray



  • #11
    CDfm
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    bnt wrote: »
    I can think of a "pilgrimage" that would suit me if I won: a few weeks on the International Space Station. :D

    Knock Airport -interesting choice:D


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  • #12
    GhostInTheRuins
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    How will they distinguish between someone that's actually converted and someone that just wants a free trip?


  • #13
    Galvasean
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    GhostInTheRuins wrote: »
    How will they distinguish between someone that's actually converted and someone that just wants a free trip?


    Throw holy water on him?


  • #14
    DTrotter
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    Galvasean wrote: »
    Throw holy water on him?

    Or feed them after midnight.


  • #15
    Zombrex
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    What happens if the atheist converts the priests? A trip to a science museum?


  • #16
    PDN
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    Wicknight wrote: »
    What happens if the atheist converts the priests? A trip to a science museum?
    A trip to the Kremlin. :p


  • #17
    Mark Hamill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,792 ✭✭✭Mark Hamill


    Wicknight wrote: »
    What happens if the atheist converts the priests? A trip to a science museum?

    No the atheist will still be sent to whatever place of pilgrimage the priest was from, to try and convert more :)


  • #18
    Shane_C
    Closed Accounts Posts: 305 ✭✭Shane_C


    CDfm wrote: »
    Here is a news item I came across in Reuters.

    I suppose some will say it has a cult following so I thought I should get in there first:D

    http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5623GD20090703

    Simple answer yes.
    Long answer: are you sure you want to have gameshow convertees as spokespeople for their respective religions.

    (anyone converted in in the length of time it takes to run a gameshow would be a bit of a moron)


  • #19
    philologos
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    Wicknight wrote: »
    What happens if the atheist converts the priests? A trip to a science museum?

    I think you'd find that would only work if atheism and science were directly linked :pac:


  • #20
    CDfm
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    Wicknight wrote: »
    What happens if the atheist converts the priests? A trip to a science museum?

    A trip to Rathkeale:D


  • #21
    robindch
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    Wicknight wrote: »
    What happens if the atheist converts the priests?
    Reality TV?


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