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Mageth · 03-03-2003, 04:46 PM

Personally, I'm not surprised at all that polls on the 700 Club website are biased in the direction these polls are. Why should I be?

wade-w · 03-03-2003, 07:55 PM

Please remember that online polls have absolutely NO statistical validity. They are completely devoid of meaning.

Radorth · 03-03-2003, 10:19 PM

Yeah I always wondered about those polls they take up on CBN and II.

Rad

Stephen Maturin · 03-04-2003, 07:20 AM

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Originally posted by MrDarwin
Oh great. Now if we don't go to war, Pat Robertson and his cronies are going to claim credit for it.

Exactly. And if we do go to war, Pat & Co., Inc. will claim it's because we didn't pray hard enough, thereby establishing our national apostasy and the need to Christianize our public institutions. Either way, the money keeps rolling in.

malookiemaloo · 03-05-2003, 02:06 AM

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Originally posted by Abel Stable
Wait, don't some of them want the war? Maybe not on the 700 Club- but I've seen a lot of shows dedicated to stirring up apocalyptic excitement - and the invasion of Iraq is the first big step into starting the conflict which will bring the antichrist to the global arena. After that the rapture can finally happen so Pat and his friends can get out of this den of sin already.

Many are saying: "This is it! Ooh boy! Can't you see it? Here it comes!"

That's fine if you take a pre-millenianist view of the Book of Revelation.

m

Debbie T · 03-05-2003, 03:16 AM

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Originally posted by Stephen Maturin
Either way, the money keeps rolling in.

I suppose parasites have a role in the grander scheme of things.

Shake · 03-07-2003, 07:02 AM

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Originally posted by Bumble Bee Tuna
eek, and 72 percent of people think we should place embargoes on France and Germany for opposing the war. Sweet IPU have mercy.

-B

Yeah, but at least that's down from the roughly 80% when I lasted posted. Now I still have to question their math skills:

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This is not a scientific poll and only reflects the opinions of those who have chosen to participate.

Yeah, no shit. Look at this, for: 72.31%, against: 26.31%. Let's see, we add them up and get 98.62%.

Now, what happened to the other 1.38%??? Did I miss the hidden, "Fuck it! Let's nuke 'em all!" option? Geez, there's only two freakin' choices! How hard is it to get your program to figure out a damn percentage, and subtract it from 100 to get the other one?!? :banghead:

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03-03-2003, 04:46 PM	#11
Mageth Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Deep in the heart of mother-lovin' Texas Posts: 29,689	Personally, I'm not surprised at all that polls on the 700 Club website are biased in the direction these polls are. Why should I be?

03-03-2003, 07:55 PM	#12
wade-w Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Silver City, New Mexico Posts: 1,872	Please remember that online polls have absolutely NO statistical validity. They are completely devoid of meaning.

03-03-2003, 10:19 PM	#13
Radorth Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,872	Yeah I always wondered about those polls they take up on CBN and II. Rad

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