Game show looks to convert atheists...

[Michelle.]

Game show looks to convert atheists
Reuters – Fri Jul 3, 11:55 am ET
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? Full Story »

This is hilarious...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/od_nm/us_gameshow_odd

[finewine]

oh hehe...what a silly idea!

I bet the "atheists" they get are probably agnostics otherwise it'll be a dull show.  I'd be pretty much guaranteed to "lose" as the only way to "convert" me would be for the clerics to prove the existence of god, which is inordinately unlikely.

[Alyssa M.]

Wow, that's awfully lacking in class. Not that game shows have ever been exactly classy, but this is pretty low even for them.

[Cindy]

Love the comment; "A team of theologians will detrmine that the contestants are true athiest's and not just competeing for the prize"

Reminds me of the old jokes. How many theologicans does it take to change an atheist? Four, One to pull her skirt up, One to pull her knickers down, One to wipe and one to put the new knickers on."

Hee Hee

Cindy

[Lisbeth]

What I don't get is why 200 people would sign up to be contestants when the prize is "a pilgrimage to a holy site of their chosen religion -- Mecca for Muslims, the Vatican for Christians, Jerusalem for Jews and Tibet for Buddhists." OK, I wouldn't mind winning a trip to Tibet, but still isn't that like getting right-wing Republicans to compete for a vacation on Castro Street in San Francisco? Or getting GLBT people to sign up for a trip to Alabama?

[V M]

Game show looks to convert atheists
Reuters – Fri Jul 3, 11:55 am ET
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?

This is hilarious...

As long as they weapons check all the religious folks, it should be rather entertaining