Chipmonker Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Being a midwest Lutheran myself, this made me laugh. Midwest Lutherans Reject Violence Although a majority 87% of respondents agreed that "The world should be brought to submission under global Lutheran conquest and eternal perfect rule," there was a great deal of disagreement on the means to accomplish it. More than 95% supported "pancake breakfasts" and "popcorn fundraisers," but support dropped to less than 80% for "cow tipping" and "T-P'ing infidel houses." Support dropped even more dramatically for more violent means of conquest, such as "suicide bombing" (28%), "decapitation" (24%), and "running over Presbyterians with my Ski-Doo" (23%). "Taken as a whole, the results show that Midwest Lutherans emphatically support a moderate, mainstream path to world domination," said Kohut. "These folks are well-assimilated into the broad fabric of American society, and unless you are Presbyterian, there is probably very little here to cause concern." http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2007/...st_luthera.html Anyway, that's a satirical (if not largely biased) look on the recent Muslim Pew Poll that surveyed 1,050 Muslim Americans. The poll reports finding that the U.S. Muslim community is largely moderate, assimilated and happy. However it also reports that 26 percent of young American Muslims favor or might favor suicide bombings to defend Islam. And overall only 80 percent of American Muslims condemn suicide bombings for any reason. Here is the news response - (One side of story, followed by a little moderate side and then the other side) Poll finds some US Muslim support for suicide attacks Survey of U.S. Muslims shows moderate views Poll: U.S. Muslims 'largely assimilated, happy' The picture is painted both way, so what's your take on the poll? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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