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A Turkish television show is offering contestants what it claims is the “biggest prize ever” — the chance for atheists to convert to one of the world’s major religions.
The show, called “Tovbekarlar Yarisiyor,” or “Penitents Compete,” features a Muslim imam, a Catholic priest, a Jewish rabbi and a Buddhist monk attempting to persuade 10 atheists of the merits of their religion, according to CNN Turk.
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The world’s major religions? So where is Pastafarianism?
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Ahmet Ozdemir, deputy director of Turkish channel Kanal T, which will air the show from September, said the program aimed to “turn disbelievers on to God.”
Yes, and that is why they invite a buddhist monk as buddhist are know for their strong faith in god…
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That just hurts, “Hey! I have a great idea! Let’s turn people’s core beliefs into a game show!” What hurts even more is that there wasn’t someone from the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster there. This is exactly what the major religions seem to do, make as much cash off of themselves as they can.
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“features a Muslim imam, a Catholic priest, a Jewish rabbi and a Buddhist monk attempting to persuade 10 atheists of the merits of their religion”
So where’s the joke’s punchline? :P
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This is fantastic!
Have you contacted them about having Pastafarianism as an option? It would be a great way to touch many a person with His Noodly Appendage, and spread the word about the FSM.
I’m sure that the only reason they have not already included FSMism in their list of major religions, is, with the decreasing number of pirates, they have been unable to locate a practitioner of Pastafarianism to persuade the pasta-less heathens of the true nature of “God”.
Who better to achieve this than the Prophet of His Noodlyness?
RAmen
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thats disgusting.
you should demand to be included in the gameshow.
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Awesome. Wait…if they’ve got priests and stuff…what do Pastafarians have?
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I definetly wanna see this show
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What do you win if you remain an atheist? A beheading???
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What, no involvement of Protestant Snake Handlers or Holy Rollers? How about Mormons with fancy underwear? This contest smacks of unequal opportunity for minority religions.
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I suppose Jehovah’s Witness contestants would have an unfair advantage by peddling the Watchtower to the atheists, who probably would give up and convert after repeated door-to-door calls early on Saturday mornings.
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Peter Popoff could easily grab the honors by annointing the atheists with his “Miracle Water.” Peter seems to have discovered water that is more efficacious than Catholic “Holy Water.”
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If the sponsors want a real challenge, try to convert me.
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Happy Tovbekarlar Yarisiyor, idiots; you are real turkeys.
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ATSAP REVOL, ATHEIST
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Basically, they are just bribing the contestants with free trips. I guess that most of contestant will apply for the free trip. The other part are there to show that there is nothing wrong with their point of view. The rest won’t even apply.
The religion they will choose will depend on the places they want to visit, if body modifications are required(such as removing some part of the body or having to shave/grow hair,clothing,…) and whether it is safe there if they discover you weren’t completely honest about it.
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What I would dearly love to see would be the theists turning against each other and fighting amongst themselves. That would be far more entertaining in my opinion.
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What I’d like to see is the atheists converting the theists to atheism.
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Sounds like a great opportunity for athiests to spend the money of these wasteful false religions, although there seems to be a bottomless pit of people ready to give them more.
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I need to be on this game show. I will convince all 10 atheists of my beliefs!
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No! The Buddhist Monk would just ninja kick them all in the face and they would collapse instantaneously.
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I want to be a contestant! I’d turn it into a bidding war.
OK, so the mullah over here has promised me 20 virgins. What the hell? You give 72 virgins to
TERRORISTS for Christ’s – eh – Allah’s sake! How about 50 women who know what the hell they’re doing? 40? I’ll take it providing they’re all hot. Padre – can you top THAT? Harp lessons and singing religious songs I could do down here, so you’ve got to come up with something better than I’ve ever heard from the nuns. Rabbi: would I have to eat kosher for eternity?
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How do we know it’s not a sham? How do we know that the contestants are really atheists?
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Does anyone think this “biggest prize ever” is …. Heaven?!
RAmen
JSMayne
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You got that all wrong.
The organisers said that they were sure that no atheists would convert and therefore the risk of actually having to give the prizes away were minimal.
If pastafarianism was one of the religions, everybody would convert and their profits would diminish.
And by the way it is not a catholic priest but a greek orthodox one.
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“Contestants will be judged by a panel of eight theologians and religious experts prior to going on the show to make sure their lack of faith is genuine.” How would they work that out? Are theologians and religious experts supposed to be telepathic or to see into your souls somehow?
If I passed the test I wouldnt mind going on a free holiday to a “sacred site” – as long as they didnt slice off my foreskin if I converted to Judaism (I thought you had to be born a Jew. How can you convert to become one of God’s chosen people?)
(I thought Tibet was under Chinese oppression… maybe if yu went there you’d become a Buddhist martyr pretty quick.
And what has Ephesus got to do with Catholicism, apart from the council they had there in the far-off 5th century?
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I wonder if they are picking smart Atheists who actually know about what they believe in… I want them to pick some hardcore Atheists, ones who have read all the biblical documentation and major religious writings. GET RICHARD DAWKINGS ON THERE.
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It’s a pity it will be very carefully edited, because I would love to see one of our brethern, cleverly disguised as an atheist, ask that simple question to them all together: which one of you represents the real God and is your God a different god to the others? But they’d never let us have that kind of fun. I love the claim on the original CNN article that a panel of religious experts will vet the contestants to make sure they really are atheists, when any panel used will be to ensure that the contestant understands the rules and signs the contract that demands they convert to get paid. Also, what if a contestant demanded a picture of each god; bit of a dilemna for one popular incarnation I dare say.
RAmen
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If you pay attention, the biggest prize ever is the chance to convert. It reads, “A Turkish television show is offering contestants what it claims is the “biggest prize ever” — the chance for atheists to convert to one of the world’s major religions.”
If you read it the right way, it says that it is offereing the contestants the biggest prize ever, which is the chance for atheists to convert. I’d win though. Either way.
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Wow… just wow.
It goes to show at what desperation it takes for people to remain faithful. If you need reaffirming of this nature to keep your faith, then GIVE IT UP. I’m godless and completely content and happy. The average man’s need for constant gradification is like hooking up with the most annoying, ugly, desease ridden girl on the planet, and then convincing yourself over and over again that she was the right choice, and that it beats being single.
Seriously though, could someone seed this with subtitles? I really want to see it.
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I just wonder how long you have to stay converted for. I’m a Pastafarian but that’s mainly because it’s fun.
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Needs a Pirate for balancing IMO
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Now why can’t we have game shows like this in the USA? I guess mainstream TV in the YooEssAye is hopeless and forever bound to be aiming at the intellectual level of an 8 year old. Sort of like those programs they already have on Univision and Telemundo.
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it is quite embarrassing for me. pure epic fail
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How exactly would the religious people try to convince the atheists?
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@rubikscube:
Using old arguments that have been disproved over and over again. Or maybe they’ll just do the good old “convert to our religion or burn in eternal hellfire (or other version of the afterlife for naughty people)”.
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Becoming a buddhist doesn’t require renouncing a disbelief in god, many buddhists are atheists.
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Paul I agree that Buddhist do not require a faith in God!
Maybe for those who follow the mythical Buddha, but the historical Buddha held no faith in a god.
Hopefully we will be able to watch it somehow in the US. I am dying to see how one is converted. Maybe they have some super secret information that no one knows yet! Like a birth certificate from Jesus or some kind of, oh I don’t know proof of his existence.
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Athiests forget they need as much faith as any zealot to say there is no god.
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Hilarious and horrifying, like religion usually is. I wonder if any of the hosts realize how bizzare it is for the major religions-all of which have been slaughtering each other for millenia-to be competing for the atheist’s attention, as if each religion is just as valid as the other.The underlying assumtion being, of course, that any religion is better than athiesm, even a false religion!
Pick me! I’ll go on the show, “convert” to buddhism, retain my athiest unbelief, and me & the buddhist athiest can laugh all the way to wherever it is they’ll send me. What are they going to do, torture me to find out if I really converted?
Oh wait, these are the world’s major, holy religions. Of course they’ll torture, they’ve been practicing on billions of people for thousands of years.
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It sounds like the beginning of a joke: what do you get when you put a Muslim imam, a Greek Orthodox priest, a rabbi, a Buddhist monk and 10 atheists in the same room!
Overall I think it’s a good idea, think about it the programme will educate Turkey’s overwhelmingly Muslim population about other faiths including atheism. Half of the problem I have with religion is the lack on understanding for anything other then their own religion, all this seems to do is bread fear and hate of anyone different.
According to the show’s slogan, contestants will win “the biggest prize ever… the belief in God”. Wow, I could get that for free by banging my head against a wall until I do some damage!
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