Post #788705

2026-03-26 17:30 UTC

Today in news which will not shock you: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwjxx5eyn1o Survey which claimed evangelical Christianity was on the rise in UK found to have been fraudulently manipulated by Evangelical Christians. I know. My surprise was unconstrained. 😑

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@DavidNielsen@mastodon.social 2026-03-26 19:31

@CrypticMirror@mstdn.social @cstross@wandering.shop Christians lie to benefit themselves, why I never.

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@aadeacon@mastodon.social 2026-03-26 19:34

@CrypticMirror@mstdn.social Someone has been taking lessons from theUS Evangelical Christian zionists haven’t they

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@michaelgemar@cosocial.ca 2026-03-26 19:45

@CrypticMirror@mstdn.social @cstross@wandering.shop I’m shocked…SHOCKED!

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@jdonoghue@hachyderm.io 2026-03-26 19:51

@CrypticMirror@mstdn.social Where does this article say it was fraudulently manipulated by evangelical Christians? YouGov carried out the research, they're a reputable secular polling company. People paid by YouGov to fill in the survey misrepresented themselves. Unless you've got evidence those people were somehow selected or manipulated by evangelicals, you should correct your claim.

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@SueDiOh@mastodon.social 2026-03-26 20:34

@CrypticMirror@mstdn.social Polling bots again, are we?

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@Jam123@mstdn.ca 2026-03-27 00:19

@CrypticMirror@mstdn.social wouldn't be surprised.

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@EndemicEarthling@todon.eu 2026-03-27 01:24

@CrypticMirror@mstdn.social Sounds like there were skewed figures, but this article attributes those figures to the participation of paid survey respondents giving 'random' answers, rather than a deliberate campaign to create disinformation by an organised group.

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@NicelyManifest@mastodon.social 2026-03-27 08:38

@CrypticMirror@mstdn.social Religions continue centuries of public manipulation, piggy-backing on a supreme deity to give them a huge count of 'respect' points.

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@Noortjevee@mstdn.social 2026-03-27 08:49

@CrypticMirror@mstdn.social i am so.suprised my jaw dropped to the floor...i then had to get a replacement jaw...that also dropped to the floor... and i can't get another new one as i might keep.dropping them to the floor...

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@BadDogMonkeyboy@mstdn.social 2026-03-27 09:00

@CrypticMirror@mstdn.social evangelical christians, bearing false witness, in this economy?

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@UkeleleEric@mstdn.social 2026-03-27 11:08

@CrypticMirror@mstdn.social Actually, you can't necessarily determine who skewed the data, or why. The failing organisation here isn't the organisation that commissioned the report, but the polling organisation. So many people reported uncritically on it, including people who should have known better (BBC and MPs). There were a few voices questioning it, as it clearly contradicted the CofE's own figures and The British social attitudes survey. As a Christian myself, I didn't really pay much attention.

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@JohnnieMac@mastodon.scot 2026-03-28 01:11

@CrypticMirror@mstdn.social Isn’t lying a sin?

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