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Mark Zuckerberg says he is NOT an atheist and believes 'religion is very important'
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 18:30 EST, 30 December 2016 | Clemence Michallon

Posted on 12/30/2016 4:55:15 PM PST by Olog-hai

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has clarified that he is not an atheist, ending years of speculation about his religious beliefs.

The revelation came in a comment underneath a post Zuckerberg originally posted on Christmas Day, wishing his followers a merry Christmas and a happy Hanukkah.

Someone asked: “But aren’t you atheist [sic]?” prompting Zuckerberg to say he was not and that he believes religion to be “very important”.

Zuckerberg, who was raised Jewish, has cultivated an interest in Buddhism through his wife and met the Pope last summer, did not elaborate on his beliefs and did not explicitly say if he subscribed to a specific movement. …

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Religion
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; atheism; atheists; billionaires; denial; facebook; fakebook; fakenews; farcebook; millennials; newage; rop; zuckerberg
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Could have sworn he was Muslim, as much as he defends that on his bloated website.
1 posted on 12/30/2016 4:55:15 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Wonder if the FakeBook clicks will stand up to an outside audit? Just asking?


2 posted on 12/30/2016 4:58:27 PM PST by ptsal
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To: Olog-hai
Since mohammedans lie you could still be right.
3 posted on 12/30/2016 4:59:23 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: Olog-hai

Mark may be Jewish, but I never thought he was a practicing Christian anyway. Did you see the appearance of the Google Logo on Christmas? It was stripped of any possible reference to the birth of Christ or even any reference of it’s secular popularity. That drab, innocuous logo was safely as generic as could possibly be. It seemed to refer to absolutely nothing out of the ordinary, nothing worth celebrating.
My guess is Bing as usual had a logo that said Christmas without fear or hesitation.


4 posted on 12/30/2016 5:02:04 PM PST by lee martell
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To: Olog-hai

Has this story been thoughly examined,and found to to a non-fake story, via the Ministry of Truth?


5 posted on 12/30/2016 5:03:37 PM PST by Leep (Stronger without her!)
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To: Olog-hai

If you are practicing Buddhism then it wouod would be atheism, as the answers are largely dependent on oneself.

Buddhism is a philosophy or way of life.

No belief in a higher power or Supreme Being and the afterlife kind of defines atheism


6 posted on 12/30/2016 5:05:18 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: Olog-hai

Only important so he can make more money.


7 posted on 12/30/2016 5:05:37 PM PST by ColdOne (( I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Trump should get a Russian Wolfhound for first pet in WH.)
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Thinking religion is important, is not the same as being one of God's faithful. The devil thinks religion is important.

James 2:19 You believe that there is one God; you do well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

8 posted on 12/30/2016 5:06:33 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o (“Oh yeah, she was deplorable even as a kid!” - My Mother)
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To: Olog-hai

Schmuckerberg is nothing more than a very lucky/billionaire/fagboy who tapped into the American’s bottomless vacuity!

I don’t FB & my life is so much better because of that fact!


9 posted on 12/30/2016 5:07:00 PM PST by heterosupremacist (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: lee martell
Yeah, I noticed that too.

On the traditional holidays, Google will have an absolute cheesy-@ss image. I mean just total incoherent, gobbledygook nonsense that doesn't even relate to the holiday it's supposed to celebrate.

But when it comes to commemorating obscure leftists or someone lost in history, they'll do a full image of them complete with a link to their Wiki page.

10 posted on 12/30/2016 5:07:23 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (STOP THE TAPE!!)
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To: Olog-hai

I know that Judaism does not hold an afterlife belief. Is this due to its Old Testament absence or is their another theological context that addresses the absence of afterlife in Judaism? While the OT does not address this, neither does it deny it.


11 posted on 12/30/2016 5:12:33 PM PST by yetidog
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When David and Bathsheba’s son died David said, “ He can’t come to me but I can go to him.”


12 posted on 12/30/2016 5:16:49 PM PST by taterjay
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To: Vendome

The guy types Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah and all he gets is blasted here.

This has to be the most pessimistic, paranoid, grumpy bunch of posters I’ve seen in a while :)

Smile once a year FReepers, it does a heart good!


13 posted on 12/30/2016 5:21:07 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: lee martell
Mark may be Jewish, but I never thought he was a practicing Christian anyway. Did you see the appearance of the Google Logo on Christmas?

Completely unrelated. Zuckerberg owns Facebook. Larry Page and Sergey Brin own Google (more accurately, Alphabet Inc, Google's parent company).

14 posted on 12/30/2016 5:24:29 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: Olog-hai

Suckerberg worships money and leftist ideology.


15 posted on 12/30/2016 5:32:39 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: yetidog

There were two camps: the Pharisees, who believed in an afterlife, and the Sadducees who didn’t. Jesus sided with the Pharisees [on this one issue, anyway].


16 posted on 12/30/2016 5:35:08 PM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: dp0622

Well, religion and philosophy are not the same thing.

I personally don’t care and hsve zero animus towards him but, I understand your point.

Feliz Ano Nuevo....


17 posted on 12/30/2016 5:35:34 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: Vendome

As far as I’m concerned, atheism is the declaration that another’s religion is definitely null and void — the atheist is essentially a mind reader. On the other hand, the agnostic is the honest non-believer who doesn’t claim to know another’s spiritual insight.


18 posted on 12/30/2016 6:24:44 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: dp0622

Agree 100%! Mark Zuckerberg, who is one of the most influential people in the world — how anyone feels about this is irrelevant — publicly declares that he is NOT an atheist and wishes all of us a Merry Christmas and a Happy Hanukkah, and some people nitpick. What the devil is there to complain about?! I say, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah right back to you, Mr. Zuckerberg!


19 posted on 12/30/2016 6:29:22 PM PST by utahagen
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To: Olog-hai

WHO CARES?
I think he worships MONEY.


20 posted on 12/30/2016 7:25:13 PM PST by onyx (`)
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