Google Suggests: Christianity is bullshit, Christianity is not a religion, Christianity is a lie, Christianity is false…

By Angsuman Chakraborty, Gaea News Network
Saturday, January 9, 2010

christianity-isWhen you start typing Christianity is in Google search engine, it gives you suggestions like:

  • christianity is bullshit
  • christianity is not a religion
  • christianity is a lie
  • christianity is false
  • christianity is a cult
  • christianity is wrong
  • christianity is fake

All of these would be very outrageous to devout Christians and many have started blaming it as a failure of Google in Blogs and Twitter. Is it really a failure of Google or more specifically Google suggest?

Google suggest is a feature of Google search engine which shows / suggests phrases which are most frequently used to complete the current phrase which the user has typed. When “Christianity is” is typed, Google found that phrases like  christianity is bullshit, christianity is not a religion, christianity is fake etc. were most commonly used phrases by users when they started typing “christanity is” in Google search box. As such it is not a failure of Google. It is a reflection of common mindset of internet users. It is highly unlikely that Google is in anyway manipulating the Google suggest results as of now.

What is your opinion? Give us your comments on the subject. Do you think Google should manually modify the results or let it continue?

Discussion
August 15, 2010: 5:37 am

This info here greatly emphasizes the flaw of the said topic being discussed. Christian are against this type of exploit. It should not be used in vain. People should not make fun of this. This act would greatly make christian a counter to this act. I am greatly saddened by the fact that they are using Christianity name in vain.


Prayzallwaze
July 14, 2010: 8:41 am

I wish more Christians would check what they are being taught at there sunday churches versus what the bible really says. Then they would agree with the statement that what we have been taught is B.S. We have been lied to and it is our own fault for not searching the scriptures to check the garbage that we are being fed.We are trying to have a relationship with a God that we push away with what we practice as taught by the modern church!!!ThinkRedInk ! ! !


Anthony C.
July 11, 2010: 11:17 pm

It’s called the free market. Google decided to allow the sentence you’re typing to be automatically completed with the most logical / commonly submitted answer. If you don’t like the fact that most American’s think Christianity is bullshit or that it’s a cult then don’t use google. (My personal beliefs: All religion is bullshit.) It took me years as a scientist, following the scientific method with everything in my life to finally realize it, but I did.


Jon
July 10, 2010: 10:27 am

The only problem with the article is that thy do manually manage other phrases. type islam is into google and see what happens.


Jim Stensland
June 21, 2010: 4:34 pm

The angel Gabriel told me back in Aug. 1973 that “ALL OF THE CHURCH’S ARE GUILTY OF ABOMINATION’S”. I thought about this for a long time, Years actually! How could all the church’s be guilty of abomination’s? Then one day a Muslim told me that Jesus had never actually died on the cross. Because he had only been on the cross for only about 6 hrs. before they had to take him down because the next day was the Sabbath. And no one was allowed to be crucified on the sabbath according to Jewish custom. As the bible says’s they were surprised that he had died so soon. Because death by crucifixion is a long and painful proses. And they never Brock the leg’s of Jesus either. Which is something they usually did because sometimes people lived through the crucifixion and burial and walked away after wards. Which is some thing Jesus obviously had done! Because if you stop and think about it you would realize that his wound’s were not heeled. And if God had really raised him from the dead his wound’s would have been healed also! This would explain why the angel Gabriel told me that all of the church’s are guilty of abomination’s! The early church embellished the gospel’s! But the Muslim’s and i believe that Jesus did ascended into heaven!


khayle
June 15, 2010: 4:42 pm

Christianity is not the most pushy religon their is!


Atheist
June 10, 2010: 9:42 pm

Christianity is over-bearing and by far the most pushy religion there is. See how many people deter the question to Islam? Islam is… what? It is alright if Islam (or any other religion that happens to be the target) is Bullshit. Is wrong. Etc, etc… a large portion of the world has nothing good to say about Christianity (especially anyone who cares for the human race) and should be allowed to express so.


Jeff
June 10, 2010: 9:39 pm

Christianity is over-bearing and by far the most pushy religion there is. See how many people deter the question to Islam? Islam is… what? It is alright if Islam (or any other religion that happens to be the target) is Bullshit. Is wrong. Etc, etc… a large portion of the world has nothing good to say about Christianity (especially anyone who cares for the human race) and should be allowed to express so.


Jeff
June 10, 2010: 9:35 pm

Christianity is over-puffed as it is, see how so many people deter the main idea over to Islam? So it is good to hate Islam, to criticize Islam, (and whatever other religion there is), but not alright if it suggests Bullshit. There is no more of a over-bearing and pushy religion than Christianity, so obviously a lot of people don’t have anything good to say about it. Especially if they have society at large in their best interests.

May 25, 2010: 4:20 am

Well it true, Christianity is bullshit! every one knows it. so whats the point?


hurrdurr
May 18, 2010: 3:02 pm

you people are all idiots. the reason those suggestions come up first is not because Google made it happen but, like everything else that Google suggests is THE MOST POPULARLY SEARCHED WORD/PHRASE. FFS only ignorant snobs would blame Google for something they don’t like to see which also happens to be apparently the majority opinion.


sam
May 16, 2010: 12:06 pm

CHRISTIANITY IS=Followers of JESUSand THE WORDS ofGOD. With a Free will and a loving heart>Pray for those who doubt

April 28, 2010: 6:29 am

Listen all, Mu here.

I’ve got a confession. I was on desert shrooms in that cave when I heard all that sh!t, and then for some time afterward while I was starting a religion. My bad.

-Da Proph


Sharaf
April 27, 2010: 12:31 pm

“I have still much to say to you, but you are not strong enough for it now. However, When he, the Spirit of truth, has come he will be your guide into all truth”
-Jesus Christ
(John 16:7-13)

“This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My favor to you. I have approved ‘Islam’ (Submission) to be your religion”
(Quraan 5:3)

“Truth has arrived, and Falsehood perished”
(Quraan 17:81).

“I say to you, You will not see me from this time till you say; A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord”
-Jesus Christ.
(Matthew 23:39)

Muhammad’s first revelation:
“Read! In the Name of your Lord, Who created”
(Qur’an 96:1)

“In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful”
(Qur’an 1:1).


tre
April 9, 2010: 8:35 am

google doesn’t type these on its’ own. when something is searched so many times, its programmed so that a frequent search becomes a suggestion


Katie
April 7, 2010: 10:24 am

Why should a religion get special treatment? Because a bunch of people get pissed off when Jesus is slandered? If Christianity is so perfect or strong a faith then that alone should stand up against naysayers. Perhaps devout Christians can focus on being good people rather than being insulted.

Google should not censor it’s results in any way, shape or form. To even suggest that is ridiculous. It’s not a search engine’s job to spin things a certain way.


Max
March 24, 2010: 2:01 am

I just typed “islam is” and Google offered some of the following suggestions:

* islam is bullshit
* islam is false
* islam is fake
* islam is a lie
* islam is a hoax

etc etc… so it seems they have now fixed “Google Suggest”


Kristine
March 20, 2010: 2:09 am

Personally, I am a Christian and Google should not have to change this. The internet is a free medium in which people can say whatever on earth they please. Actually, shouldn’t we Christians know what is being said about us? I think it very sad that some (not all, please know I am not stereotyping) choose to remain ignorant to something as important as our task on this earth.

March 17, 2010: 1:01 pm

christianity is not bullshit if wernt for jesus we woud be ALIVE RIGHT NOW


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Larro
March 1, 2010: 6:32 am

Maybe if people pray hard enough God will smite the offending alphabetical characters.


Larro
March 1, 2010: 6:26 am

…And it’s not just Google. I just tried Yahoo and Bing with the same results.

I also tried “Islam is…” and noticed that the page was hanging up. Maybe this is what happened to some of you who were complaining that this query was being filtered. It’s not. I refreshed the page and got the same results. Along with “Scientology is…”

Original Prairiefire has it exactly right.


Brad
February 12, 2010: 9:39 pm

Strangely enough ‘Scientology is’ reveals nothing atm.
Christianity is 35,000 different splinter groups all claiming they worship the same god but if you worship it wrong you go to hell.


Nicole
February 11, 2010: 1:09 am

I’m a Catholic, and I do not agree with what I see. However, Google cannot change how others view a sect of religion any more than anyone else. I think it’s terrible how people see other religions as wrong and think of them as cults. Those people should really take a look at what the Bible teaches, because in all reality, all religions in some way, shape or form believe in the same fundamentals. Each religion just has their own spin on it.


Alex
January 28, 2010: 9:04 am

Religion isn’t what matters,it’s your actions that matter.I’ve seen religion fanatics that are bad and cheating people,but I’ve already seen too religion fanatics that are great guys.


Emma
January 22, 2010: 7:48 pm

I think what some of you are failing to realize is that Google is not an encyclopedia it’s a search engine.

By definition, a search engine takes the most popular search results and displays them in order.

Alternately - an encyclopedia attempts to create an unbiased definition (which is what I’m assuming you’re requesting.)

There is no reason Google - or ANYONE - should alter their choice of words to appease anyone unless they should so choose. That’s kind of the point of the first amendment.


izak
January 20, 2010: 12:29 pm

modify the results? if these results are based off un-biased searches (no bots etc), then to censor them would just trying to push an agenda not equal to that of the populous. and if its not the agenda of the populous then it would be a biased decision to defend their own beliefs


wayne
January 20, 2010: 11:10 am

people or groups who think this way,have no mortal or any respect for themselves or think of no one but themselves,there seems to be hatred in there heart,all i can do is pray that the lord will show the sin in there life


Habib
January 16, 2010: 3:21 pm

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January 16, 2010: 3:02 pm

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