Hi everybody, Dennis Prager here, FireSide Chat number 258. 59. 59. Close. This is

Otto. We don't know any longer how long Otto will stay. This is a change. I

admit it. He used to be here for the entire FireSide Chat and increasingly

he has been leaving early. However, the good sign is he is snoring. Let's take

in a couple of snores here. Can you hear it? Is it audible? I find it incredibly

relaxing as it happens. Snoopy is waiting in the batter circle for those of you

who know baseball. He's now decided he would like some attention as well from

people around the world. So it's a chance to just talk to you about whatever is on

my mind. And this is what is on my mind. And it was perfect because Megan 2 showed

me an interesting survey. Prager, you put up. Would you like Americans to attend

church or twice as many Americans to attend churches now? Half as many or you're

happy with the number now. And most voted for twice as many. And many voted on

the second question. Are you a believer or atheist as they were atheists? So a lot

of atheists were voting that they would like to see more people go to church.

Which by the way makes perfect sense to me because they know that it would

solve a lot of our social problems if more people were religiously active. I

think I don't think I know it would solve the problems of loneliness. Not all,

but many. It would solve the problem of depression among many people. It would

solve the issue of despair. I mean, so many things. And it would be morally

beneficial. Generally speaking, our prisons are not filled with violent

offenders who had attended church that Sunday. Is that fair to say? It is

amazing that nobody looks into that. With all of the studies of what produces

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