I'm always amused when Americans ask me what it's like to live in a country with a state religion; um, what's it like to live in a secular state? There seems to me to be a great irony in the fact that most of Britain spends a lot less time occupying itself with religion than does much of the US. (It is true that creationism is being taught in at least one private school in the UK; when this was discovered, it was interesting to note that the media lined up scientists to condemn the fact rather than theologians to support the contention.)
Ah, but all Europeans are degenerate atheists out to corrupt the pure, Christian US. I mean, this is a Christian country, it says so right in the Constitution, right? Uh, it doesn't?! Well, W will back an amendment to fix that right away.
Surveys show that roughly a quarter to a third of the US population believes that the entire Bible is true, literally or nearly so. At the same time 60% to 80% of the population has a difficult time identifying quotes as being from the Bible, and/or confess to having not really read it.
I'm glad to live in a city with more bookstores than churches.
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Date: 2004-02-28 07:40 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-02-28 08:54 pm (UTC)Surveys show that roughly a quarter to a third of the US population believes that the entire Bible is true, literally or nearly so. At the same time 60% to 80% of the population has a difficult time identifying quotes as being from the Bible, and/or confess to having not really read it.
I'm glad to live in a city with more bookstores than churches.