On 27 Feb 2004, at 2:35 pm, Julia Thompson wrote:
How many of the UK responses were from Northern Ireland?
And how much has the Irish situation influenced the views of those in the UK?
The USA was largely founded by people seeking religious freedom - freedom from the established Catholic Church of the Old World. This zealotry is still apparent in the fact that the USA is by far the most religious of the developed countries.
Interestingly the demographics are quite clear that the USA will become a predominantly Catholic nation within the next twenty years.
Those same fervent cults that left the Old World because they considered the Pope to be the AntiChrist (or whatever) will remain as the beleaguered old guard in this new version of America.
I think they will be blowing things up and generally doing the whole terrorist thing quite soon. (That was a prediction BTW). If someone wants to explain why that won't happen...
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