At 07:35 PM Sunday 8/21/2005, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
--- Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Today's biggest br newspaper has a huge story about
> the
> return of Creationism to USA classes. It has the
> general
> flavour of "look how those USAns are stupid to
> believe
> this nonsense".
>
> Alberto Monteiro
Now, the interesting question for me is, why does this
essentially only happen in the United States? The US
is the most religious industrial nation, so I have to
ask - do Christian Third World nations even teach
about evolutionary theory? Do they have debates over
whether it is taught? Why _just_ here? I honestly
have no idea, and would be very curious as to anyone
else's thoughts on the subject.
A couple of "positive" answers:
(1) The US has a diverse society, so you're likely to find people with
different opinions on any given issue.
(2) People in the US generally feel free to express their different opinions.
-- Ronn! :)
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