furie
12-01-2007, 10:41 AM
More Americans believe in a literal hell and the devil than Darwin's theory of evolution, according to a new Harris poll released on Thursday.
It is the latest survey to highlight America's deep level of religiosity, a cultural trait that sets it apart from much of the developed world.
It also helps explain many of its political battles which Europeans find bewildering, such as efforts to have "Intelligent Design" theory -- which holds life is too complex to have evolved by chance -- taught in schools alongside evolution.
more... (http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUKN2922875820071129?sp=true)
I wonder if this was a national poll
It is the latest survey to highlight America's deep level of religiosity, a cultural trait that sets it apart from much of the developed world.
It also helps explain many of its political battles which Europeans find bewildering, such as efforts to have "Intelligent Design" theory -- which holds life is too complex to have evolved by chance -- taught in schools alongside evolution.
more... (http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUKN2922875820071129?sp=true)
I wonder if this was a national poll