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Re: Why not Both?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 27 Jan 2001 19:08:58 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jennifer Clark writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> > But I have to admit I'm baffled. Christians who defend literal creationism
> > as scientifically plausible (more probable than alternative explanations)
> > seem to be in a small minority. Members of splinter sects, even.
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> Something else I find interesting is that literal creationism also seems to
> be almost solely the preserve of inhabitants of the US, at least from where
> I'm standing. The only person I've ever come across in person in the UK who
> professed a belief in creationism was in fact a Wiccan.
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> In saying that, there does appear to be a relatively higher incidence of
> religious fanatacism in the US than here, with many Christians in the UK
> viewing the manner in which religion is apparently presented in the US with
> distaste. This, however, could simply be a skewed UK perspective, with us
> only getting to hear the emptiest vessels making the loudest noise.
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> Jennifer Clark
The Creationist movement is primarily U.S. Protestant driven. Not
exclusively, of course. Perhaps it's part of the insular nature of the
U.S., especially the interior of the country. Europe has been through this
all before.
Bruce
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