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  • An Internat'l "God" poll

    The Associated Press commissioned an international polling organization to ask people in Australia, Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Mexico, South Korea, Spain and the United States whether they believed in God and do they believe religion should play a part in politics. 1,000 people in each country were asked the same questions.

    The results were pretty amazing. Here's the US result:

    "...UNITED STATES: People in the United States have some of the strongest religious sentiments of all the countries polled. Eight in 10 say they definitely believe in God, and most in that group say they believe it without doubt. Almost nine in 10 say religion is important in their own personal lives. Almost four in 10, 37 percent, said they believe religious leaders should try to influence government decisions — the highest rate of any country to want religious leaders involved in influencing government...." THIS is why we had the Terri Schiavo case. THIS is why we're debating Roe v. Wade and stem cell research.

    For the results from the other countries, go here.

    Miulang
    Last edited by Miulang; June 20, 2005, 07:04 PM.
    "Americans believe in three freedoms. Freedom of speech; freedom of religion; and the freedom to deny the other two to folks they don`t like.” --Mark Twain

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    Re: An Internat'l "God" poll

    Debating points on opposing sides of issues are what democracies do. The politicos try to win votes for their platform by using logic or pulling heartstrings. And whether or not we agree today, America was founded on Christian religious values. Vote your fate.
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      Re: An Internat'l "God" poll

      Originally posted by Buddy2
      Debating points on opposing sides of issues are what democracies do. The politicos try to win votes for their platform by using logic or pulling heartstrings. And whether or not we agree today, America was founded on Christian religious values. Vote your fate.
      While on the one hand you've got Enlightenment-era Deists like Jefferson and Franklin among the Founding Fathers, on the other hand the USA was also deeply rooted in the Puritans of New England, who were the fundamentalist whackos of their day. This tension has never really gone away. (And by the way, the Puritans eventually spawned the Congregationalist missionaries who came to Hawai'i.)

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        Christianity does pose a problem on stem cell research and I believe they shouldn't be so opposed because it isn't something Evil. Christianity is cool, but we live in a free country free to live by our own standards and by that we have laws to regulate it we shouldn't have people opposed to others way of living and our advancing technology just because of a Christian Belief. People fled from Europe because of Oppresion and that their wasn't any freedom in regards to religion, and came to America in high hopes of establishing their own way of living. Mainly This country was founded on Opression and Freedom not just Christianity. My veiws.
        Last edited by Pedro; July 8, 2005, 10:27 AM.
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