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Teach both evolution and creationism say 54% of Britons

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Larni

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Message 1 of 31 (533022)
10-28-2009 9:09 AM

Oh, for fuck sake. How can this be happening?

Teach both evolution and creationism say 54% of Britons | Evolution | The Guardian

I've long laughed at many American people from the bible belt (sometimes referred to as Dumfuckistan over here) but now it seems I must point to my own country in derision.

How ironic.

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10-28-2009 3:13 PM

Reply to: Message 3 by Modulous
10-28-2009 9:34 AM

You are right, of course.

Without knowing the exact wording of the questionnaire it's hard to make a meaningful comment but the fact we polled worse than America is awful.

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Message 8 of 31 (533082)
10-28-2009 3:33 PM

What the census says is a bit more encouraging for us Brits.

This makes me feel a bit better, though:

In England and Wales 390,127 people (almost 0.8 percent) stated their religion as Jedi on their 2001 Census forms, surpassing Sikhism, Judaism, and Buddhism, and making it the fourth largest reported religion in the country.[12] In the 2001 Census 2.6 percent of the population of Brighton claimed to be Jedi. The percentages of religious affiliations were:

Christian: 72.0%
No religion: 14.7%
Chose not to respond: 7.8%
Muslim: 3.1%
Hindu: 1.1%
Jedi: 0.79%

Jedi census phenomenon - Wikipedia

So Jedi is the 4th most common religion in UK!

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Message 16 of 31 (533576)
11-01-2009 8:56 AM

Reply to: Message 15 by MikeDeich
10-31-2009 11:17 PM

Hi Mike, welcome to the fray!