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SkepticScand
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Message 13 of 19 (95027)
03-26-2004 8:07 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by hunter1084
03-25-2004 1:30 AM


Norway
Hi,
Just a viewpoint from Norway. We just had the premiere of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" today, and it seems like the turnout was realy low (no wonder after getting slaughter reviews in all the major newspapers).
My perception of Norwegians, is that more and more are asking questions about their faith. I think this have something to do with the school reforms during the last years, where we are being taught equaly much about all the major religions and evolution. Science and nature programs are a big part of our everyday TV programs. Being a very tolerant society, I think more and more feel safe about making up their own mind, whether it's religion or evolution based.
We also hold the Nobel Prize here each year, which I think make people more aware of achievements made in Science, Math, Biology etc.
I'm not sure about the ratio, but I'm pretty sure that most teenagers growing up during these new school reforms, are more pursuaded by the evolution theory than a religion, even if they come from a religious family.
But that's just my observations here in Norway

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