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To: Neocon who wrote (15232)	10/3/2002 11:18:29 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 93284

By about 1900, this had been codified in the tenets of Fundamentalism Many of the major fundamentalist sects were offshoots of the Southern Babtist movement which was formed (split from national babtist movement) at the time of the civil war to find a religous justification for slavery. Twisting scripture to fit the bias of some leaders has become an art form in this movement. There is no titular head for this movement, all leadership is measured by influence, size of flock and collection plate. Evolution is just one of the subjects where some have tried to have their voice heard and so climb to a higher position on the circuit. TP

To: Neocon who wrote (15232)	10/4/2002 4:38:41 PM
From: Steve Dietrich	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93284

<<I figured out the difference between Europe and America.>> That's a pretty bold statement... I'd point out that religion in general is much more popular in the U.S. than in Europe. So i would expect other factors are at work as well. The European social democracies are more "social" than ours is so i think there's some statism taking the place of religion. And since those states put a high value on mainstream science in education whereas some of our fundamentalist religions don't, you have a case for the discrepancies in both religiosity and belief in the validity of evolution, age of the Earth, etc.. Steve