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To: Metacomet who wrote (149780)	11/12/2010 12:14:59 PM
From: peter michaelson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541502

The religious fundamentalists seem to have a very large influence here in the U.S. compared with other industrialized nations. I am curious to learn the history and causes in terms of American cultural demographics. Why is it so strong here but not in Europe or Canada? Does it go back to the pilgrims and all that? Is it due to the disproportionate nature of the Senate? How did these people come to have the power to mess up my civilization? ;-) They are so strident, and rational thinking does not prevail with them. from wikipedia, fwiw Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian theological stream which began in Great Britain in the 1730s.[1] Its key commitments are: The need for personal conversion (or being "born again") Actively expressing and sharing the gospel A high regard for biblical authority, especially biblical inerrancy An emphasis on teachings that proclaim the death and resurrection of Jesus.[2] In the 2007 Statistical Abstract of the United States, the figures for these same groups are 28.6 percent (evangelical), 24.5 percent (Roman Catholic), and 13.9 percent (mainline Protestant.) The latter figures are based on a 2001 study of the self-described religious identification of the adult population for 1990 and 2001 from the Graduate School and University Center at the City University of New York.[25] A 2008 study showed that in the year 2000 about 9 percent of Americans attended an evangelical service on any given Sunday.[26