Rob said: > I cant see myself taking conservatives seriously when they allow > themselves to be represented by such morons.
I've never understood why there is so much of this religious fundamentalism in the US. It seems to me that in the UK we have as much diversity of opinion in the general population, the media, and politics as in the US on every subject except for religion. (Indeed, we have more diversity of opinion in politics - we still have substantial numbers of actual socialists here, even if they've lost control of their own party.) The default religious position in the UK seems to be "who cares?" I find it very hard to imagine atheists having the problems in Britain that they appear to have in America: I can't recall any example of the sort of thing in that article being seriously presented as someone's opinion, and the movement to force the teaching of creationism in schools seems entirely alien. Is my perception that America has a substantial and powerful faction of Christian fundamentalists accurate or is it an artifact of selective bias in reporting? And if it's accurate, why is it true of the US but not of the UK or Europe in general? Rich VFP Evangelical Atheist _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
