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Public acceptance of evolution - international picture

Post by Rum » Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:51 am

USA, what's the matter with you!? :lay:

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Post by Robert_S » Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:55 am

USA

At least we're not Turkey!!!
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Post by rachelbean » Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:56 am

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Post by Trolldor » Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:07 am

Country ain't even on the last.
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Post by Thinking Aloud » Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:24 am

The Mad Hatter wrote:Country ain't even on the last.
Seems to be a USA vs Europe list with Japan thrown in for good measure. Interesting lack of anything southern hemisphere or African though, which makes me think the USA would look quite good if everyone else was added.
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Post by Feck » Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:29 am

Thinking Aloud wrote:
The Mad Hatter wrote:Country ain't even on the last.
Seems to be a USA vs Europe list with Japan thrown in for good measure. Interesting lack of anything southern hemisphere or African though, which makes me think the USA would look quite good if everyone else was added.

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:27 am

You have to factor in the fact that Americans are very good at lying on polls. They don't do this deliberately in most cases, they just give the answer they're "supposed to give". It's likes saying they're christian when you don't have to be here long to know that 99% of them don't have a clue what that means.
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Post by Animavore » Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:44 am

Ireland's lower down than expected considering the Catholic Church accept it.
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Post by klr » Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:51 am

Animavore wrote:Ireland's lower down than expected considering the Catholic Church accept it.
That's because at least 20% of Irish people can be guaranteed to say "no" to any question or proposal put to them. :coffee:
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:52 am

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Animavore wrote:Ireland's lower down than expected considering the Catholic Church accept it.
That's because at least 20% of Irish people can be guaranteed to say "no" to any question or proposal put to them. :coffee:
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Post by Rob » Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:45 pm

At we aren't Iran or Saudi Arabia!
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Post by lsdetroit » Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:30 am

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Re: Public acceptance of evolution - international picture

Post by Rum » Thu Oct 14, 2010 7:29 am

Animavore wrote:Ireland's lower down than expected considering the Catholic Church accept it.
Well that's because there's no evidence of evolved higher life forms there. :hehe:
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Re: Public acceptance of evolution - international picture

Post by JimC » Thu Oct 14, 2010 7:44 am

I would expect the % in Australia to be similar to the UK...
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