(October 31, 2010 at 3:22 pm)Tiberius Wrote:(October 30, 2010 at 6:22 pm)Ace Wrote: It's quite secular over here. England is a great place to go to get away from religious madness, and Sweden is even better.Careful now...don't confuse "atheist" with "secular".
You only have to study British law for 5 minutes to realise that we are in no way a secular nation. The US and the UK are polar opposites, I agree, but for this reason:
The US has a secular constitution (1st Amendment, etc), but a very religious population. The UK has a very religious "constitution" (we don't have a constitution, but government is intertwined with religion so much it hurts), but has a very non-religious population.
I know. I was speaking more along the lines of society as a whole and not the gov. We do have a rather religious government, but we have a rather large non-religious population. The U.S has a very secular government, but has a rather large religious population. Funny really isn't it?
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
