(November 4, 2012 at 4:26 am)Daniel Wrote:(November 2, 2012 at 1:56 pm)Doubting_Thomas Wrote: How big a factor do you think the continuing Christian backwardness is on the pace at which America is losing the scientific edge as it goes into relative economic/power decline?I'd be much more worried about political influences corrupting science, than I would religion as a whole. It's the nations which have a Christian heritage which have traditionally contributed the most in science in our age. What has China, or North Korea contributed, for instance? Australia has a comparable population to North Korea, and we have a Christian heritage. North Korea is the most Atheist place in the world. Which of us has contributed more to science? Duh.
I beg to disagree, Australia is a much more atheist country than North Korea. I have personally seen polling by Christian organisations which have found out about 30% of the Australian population are effectively atheists for all intense purposes.
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