We Americans are no different from any other people in the world in that you get what your country invests in and who is really running it.
If you live in a country that slashes the public education budget, you get a "dumbed down" public. It's only gotten worse with "no child left behind".
If you live in a country where 6 major corporations control most of the media, all of which have an interest to spin the news in favor of corporate interests, you get an uninformed public.
If you live in a country were religion is so dominant, you get a superstitious public.
So it would be with any other people. I'm not better than any of my fellow Americans. I'm just lucky to have gone to a private school, be informed enough to look to foreign media sources to round out my understanding of world events and to have been raised without religion.
If you live in a country that slashes the public education budget, you get a "dumbed down" public. It's only gotten worse with "no child left behind".
If you live in a country where 6 major corporations control most of the media, all of which have an interest to spin the news in favor of corporate interests, you get an uninformed public.
If you live in a country were religion is so dominant, you get a superstitious public.
So it would be with any other people. I'm not better than any of my fellow Americans. I'm just lucky to have gone to a private school, be informed enough to look to foreign media sources to round out my understanding of world events and to have been raised without religion.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist