168,811,352 Americans can't even read to an eighth grade level. That's 52% of the population.
And out of that 52%, over half of those (just under 85 million) can't read to a fourth grade level. In contrast, 98% of Cubans can read to a 12th grade level.
And out of that 52%, over half of those (just under 85 million) can't read to a fourth grade level. In contrast, 98% of Cubans can read to a 12th grade level.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"