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23% of Aussies are Young Earth Creationists

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23% of Aussies are Young Earth Creationists
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23% of Aussies are Young Earth Creationists
June 17, 2012 at 4:46 am
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RE: 23% of Aussies are Young Earth Creationists
June 17, 2012 at 4:51 am
Seriously?! It really doesn't seem that way in reality. I bumped into a creationist for the first time after being here for 5 years already... they're pretty scarce in Perth.
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RE: 23% of Aussies are Young Earth Creationists
June 17, 2012 at 5:22 am
(June 17, 2012 at 4:46 am)Justtristo Wrote: 23% believed god created us less than 10,000 years ago.

I hope that's not true. Well, I guess it's a good thing my pride isn't tied up in national identity.
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RE: 23% of Aussies are Young Earth Creationists
June 17, 2012 at 5:23 am
(June 17, 2012 at 4:51 am)FallentoReason Wrote: Seriously?! It really doesn't seem that way in reality. I bumped into a creationist for the first time after being here for 5 years already... they're pretty scarce in Perth.

Oh, they're about.

I've met 'em.
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RE: 23% of Aussies are Young Earth Creationists
June 17, 2012 at 5:58 am
(June 17, 2012 at 5:23 am)Zen Badger Wrote:
(June 17, 2012 at 4:51 am)FallentoReason Wrote: Seriously?! It really doesn't seem that way in reality. I bumped into a creationist for the first time after being here for 5 years already... they're pretty scarce in Perth.

Oh, they're about.

I've met 'em.

Yeah, after some time getting to know some of them I now know where they reside Tongue
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RE: 23% of Aussies are Young Earth Creationists
June 17, 2012 at 6:05 am
Just goes to show what a good job we did of cleaning out our religious nuts back in the day.



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RE: 23% of Aussies are Young Earth Creationists
June 17, 2012 at 9:53 am
I'd be perfectly happy to ship you 138,000,000 of ours....
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RE: 23% of Aussies are Young Earth Creationists
June 17, 2012 at 1:53 pm
No thanks. We're good.



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RE: 23% of Aussies are Young Earth Creationists
June 17, 2012 at 1:58 pm
(June 17, 2012 at 1:53 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: No thanks. We're good.

You are still way behind us in the percentage of jesus-freak morons walking around unsupervised.
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RE: 23% of Aussies are Young Earth Creationists
June 17, 2012 at 2:02 pm
There has to be something wrong with the English speaking people outside of UK.
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