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December 20, 2013 at 12:00 am
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RE: Progress
December 20, 2013 at 1:14 am
By the time I'm, oh...175?, I will see an America with common sense informing it.



Yippee fucking skippy.
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RE: Progress
December 20, 2013 at 1:12 pm
That's good news, maybe things will speed up so in another 15 to 20 years like 90% of the world population will not believe.

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RE: Progress
December 20, 2013 at 1:17 pm
Don't put down the speed. In terms of demographics, this is a remarkable shift in such a short period of time.
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RE: Progress
December 20, 2013 at 1:52 pm
(December 20, 2013 at 12:00 am)Minimalist Wrote: At least we are down to just 1/4 of the country believing in fucking witches.

No doubt an all time low.

I see witch belief dropped 5% and evolution belief rose 5%. All those ex-witch believers are now studying biology and genetics!
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RE: Progress
December 20, 2013 at 1:59 pm
It's not the percentage of believers in god that disturbs me. It's the percentage of young earth creationists that drives me crazy.

I'd like to see the statistics on that.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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RE: Progress
December 20, 2013 at 2:06 pm
World is gonna be in deep shit for a long time before people get smart.
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RE: Progress
December 20, 2013 at 2:08 pm (This post was last modified: December 20, 2013 at 2:08 pm by Cinjin.)
I'd wager that we have at least 200 years before christianity is the religious minority in the US, and about 500 years before Islam even starts to decline over there in the armpit of the world.
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RE: Progress
December 20, 2013 at 2:23 pm
(December 20, 2013 at 2:08 pm)Cinjin Wrote: I'd wager that we have at least 200 years before christianity is the religious minority in the US, and about 500 years before Islam even starts to decline over there in the armpit of the world.

One encouraging stat in that poll was the youngest group (18-36) had the lowest level of god-belief - 64%. Another ten years and maybe it drops another 10 points; getting close to the magical 50% mark.

Keeping religious BS out and teaching science in schools is the ticket. That and ridicule in popular culture.

I imagine South Park has done more damage to religious belief than thousands of intellectual atheists arguing on the net about ontological this and teleological that. They make it seem, so.... silly. Satire slaughters those sacred cows.
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RE: Progress
December 20, 2013 at 2:25 pm
(December 20, 2013 at 2:23 pm)JesusHChrist Wrote:
(December 20, 2013 at 2:08 pm)Cinjin Wrote: I'd wager that we have at least 200 years before christianity is the religious minority in the US, and about 500 years before Islam even starts to decline over there in the armpit of the world.

One encouraging stat in that poll was the youngest group (18-36) had the lowest level of god-belief - 64%. Another ten years and maybe it drops another 10 points; getting close to the magical 50% mark.

Keeping religious BS out and teaching science in schools is the ticket. That and ridicule in popular culture.

I imagine South Park has done more damage to religious belief than thousands of intellectual atheists arguing on the net about ontological this and teleological that. They make it seem, so.... silly. Satire slaughters those sacred cows.

Yeah but I don't watch south park cause it shows a lot of disgusting shit to.
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