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Dear colleagues, The 48% figure is alarmingly high. Part of the problem, I understand, has to do with the way the question is asked and the emphasis placed on it by the pollsters. Many of those same people, for example, might also agree that science curricula should be developed by teachers, not preachers. Something about all this should alarm each of you, and it cries out for vigilance. The U.S.A. and Europe, especially, have a bad habit of exporting to each other the worst aspects of our cultures and keeping to ourselves the best aspects. (Maybe this is the same rule that prevents one's children from learning anything good from the neighbors' children.) You can expect, therefore, that Christian fundamentalism, creationism, and antievolution thinking will take root in Europe. They may not flourish; they may not sweep the continent: we hope not. But they will become more and more of a problem as the decades wear on. Watch your backs. Best wishes, Roger Roger L. Kaesler Paleontological Institute-University of Kansas Lindley Hall 1475 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 121 Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7613 (785) 864-3338 = telephone (785) 864-5276 = FAX kaesler@ku.edu = e-mail http://www.ukans.edu/~paleo/ It is our job as editors to find meaning where none was intended. > ---------- > From: paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk on behalf of Soren Jensen > Reply To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk > Sent: Thursday, July 8, 2004 8:19 AM > To: PaleoNet@nhm.ac.uk > Subject: paleonet Genesis > > Hello, > > So 48% of Americans find the Book of Genesis a handy > guide to explaining a thing or two. > > Sounds rather high, but the again perhaps it would be > easier to put in perspective if there were comparative > stats. for other regions/countries. Anyone? > > Best wishes, > > Sören Jensen > Badajoz, Spain > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > >
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