Re: paleonet Not only in the USA do creationsist/IDs abound amongstChristians

[jean-louis VOLAT <jean-louis.volat@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I am a bit surprised at the depicted situation for France. For sure you 
could find a handful of fanatics selling stuff directly coming from the 
US -usually in a poor translation- but I doubt if this can really reach 
the layman. Fundamentalism has very little roots in the french 
traditions. This obviously may change but I do not see the beginning of it.
Moreover, as I understand it, the first target of US creationists is the 
school. By french usage, this is a very special field where politics has 
very little power. Recent attempts at a suggested orientation in the 
history program raised a storm in the political circles, but little in 
the academics where it was simply ignored. Just hope this will last.

JLV


Jere H. Lipps a écrit :

> Creationism and ID are pretty big in France and Italy, where posters 
> were hung all over, including the end of the Ponte Vicchio Bridge in 
> Florence--a high tourist area for sure--advertising debates between 
> religious and science folks.   In Paris, people hand out magazines 
> that promote it, especially around the University of Paris (--ies in 
> general?).   Found the same thing on the sidewalks in London.   That's 
> the way it started in the US too--small numbers promoting single 
> points of view as honest, that had to beat down some unfair gibberish 
> on evolution, all in the name of Christianity.  No explanation of what 
> the mainstream churches think.
>
> I wonder what's happening in Russia?   After the fall of the Soviets, 
> the country was invaded by missionaries of several sorts (I recall 
> flying out with another paleontologist from Moscow in 1990, and we 
> were the only non-missionaries on the whole plane, as far as we could 
> tell).  Anybody know?
>
> I suspect, but don't know for sure, that Korea also may be a target. 
>
> The Islamic world already has its own creationists.
>
> It is an easy way to believe--don't even have to read.
>
> But as Chaim notes, it may not be a big deal.
>