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Originally Posted by Janszoon
Maybe they would learn to apply some critical thinking to outrageous claims.
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critical thinking and faith don't mix.
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Originally Posted by RVCA
And if you examine what poll data we having going back to the 1800's, you'll see that the numbers of the religious among the American public has only been growing, not decreasing. Most people don't even know that things like "In God We Trust" on the dollar bill and "Under God" in the national anthem did not initially exist and were only added years and years after the country was founded.
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Okay, it wasn't founded on Christianity but those years later it grew enough to the point where they were placed in things like "In God We Trust" and "Under God" into national things.
I don't know why the 41% surprised you though with the big bible belt in the middle of the country.