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I'd like to try this poll out and see if any pattern emerges. From my studies in US culture and history, there tends to be a very strong antagonism towards government in general. In other western countries, people tend not to be a hostile to government. For instance, in Canada, Europe, NZ and elsewh...

This is quite relevant to another article published by Don Lotter, an agroecology scientist, last year: (Int. Jrnl. of Soc. of Agr. & Food, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 50–68) The Genetic Engineering of Food and the Failure of Science – Part 2: Academic Capitalism and the Loss of Scientific Integrity...

Hi folks, Just so you know, I've decided not to continue making the graphs here. I'll be doing this at a different forum. If someone would like to take over and continue the process, just let me know and I can email my OpenOffice Calc file to you. I'll leave it up to the mods if they wish to unstick...

PZ Myers at Pharyngula blog, described the rather cool reception that Christopher Hitchens got at an FFRF convention. Then it was Hitchens at his most bellicose. He told us what the most serious threat to the West was (and you know this line already): it was Islam. Then he accused the audience of be...

Here's something I'm a bit curious about. The scientific consensus is that the earth is roughly 4.6 billion years old. So what did the earth look like 4.8 billion years ago, or perhaps 5 or 6 billion years ago? Was it basically a Mars sized molten proto-planet? Overall, what are the intervening step...

All of the cool kids are doing it! We all want to be just like him! You can even get a T-shirt to everyone how much you care! The "I love Ham" fan club What's interesting is that at least a few of these kids may go on to a respectable university and learn real science, and come to understa...

Sorry for the delay in responding. There must be a connection between religious views and political views. Jesus must be a Conservative Republican. That's true, but it's often the influence of people and how we're socialized that matters rather than the influence of religion. Take black evangelical ...

Check out this thread in CF. A guy named "ShieldofFaith" argues for building a new "Confederate States of America" with the following constitutional principles: In establishing a New Nation, We the People of the Confederate States Of America do hereby hold these truths wholesome ...

[quote=""xunzian""]I'm so lonely off in my little corner [/quote]

You might be better off there. According to new entries, you and 99percent are now considered "most likely to throttle each other if left alone in a room." :Cheeky:

I thought I'd share some preliminary results from my work on my Master's thesis, if anyone's interested. I'm basically comparing Canadian and American evangelical Protestants on attitudes related to economic conservatism (views on welfare state, redistribution of wealth) and social conservatism (vie...