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[previously-deleted comment]: I wonder what it's like to live in a country where you don't have to give a second thought to statements based on potentially mass

[previously-deleted comment]: I wonder what it's like to live in a country where you don't have to give a second thought to statements based on potentially massive differences in beliefs about the age of the universe.

petegrif 13y ago
Turn that question around - "I wonder what it's like to live in a country where you don't have to give a second thought to statements derived from scientific investigation rather than religious dogma then move to the US?' I can answer that one for you. It's shocking. I had no idea, nor do I believe that most Europeans have any idea, just what a strong hold primitive interpretations of religion still holds over a huge percentage of a developed first world society.
- rafcavallaro 13y ago
  The US is economically first world but cognitively third world :)
berntb 13y ago
I live[d] in Sweden. There has been lots of immigration. You can describe the present situation like that the Social democrat party is actively courting the religious muslim vote and pushing homophobia and anti semitism under the carpet. The press isn't so interested in looking at this, either. This has been coming slowly for 5-10 years. It wouldn't surprise me if tolerance for denial of evolution of humans comes in a few more years.
cabalamat 13y ago
Sadly we do have creationists in the UK, as this recent story demonstrates: http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/oct/11/jewish-school-censored-gcses-evolution http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/oct/11/jewish-scho...