Reynolds points a survey of 5,500 Brazilian and Italian school students aged 14-16
, on Evolution. Some of these kids don't buy it. That's... a little concerning, since Evolution is about the least I expect of a fourteen-year-old or, for that matter, of an adult, before I'll respect a thing s/he says about anything else. The survey asks: where is the illiteracy and whence does it come?
The heading, clickbait, says it's not religion. Since the late 1990s I've observed American creationists claim up and down how they're not based on religion. (Ben Stein's Jewish you know.
) Although only religious people buy their books and watch(ed) Expelled. For these Latini teens, though, I might accept this disavowal. Abrahamic capital-R Religion isn't doing well nowadays, anywhere.
The survey suggests no real difference across sectarian bounds. Italiano Catholics accept the scientific consensus. Brasileirão Catholics, less so; they side with the Protestants there.
I am reminded of the church of Saint Cyril in Houston, west-side; which had the ...turned into dinosaurs
meme (frequently plagiarised) in a frame. Without irony; pastor Mario referred to it in homilies. Also I am reminded of Scott Hahn's contributions to Benjamin Wiker books.
The Church, I gather, sees Evolution/Creation as a fight they're prepared to leave between protties and infidels.
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