Sometimes I read the news and just get, well, depressed. The story about the teacher who was arrested
in Sudan for allowing her class to name a teddy bear Mohammed was one
of those stories that got me all irate and blue. I mean, what is the
world coming to? Why, it's like religious fundamentalism has completely
swept away the reason and intelligence of a sizeable group of people.
And then I had to see this one.
Yeah, a poll found that more Americans believe in literal hell and the
devil than "believe" in Darwin's theory of evolution. In fact, while 82
percent believe in God and 62 percent believe in the devil, only 42
percent go along with Darwin's theory. Which kind of makes me think the
U.S. has evolved into a nation of idiots. Or failed to evolve out of
idiocy. Whatever.
Don't think this news matters much? Well,
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