Darwin vs God ? God created Darwin !
Categories: America, ENGLISH, religion(s), society, demography, global trends, Zeitgeist
I realize the tone of this blog is sometimes pretty “tough” ; even if it is more about discoveries from a cross-cultural point of view - the vision though is about shaping a better world where every cultures would feel like being home.
Today’s opinion is about religion in the States, and more precisely Darwin and religion. This topic of discussion is, from my point of view something that could be interesting in order to understand USamerican culture.
In order to understand the real position of religion in the USamerican culture, I have decided to feature a link to a USamerican who “takes some critical stances” from it. The idea is not to create a generalization like “all USamericans are Christian extremists”. Some are, some not. The debate here (in this blog) is not about religion, but about cultural specificities (more links in the comments).
“In God we trust” on $ notes, in courts, the president swearing on the Bible, Georges Bush publicly praying… religion in the States (for a European like me who considers it more personal, more private), sounds to be taking a tremendous position in everyday’s life. “I am a believer” is what you frequently hear overthere, and it is not that politically correct to publicly state “I am not a believer”. Well, this is better to know.
More about USamerican culture, world global trends.
“Professor Dennett, more than 120 million Americans believe that God created Adam our of mud some 10,000 years ago and made Eve from his rib. Do you personally know any of these 120 million?” interview to Spiegel online international.
As stated by Alban on his article, the whole point is not about religion, but about an indicator concerning religion in the USA. Everyone has his own faith and own beliefs, and we respect this.