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[Phys-L] Re: THE WEDGE STRATEGY of The ID Movement



I saw a map, which I haven't been able to refind, of the slave states
and territories cf'd to the Bush states -- a remarkable correlation.

bc

Robert B Zannelli wrote:

This article may be of interest.

Bob Zannelli

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_http://www.alternet.org/story/26721_ (http://www.alternet.org/story/26721)



"In general, higher rates of belief in and worship of a creator correlate
with higher rates of homicide, juvenile and early adult mortality, STD infection
rates, teen pregnancy, and abortion ... None of the strongly secularized,
pro-evolution democracies is experiencing high levels of measurable
dysfunction."
Within the United States "the strongly theistic, anti-evolution South and
Midwest" have "markedly worse homicide, mortality, STD, youth pregnancy, marital
and related problems than the Northeast where ... secularization, and
acceptance of evolution approach European norms."
Three sets of findings stand out: the associations between religion --
especially absolute belief -- and juvenile mortality, venereal disease and
adolescent abortion. Paul's graphs show far higher rates of death among the under-5s
in Portugal, the U.S and Ireland and put the U.S. -- the most religious
country in his survey -- in a league of its own for gonorrhea and syphilis.