What limits a species life?

[wrsni]

A new thread entitled Creationism versus Evolution could be started,

 

Visions of a 40 gallon barrel sized can with "WORMS" written on the side of it and a guy about to take to it with a 3ft can opener!

[morten]

I'm pretty sure that Sweden is regarded as the least religious place in the world. With lots of trees, Gransfors axes and the native blonde lady population perhaps I should emigrate!

 

You are correct in that assumption when it comes to "religion being an important part of your daily life", 83% of Swedes say "no", compared with 76% for UK and only 36% for USA.

 

But when measured on "having no religion", China leads the pack with 93% answering affirmative.

 

And when asked whether people are Atheist or Agnostic, Vietnam leads with 81%.

 

See Irreligion by country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for details (sort columns).

Edited December 27, 2014 by morten

[woodyguy]

Looks like Swedes have a commanding lead of 88% whilst Danes have a very respectable 83%. Surprising that the French match us.

[Bren.]

In U.S., 42% Believe Creationist View of Human Origins

[se7enthdevil]

interesting report.

 

i still find it quite astounding that america puts something like creationism in the same subject as education myself...

[skyhuck]

"I fear that if we want to look for the next global hotspot of religious fundamentalism, then America is where we should be looking."

 

Put your fears to rest. There've been no beheadings here, just noise. In most countries they lack the freedom to have these loud conversations, and the curriculum is handed down from above. On what level are these decisions made in the UK?

For certain, England seems like a global hotspot for anti-religious Darwinism.

 

The concept of 'tree lifespan' is riddled with assumptions and conditions, nature AND nurture. It depends.

 

Oh dear

[treeseer]

OP asked, "what causes the tree to die?"

 

Answer: "It was preordained". Umm I means "It depends; many variables in a trees' nature, and how it is nurtured."

 

After viewing that Gallup poll I'm not feeling too patriotic!

[Bren.]

OP asked, "what causes the tree to die?"

 

Answer: "It was preordained". Umm I means "It depends; many variables in a trees' nature, and how it is nurtured."

 

After viewing that Gallup poll I'm not feeling too patriotic!

 

Sorry about that mate, be proud of your country, it's achieved many amazing things in its short history.

For me the really worrying thing in that report is not just the figures relating to the 42% who believe in the creationism argument, but the additional 31% who believe that man evolved, but with god guiding the process (or "Intelligent Design). When taken together this represents a massive 73% Americans who do not accept the Darwinian Theory of Evolution.

In the 21st century, that really is an amazing statistic.

[Mountain man]

Doesn't that mean they just believe in God (the 31%) what's so odd about that?

[Bren.]

It's odd because it precludes the acceptance of established scientific theory.