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Originally Posted by Cheese
FA...obviously you appear to be an ardent Christian. What proof of these numbers you quote do you have? Are you speaking of your inner circle of friends and Christian associates? Or do you have links and proof to a worldwide change in this direction?
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I'm actually not an ardent Christian. In fact, most Christians would find my beliefs to be wrong. I was raised Catholic though and went through all the Catholic school and Sunday school stuff, so I do have some experience with these things. I am also friends with a Catholic priest to this day
I was mainly speaking of my own experiences with Christian familiy members and friends. The Catholic Church does not speak out against science these days, and has been going in that direction for number of years. I only know a couple of Christians (both protestants) that don't believe in evolution. Even the recent popes agreed that teaching evolution is alright.
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Im assuming that the vast majority of USA Christians would disagree with your vision as weve seen a pronounced move back to Creationsim in the schools in the US.
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The U.S. is actually a bad example. Not only do they represent a very small minority of global Christians, but the sect representation is not what it is globally... That is why I think it is wrong to generalize about Christians based on an American poll. Besides, they don't say how the poll was taken. If they poll people right outside of a church, then they will be getting mostly hardcore people, or people who might feel pressured to answer a certain. Most Christians barely ever go to church.
Another thing to consider is that for many Christians (including my priest friend), evolution is a mechanism for creation, so it's not a clear cut question that a Gallup poll can necessarily ask correctly. It not a "yes or no" question for a lot of people.
I would say that it varies depending on culture, poverty, education, historical events, etc... A lot of western European countries are predominantly Christian, but I seriously doubt we would see similar poll results there.