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Old 04-02-2007, 12:52 AM   #275
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48% of Americans is a pretty high number... my guess is that if you surveyed 10000 people in the SE United States, you might find that... if not more... but stats can say a lot, depending on who they asked.

Plus, I bet one could produce a statistic in which at least 48% of "Canadians" think the capital of Australia is Sydney. Its a meaningless stat, but if someone with an agenda of boosting education was able to get that result, they might try to run with it to prove their point.

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It's also worth mentioning that the U.S. is the Mecca for protestant evangelism. While 48% is a large number, I would expect that when looking at Judeo-Christian Western Civilization as a whole, that is probably the highest number you'd see anywhere. Do this same survey in most predominantly Christian countries, and I would bet the numbers would be much less.
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