noncarborundum
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| Quote (midwifetoad @ Mar. 20 2012,15:05) | I suspect the number of believers will never drop much below those numbers. The situation in France may simply reflect a reversal of social pressure, or a rebound from centuries of theocracy. Perhaps religion is associated with the monarchy.
In the United States we have the opposite political history. Religion is associated with rebellion against monarchy. |
Are you suggesting that the current numbers are destined never to change? They've changed in the past (compare 17th-cent. Massachusetts to today). What makes the present day special?
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"The . . . um . . . okay, I was genetically selected for blue eyes. I know there are brown eyes, because I've observed them, but I can't do it. Okay? So . . . um . . . coz that's real genetic selection, not the nonsense Giberson and the others are talking about." - DO'L
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