tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post7108806845005375631..comments2023-09-09T07:28:35.681-04:00Comments on Science and Religion: A View from an Evolutionary Creationist: Canadians More Evolved Than AmericansJimpithecushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10143519573877156940noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-11253309207324216482008-08-13T12:29:00.000-04:002008-08-13T12:29:00.000-04:00I think you are correct. Many of the hot-button i...I think you are correct. Many of the hot-button issues here are drawn from theological perspectives- e.g. abortion, evolution - and they wind up being inextricable from the politics they inform.Jimpithecushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10143519573877156940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-59798408231128042252008-08-11T07:54:00.000-04:002008-08-11T07:54:00.000-04:00Oh, one more big difference that in tangenally rel...Oh, one more big difference that in tangenally related here - check out the very next Angus Reid poll regarding <A HREF="http://www.angusreidstrategies.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=news&newsid=278&page=1" REL="nofollow">Canadians attitude to religion & politics</A>. A vast majority do not want them connected at all - and I would say that most Evangelical Canadians agree with this - or at least agree with this much more than our Evangelical brothers & sisters south of the border.Steve Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734019573868663947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-86313918311108297122008-08-11T07:40:00.000-04:002008-08-11T07:40:00.000-04:00Hi Jim, I don't believe science education is n...Hi Jim, <BR/>I don't believe science education is necessarily that much better overall here in Canada. However, I believe that the teaching of evolution in high school may be more prevalent(no, I don't have the data to back that up). 25 years ago, evolution was part of my high school curriculum - and this in a pretty conservative area of the country where probably everyone in the class had an (at least) nominally Christian background. From my understanding, there are lots of places in the US where teachers feel uncomfortable teaching evolution given the local politics (maybe even intimidation) & just gloss over the evolution section in the course. My guess is that this type of problem rarely (ever?) occurs in Canada.Steve Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734019573868663947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-47474163317339899872008-08-08T12:15:00.000-04:002008-08-08T12:15:00.000-04:00Haven't similar polls in the US shown that the poo...Haven't similar polls in the US shown that the poor and uneducated are more likely to embrace creationism?<BR/><BR/>http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=581Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com