[kj] Snopes.com new entry on Sarah Palin library book ban

[Brendan]

All y'all gotsta watch IDIOCRACY, to see what's gonna happen if things
continue down this path. Can't link to it from here (work) sorry, you can
find a trailer on Youtube...


> "If you ask what percentage believes in miracles--I think it's about 75

> percent. What percentage believes that the world was created the way it

> is now 10,000 years ago, it's about half. What percentage are born-again

> Christians, I don't remember the exact number but maybe a third. In

> fact, one of the interesting poll results that came out this summer is

> that about a third of the population of the United States believes that

> we must support everything Israel does because that's a sign of the

> Second Coming." - Noam Chomsky, _The Humanist_, January, 2007 issue:

> http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-29649323_ITM

>

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>

> And:

>

> God vs. doctor: 1 in 2 say prayer saves the dying

> 20 percent of docs also say God can reverse terminal prognosis, study

> finds

>

> CHICAGO - When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many

> Americans.

>

> An eye-opening survey reveals widespread belief that divine intervention

> can revive dying patients. And, researchers said, doctors "need to be

> prepared to deal with families who are waiting for a miracle."

>

> [...]

>

> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26272687/

>

> -Oliver

>

>

> Brendan wrote:

>> Correct, religiosity is extremely high in the US and from what I

>> remember

>> it's also correlated with being thick. Can try to dredge the link up if

>> anyone is interested.

>>

>> Oh and I'm not calling Americans thick mind, rather religious

>> fundamentalists.

>>

>>

>>

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