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MisterP

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6. that goes for everything: my very conservatively-religious European relatives and acquaintances

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Oct 5, 2015, 01:11 PM

Oct 2015

just stop and stare when I casually mention that half the country thinks the Earth's 10,000 years old or that being rich is blessed

there's been political fights, bloody on both sides, but Europe's mainstream and Europe's science have never been at loggerheads, while in the US anyone can buy any policy and soon 60% of the country will believe it

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that goes for everything: my very conservatively-religious European relatives and acquaintances MisterP Oct 2015 #6