Religious Divide: US/Europe

[Mari333]

(CNSNews.com) - The ideological clash between the United States and certain European countries over the war in Iraq and other foreign policy/cultural matters may have as much to do with a religious divide between those countries as anything else, experts in religion and public policy told CNSNews.com.

While faith-based organizations play a significant role in American politics, the experts said, similar organizations in Europe are far less influential. The political influence of American faith-based groups also appears connected to the importance individual Americans place on religion.

According to recent findings by the Pew Global Attitudes Project, sponsored by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, 59 percent of Americans identified religion as an important part of their lives. In contrast, 11 percent of the French, 14 percent of Russians and 33 percent of Britons said religion was important to them.




http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=%5CCulture%5Carchive%5C200307%5CCUL20030716b.html

[Philosophy]

1. religion = morality = superiority

Religious nuts never get tired of this illogic.

[cprise]

2. Arbitrary superiority

There is such a thing as being right, and that is based on results and evidence, not an arbitrary set of rules from a collection of semi-fictitious stories.

[Liberator_Rev]

3. And since the vast majority Americans are Christians,

that's why I keep trying to persuade Liberals & Democrats to help get the word out about the web site which shows why followers of Christ have many more reasons to be Liberals and Democrats than Conservatives and Republicans :
http://www.LiberalsLikeChrist.Org .
WE are the Answer to the "Christian Coalition" & "Religious Right" .
YOU are the way to get the word out, because unlike THEM,
WE are the friends of the POOR and the downtrodden,
who can't give US the kind of support the RICH give to our opponents.