I’d best not comment on this too much, so I’ll just post the link:
Societies worse off ‘when they have God on their side’ from the UK’s Times Online
I’m not convinced that the study proves a particularly clear cause/effect relationship, but it’s interesting reading. And it sure as hell isn’t going to be published in the mainstream US press.
Oops, I mean sure as heck.
The study is interesting, but the claim that the majority of Americans believe in Creationism might be a bit far fetched. I know a lot do, but the majority? I don’t know the real numbers, but if that is actually a fact… that’s some scary shit.
to quote my 8-year-old: my response to the article is “well, duh.”