March 5th, 2010
Category: Adult Literacy-2
Tags: at, atheism, atheist, Good, Literacy, necessarily, Person, theism
While most Americans believe that getting rid of religion is an impossible goal, much of the developed world has already accomplished it. Any account of a “god gene” that causes the majority of Americans to helplessly organize their lives around ancient works of religious fiction must explain why so many inhabitants of other First World societies apparently lack such a gene. The level of atheism throughout the rest of the developed world refutes any argument that religion is somehow a moral necessity. Countries like Norway, Iceland, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan, the Netherlands, Denmark and the United Kingdom are…
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September 30th, 2009
Category: Books
Tags: American, at, atheism, dg, Dictionary, Doesn't, Every, Illiteracy, illiteracy in the usa, islam, KnowAnd, Literacy, Needs, Reading, Religious, shintoism, stephen prothero, us illiteracy, Writing

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The United States is one of the most religious places on earth, but it is also a nation of shocking religious illiteracy.
- Only 10 percent of American teenagers can name all five major world religions and 15 percent cannot name any.
- Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe that the Bible holds the answers to all or most of life’s basic questions, yet only half of American adults can name even one of the four gospels and most Americans cannot name the first book…
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