British Believe Religion Does More Harm Than Good

December 23, 2006 — Ron Chusid

Here in the United States we still have battles over whether creationism (thinly disguised as intelligent design) will be taught in the class rooms, and we have a President believes God chose him to be President and advised him to go to war in Iraq. Things are sure different in Great Britain. The Guardian has published results of a poll showing that 82% of those questioned say they see religion as a cause of division and tension between people. The principle difference there is that non-believers outnumber believers in Britain by almost two to one. While politicians often refer to the United States as a Christian nation, only 17% consider Great Britain to be a Christian nation.

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    Anonymous says:
    December 23rd 2006 at 6:04 pm  

    It is intolerance rather than religion that does more harm than good. We all have a choice to believe or not to believe in any religion or none. So what ever the choice, you should also respect others rights to choose even if it differs from your own.

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    Ron Chusid says:
    December 23rd 2006 at 6:39 pm  

    The problem here is that religion often leads to intolerance as many religious people believe that their religion is right and therefore that means everyone else is wrong. If they could get over that aspect of religion then we wouldn’t have the harm which people answering this poll were referring to.

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    phil_in_ny says:
    December 24th 2006 at 8:36 am  

    I completely agree. Well said.

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