Why Isn't Evolution A Problem For Most European Christians? (moral, Darwin)

[Somkid]

I don't think there is a big fundamental movement in Europe actually most people I have met from Europe are atheists or dabble in Buddhism.

[logician]

Originally Posted by L0gic

I would guess that the US is in some ways hypocrtical. It claims to be free of religious persecution, however, that tends to not be the case. I'd presume that parents of children don't favour evolution or don't favour religion, so the kids are raised in such an environment. I think education may have a key role in this, however, I'm unsure. It seems to be a stereotype but whether it is true or not, I don't really know. I have American friends and European friends, and they're all open-minded about religion and evolution.

If I were to venture a guess, I'd have to say that in Europe, evolution was simply more accepted than it was in the US. Overtime, people would have been brought up with the appropriate environments and learnt this. However, I think this may vary on who you talk to. If you talk to a group of American Christians, some may be more accepting about religion than European Christians. Unless a survey was conducted in both areas, then one could make a claim with appropriate evidence.

I tend to think that more Americans are less educated and less open-minded than Europeans are. This may be due to poorer education, influenced easier by religion (whether by the parents or not) or some other reason.

Another reason is that Europeans are exposed to a much wider scope of races, religions, cultures, languages etc. than Americans, and thus have a more "cosmopolitian" outlook on everything. I worked with a number of contractors from England, Ireland, and Scotland for a number of years, and their general openness to different ideas is much more substantial than the average American's, who tend to live much more sheltered lives by comparison.