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An extract from Prof Noam Chomsky on the subject of religious fanaticism. It's a response to a question from a lady from the audience during one of his speeches. Source: 'Understanding Power: The Indispensable Noam Chomsky' edited by Mitchell and Schoeffel, pp. 50-51.
The lady's question was: "Fundamentalist religion has really taken off in the last decade, maybe as an outlet for some of this despair.. Do you have any thoughts about the significance of that development in the U.S.?"
"According to a 2008 Gallup poll, 44 % of Americans believe "God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so." 36 % believe the world is old but God guided evolution. 14 % believe in old world and no involvement by God." (Youtube)
+ New Gallup poll on Creationism and Evolution beliefs in the United States (2010)
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