Excerpt from a Harper’s article:
- 40% Americans can name more than four of the 10 Commandments
- Half can cite all over Gospel authors
- 3/4’s believe ‘God helps those who help themselves’ is in the Bible (actually Ben Franklin)
- US is 85% Christian (Israel is 77% Jewish)
- 75% pray daily
- 33% attend church weekly
But:
- US economy ranked second to last in foreign aid (Italy last)
- 18% of US children live in poverty (Sweden 8%)
- Number of housholds ‘food insecure’ rose 26% from 1999 to 2003
- Murder rate 4-5x European peers
- Prison population greater 6-7x to comparable nations
- Only Western democracy that executes citizens
- Over half of marriages end in divorce
- Leading in teen pregnancy (Obesity, Debt, Defictis)
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