Dearnen
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Dogmeat said:
Can you name any of the inventions or discoveries of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Graham Bell or Thomas Edison? Orville and Wilbur Wright invented a rather useful machine. It was American Robert Goddard who invented the modern rocket, not the Germans. It takes a lot of science to get people to the Moon and back. America is also the birthplace of the Internet. Make no mistake, America owes a lot of it's success to the rest of the world - it is a nation of immigrants, after all. But to say that America hasn't come up with anything is mistaken.
Dogmeat also said:
I'd agree somewhat. Americans are more religious than Europeans, according to most polls. However, a casual look at American popular culture certainly indicates that religion is declining in America. The rise of the Christian conservative (AKA Religious Right) movement is a reaction to the cultural shift. America used to be far more religious than it is today, however. The writings of early Americans, such as the Founding Fathers, clearly indicate that faith was integral to American life - and formed the foundation of the political effort that birthed the Constitution, etc.
-Dearnen
I cant see how americans can be considered "skilled" at science. I mean with that amount of money and people devoted to science you have to be quite crappy at science if you cant come up with anything.
Can you name any of the inventions or discoveries of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Graham Bell or Thomas Edison? Orville and Wilbur Wright invented a rather useful machine. It was American Robert Goddard who invented the modern rocket, not the Germans. It takes a lot of science to get people to the Moon and back. America is also the birthplace of the Internet. Make no mistake, America owes a lot of it's success to the rest of the world - it is a nation of immigrants, after all. But to say that America hasn't come up with anything is mistaken.
Dogmeat also said:
Giving the americans the religious trait is also quite wrong. They are about as religious as most european countries and that is a small amount indeed.
I'd agree somewhat. Americans are more religious than Europeans, according to most polls. However, a casual look at American popular culture certainly indicates that religion is declining in America. The rise of the Christian conservative (AKA Religious Right) movement is a reaction to the cultural shift. America used to be far more religious than it is today, however. The writings of early Americans, such as the Founding Fathers, clearly indicate that faith was integral to American life - and formed the foundation of the political effort that birthed the Constitution, etc.
-Dearnen