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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 137645" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #002060">Poll underlines sharp divide on religion</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: #002060">Friday, November 26, 2010 </span></strong></p><p><a href="http://co107w.col107.mail.live.com/news/credit.html" target="_blank"><strong><u><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #002060">CBC News</span></span></span></u></strong></a></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">The world is deeply divided on the question of whether religion is a force for good, a survey by Ipsos Reid suggests.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><TABLE dir=ltr border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width=624><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%"><strong><span style="color: #002060"><u>Is religion a force for good?</u></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%"><span style="color: #002060"> </span></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%"><strong><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #002060"><u>Country</u></span></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></strong></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%"><strong><span style="color: #002060"><u>% who agree</u></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%"><strong><span style="color: #002060">Saudi Arabia</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%"><span style="color: #002060">92</span></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%"><strong><span style="color: #002060">Indonesia</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%"><span style="color: #002060">91</span></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%"><strong><span style="color: #002060">India</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%"><span style="color: #002060">69</span></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%"><strong><span style="color: #002060">United States</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%"><span style="color: #002060">65</span></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%"><strong><span style="color: #002060">Russia</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%"><span style="color: #002060">59</span></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%"><strong><span style="color: #002060">Italy</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%"><span style="color: #002060">50</span></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%"><strong><span style="color: #002060">Turkey</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%"><span style="color: #002060">43</span></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%"><strong><span style="color: #002060">Canada</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%"><span style="color: #002060">36</span></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%"><strong><span style="color: #002060">Australia</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%"><span style="color: #002060">32</span></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%"><strong><span style="color: #002060">Great Britain</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%"><span style="color: #002060">29</span></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%"><strong><span style="color: #002060">Japan</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%"><span style="color: #002060">29</span></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%"><strong><span style="color: #002060">France</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%"><span style="color: #002060">24</span></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%"><strong><span style="color: #002060">Belgium</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%"><span style="color: #002060">21</span></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%"><strong><span style="color: #002060">Sweden</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%"><span style="color: #002060">19</span></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%"><strong><em><span style="color: #002060">Source: Ipsos Reid</span></em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%"><span style="color: #002060"> </span></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">The pollster found that 48 per cent of the more than 18,000 people it reached online in 23 countries agreed that "religion provides the common values and ethical foundations that diverse societies need to thrive in the 21st century."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">A bare majority — 52 per cent — thought otherwise. They agreed with the sentiment that "religious beliefs promote intolerance, exacerbate ethnic divisions and impede social progress."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">There was wide regional variation in the results. Respondents in Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, where there are large Moslem populations, overwhelmingly said they believed religion was a force for good, while respondents in European countries tended to disagree with that.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">About two-thirds of Americans polled thought religion was a force for good, but only 36 per cent of Canadians thought the same.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">The survey was commissioned as a backdrop to a much-anticipated debate on religion Friday night in Toronto between former British prime minister Tony Blair and writer Christopher Hitchens. </span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #002060"> </span></strong></p><p><span style="color: #002060"><strong>source: </strong><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/11/26/religion-good-evil-poll-hitchens-blair.html" target="_blank">http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/11/26/religion-good-evil-poll-hitchens-blair.html</a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 137645, member: 884"] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=#002060]Poll underlines sharp divide on religion[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][COLOR=#002060]Friday, November 26, 2010 [/COLOR][/B] [URL="http://co107w.col107.mail.live.com/news/credit.html"][B][U][SIZE=2][SIZE=2][COLOR=#002060]CBC News[/COLOR][/SIZE][/SIZE][/U][/B][/URL] [COLOR=#002060]The world is deeply divided on the question of whether religion is a force for good, a survey by Ipsos Reid suggests.[/COLOR] [CENTER]<TABLE dir=ltr border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width=624><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%">[B][COLOR=#002060][U]Is religion a force for good?[/U][/COLOR][/B] </TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%">[COLOR=#002060] [/COLOR]</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%">[B][CENTER][COLOR=#002060][U]Country[/U][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/B] [CENTER][/CENTER] </TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%">[B][COLOR=#002060][U]% who agree[/U][/COLOR][/B] [CENTER][/CENTER] </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%">[B][COLOR=#002060]Saudi Arabia[/COLOR][/B] </TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%">[COLOR=#002060]92[/COLOR] [CENTER][/CENTER] </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%">[B][COLOR=#002060]Indonesia[/COLOR][/B] </TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%">[COLOR=#002060]91[/COLOR] [CENTER][/CENTER] </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%">[B][COLOR=#002060]India[/COLOR][/B] </TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%">[COLOR=#002060]69[/COLOR] [CENTER][/CENTER] </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%">[B][COLOR=#002060]United States[/COLOR][/B] </TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%">[COLOR=#002060]65[/COLOR] [CENTER][/CENTER] </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%">[B][COLOR=#002060]Russia[/COLOR][/B] </TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%">[COLOR=#002060]59[/COLOR] [CENTER][/CENTER] </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%">[B][COLOR=#002060]Italy[/COLOR][/B] </TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%">[COLOR=#002060]50[/COLOR] [CENTER][/CENTER] </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%">[B][COLOR=#002060]Turkey[/COLOR][/B] </TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%">[COLOR=#002060]43[/COLOR] [CENTER][/CENTER] </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%">[B][COLOR=#002060]Canada[/COLOR][/B] </TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%">[COLOR=#002060]36[/COLOR] [CENTER][/CENTER] </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%">[B][COLOR=#002060]Australia[/COLOR][/B] </TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%">[COLOR=#002060]32[/COLOR] [CENTER][/CENTER] </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%">[B][COLOR=#002060]Great Britain[/COLOR][/B] </TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%">[COLOR=#002060]29[/COLOR] [CENTER][/CENTER] </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%">[B][COLOR=#002060]Japan[/COLOR][/B] </TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%">[COLOR=#002060]29[/COLOR] [CENTER][/CENTER] </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%">[B][COLOR=#002060]France[/COLOR][/B] </TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%">[COLOR=#002060]24[/COLOR] [CENTER][/CENTER] </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%">[B][COLOR=#002060]Belgium[/COLOR][/B] </TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%">[COLOR=#002060]21[/COLOR] [CENTER][/CENTER] </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%">[B][COLOR=#002060]Sweden[/COLOR][/B] </TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%">[COLOR=#002060]19[/COLOR] [CENTER][/CENTER] </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="55%">[B][I][COLOR=#002060]Source: Ipsos Reid[/COLOR][/I][/B] </TD><TD vAlign=center width="45%">[COLOR=#002060] [/COLOR]</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>[/CENTER] [COLOR=#002060]The pollster found that 48 per cent of the more than 18,000 people it reached online in 23 countries agreed that "religion provides the common values and ethical foundations that diverse societies need to thrive in the 21st century."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]A bare majority — 52 per cent — thought otherwise. They agreed with the sentiment that "religious beliefs promote intolerance, exacerbate ethnic divisions and impede social progress."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]There was wide regional variation in the results. Respondents in Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, where there are large Moslem populations, overwhelmingly said they believed religion was a force for good, while respondents in European countries tended to disagree with that.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]About two-thirds of Americans polled thought religion was a force for good, but only 36 per cent of Canadians thought the same.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]The survey was commissioned as a backdrop to a much-anticipated debate on religion Friday night in Toronto between former British prime minister Tony Blair and writer Christopher Hitchens. [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#002060] [/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#002060][B]source: [/B][URL]http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/11/26/religion-good-evil-poll-hitchens-blair.html[/URL][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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