On 6/5/06, Fastfission fastfission@gmail.com wrote:
Though I'm having trouble finding the exact diff again, the BBC study you cite on the talk page of the article is only for 10 countries. One of those omitted is the most populous country in the world, which happens to generally be pretty low on the whole monotheistic thing.
I don't want to imply you're being unfaithful in your use of statistics, but the inadequacy of these citations as justifying your statements was pointed out by others on the page as well. According to one of the pages there (http://adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html) monotheists make up only a relatively slim majority. I think your "believed by the majority" gives somewhat of a different impression as to the actual split.
In any case, Sam, in the end the content of the article is not up to YOU, personally, but a process of work and compromise. I'll add my voice to the large number of people who prefer a more neutral definition, the one which currently exists, and doesn't play any games about the numbers.
It's stuff like this which makes people pretty suspicious of your ability to recognize your own biases, Sam.
FF
On 6/5/06, Sam Spade samspade.thomasjefferson@googlemail.com wrote:
It was three cites, 2 of american, the third a BBC international survey. Not that the facts make any difference, when you already have your mind made up. I expected encyclopedia readers to be better than this...
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Here is the link again:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=God&oldid=46819733
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