[lbo-talk] The atheist delusion

[John Thornton]

Joanna wrote:
> John Thornton wrote:
>   
>> Now why, if it's true, American culture breeds people who prefer
>> definitive binary answers to questions than Europe breeds I don't know 
>> nor have I sought to explain.
>>   
>>     
> Perhaps it's because it is a relatively young culture. Its basic fantasy 
> is to live as a teenager for ever. This is one characteristic "American 
> Beauty" got right.
>
> Teenagers can't see gray yet. It's hard to see gray before, say, thirty.
>
> Joanna

There's your explanation. Americans love to live in perpetual adolescence.
Although this wasn't always so.
The age of the culture may not be a deciding factor although I don't 
offer an explanation as to why so many Americans seem to want to be 
16-21 for most of their lives.

John Thornton