Biblical Creationism beats Evolution

[Stabby]

Only 35% of Americans accept evolution. But almost HALF believe that god made the earth 10,000 years ago and that man hasn't changed since then.

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http://www.editorandpublisher.com/ea..._id=1000728154

Note to Religion Editors: Public Doubts Darwin, Evolution, Poll Finds

By E&P Staff

Published: November 30, 2004 12:01 PM ET

NEW YORK As the press considers increasing its "faith-based" reporting, one thing journalists should keep in mind is that, contrary to most assumptions, large numbers of American remain wary of evolution and continue to see God's hand fully directing the origin of the species.

"Public acceptance of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is well below the 50% mark, a fact of considerable concern to many scientists," Frank Newport, editor-in-chief of The Gallup Poll, observed today. He noted that given three alternatives, only 35% say that evolution is well-supported by evidence. The same number say evolution is one of many theories and not well supported by evidence. Another 29% say they don't know enough about it to say.

Almost half of Americans (45%) believe that human beings "were created by God essentially as they are today (that is, without evolving) about 10,000 years ago," acccording to Gallup's poll.

Newport, in his weekly report, cited two possible reasons for these findings: Most Americans have not been regularly exposed to scientific study on these matters; or many Americans know about Darwin's theory, but feel it contradicts a literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis. "Indeed, about a third of Americans are biblical literalists,"

[Immortal Goat]

I could have predicted that. This country was stupid enough to elect (I will NEVER say re-elect) Bush, so Darwin only knows how stupid they really are.

[EisigerBiskuit]

whoever came up with religeon better still be burning in hell

[ItalianStereotype]

goat and egg, aren't you guys like 10 or something? this sort of discussion is probably a bit over your heads.

[Brandon]

HEY HEY HEY NOW, EVOLUTION IS JUST A THEORY, REMEMBER?

[Emu]

seriously you fucking monkey go back to the jungle :ideologyracist

[Immortal Goat]

Originally Posted by ItalianStereotype

goat and egg, aren't you guys like 10 or something? this sort of discussion is probably a bit over your heads.

19 year old college student, thank you very much.

[Helm]

College? You don't say. Good save there.

[Perndog]

Yeah. My old roommate is in college.

And that's about the only sort-of good thing I could say about him.

[Helm]

College? You don't say. Good save there.

[McMock]

Evolution may be just a theory, but at least it hasn't been proven to be wrong.

[ziggytrix]

hey, let's have another discussion of the scientific method!

[mburbank]

The enlightenment is so last administration.

[AChimp]

The National Geographic recently had a really good piece on the Theory of Evolution, why it's right and why people who claim it's wrong don't know what evolution is about (microevolution vs. macroevolution).

[Emu]

Do you remember the name of the article?

[AChimp]

"Was Darwin Wrong?"

It was the cover story a few issues back.

[Spectre X]

If there was some way, some kind of special coding that would allow me to write in letters a million miles high and five hundred thousand miles wide, I would scream on the internet. I would scream with million mile tall and half a million mile wide letters.

And I would never stop screaming.

I don't think that there are words in any terrestrial language that can actively express my current amount of rage. My faith in humanity just dropped. It dropped into an infinite chasm. It dropped into the negative range. I have a negative amount of faith in the human race. An infinitely negative amount.

[the_dudefather]

turn that frown upside down

[FartinMowler]

If there is evolution then what will man evolve into next ? :/

[ItalianStereotype]

spectre, I normally like you, but you can be really annoying sometimes.

look at it this way:

aside from the fact that information of this sort is specious at best, you also have to keep in mind that a MAJORITY of Americans reject creationism. as for the percentage of the population that DOES accept this idea, it helps to break them down into their religious denominations.

there are 64,380,000 Americans who believe that the Bible is the literal word of God and that everything happened exactly as it says.

so basically, don't blame humanity or the American people, blame the Baptists.

[Spectre X]

Okay, I'm calmed down now.



Still

[kellychaos]

Creationism is a function of America's "instant gratification" mentality. These people can't wait several million years, they want it in seven days. :FedEx

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Originally Posted by *FARTINMOWLER*

If there is evolution then what will man evolve into next ? :/

Whatever adaptations are necessary, preferred, or beneficial. I think the biggest misconception about evolution that a lot of hardcore creationsists have is that evolution is linear, with humans at the top. Traits evolve to suit the environment, and those that adapt survive. Evolution is not some linear process with becoming 'human' as the ultimate goal.

[kellychaos]

Why do I STILL have an appendix!

[soundtest]

Why do I have hair on my ass? Patience my friend, these things take time!