Friday, February 13, 2009

Only 39% Believe in Evolution

Our seven year old son said to me the other day "I think there was life somewhere before the "Big Bang." And this led to a discussion about evolution. Wow I thought, this is great, he's really thinking about these things. Turns out he didn't learn about "The Big Bang" at school, he saw it on a tv show.

Yesterday was Charles Darwin's birthday, as well as Abraham Lincoln's. According to a new Gallup Poll http://www.gallup.com/poll/114544/Darwin-Birthday-Believe-Evolution.aspx

only 39% of Americans believe in Darwin's theory of evolution. That's 4 out of 10 people.

36% had no opinion either way. 25% don't believe in evolution. 74% of those with a post-graduate education believe in evolution, compared with 21% of high school grads.

Education really does matter. Thank goodness that science and technology are important to a US President again.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

It aggravates me that some people look at evolution is an affront to their religion. The two have nothing to do with each other. There can be a god and creatures can still evolve on earth to meet the changes and requirements of their environment. The two aren't mutually exclusive.

Anonymous said...

Highly interesting concept that "E#9" puts forth here. I had never considered this. I had always thought well it's either one or the other, either Darwin was right or "The Bible" (and I don't mean it literally) was right, and I've always leaned Darwin. I don't mean to swoon or anything, but this is a significant revelation for me that the two don't have to be mutually exclusive. Thank you.

Anonymous said...

All the evidence you need that there are still cavemen among us can be found at certain blogs.

Anonymous said...

An anthropological characteristic of blog cave"men" I've observed is that while they can dish it out, they cannot take it. They appear to be highly pusillanimous.

Anonymous said...

i notice they troll for their prey in packs of 3, 4, 5 or more and prefer going after females and creatures who are already wounded

Angie Villa said...

Those blobbers are a strange and twisted mutation.

But back to REAL evolution. I think religion and science must be taught as separate things. That's why "intelligent design" should not be taught in public schools, because it is based on religious beliefs. And who is to say that one belief system is superior to another?

Anonymous said...

I know of three instances where these cavemen bloggers have savagely attacked a young and beloved female who was already dead. And they proudly display one of these after-kills at their Troll Parade cave. They do this to instill fear in the living and to deter humans from confronting them.

Anonymous said...

Something else that's really sad, and almost as disturbing, is how these cave "men" bloggers prey on and manipulate vulnerable young boy sad sack loner stoners who obviously don't have better role models to follow, and who end up being bitter nihilists themselves like the cave"men", these "Stepford Boys" ...

Anonymous said...

vulnerable young boy sad sack loner stoners