November 22, 2004
Scary
By Byron LaMasters
*sigh*
Only about a third of Americans believe that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is a scientific theory that has been well supported by the evidence, while just as many say that it is just one of many theories and has not been supported by the evidence. The rest say they don't know enough to say. Forty-five percent of Americans also believe that God created human beings pretty much in their present form about 10,000 years ago. A third of Americans are biblical literalists who believe that the Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word.
Need I say more? Via Political Wire.
Update: I don't disagree with Ezra's comment: No wonder Bush won.
Hope makes a good point as well. The United States ranks 16/21 in science achievement among industrialized countries. How can we expect our citizens to know better than to believe stupid non-scientific creationist theories when we don't bother to do a good job teaching them real science?
Posted by Byron LaMasters at November 22, 2004 02:05 PM
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Reproduced from an email to Political Wire.
Dear editor,
Your link regarding the Gallup Poll and the Evolution Theory data was very interesting. However, your final line stating "Well, that certainly explains a lot" was very insulting. I'm a daily reader of the Political Wire and find your service valuable and informative. But that type of elitist, superior attitude is disgusting. This comes from a man who is a Democrat, a liberal, and a Christian.
I understand the belief that people who dispute hard data are uninformed or stupid and many times I believe and buy into those stereotypes. However, this is an issue largely without absolute resolution. Scientists may unearth mounds of data that says man descended from monkeys, pigeons, whales, what have you. But belief in that which is not seen, not heard, not felt, and easy to dismiss is not reason for ridicule or disparagement.
In the future, please consider your own commentary before posting it on the website. It just might insult someone who'd consider a peer.
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Why should we believe the semi-proven evolutionary theories and not "stupid non-scientic creationist theories"? It's best not to insult the people you're trying to reach out to.
Hello. I am just going around to a few sites and recommending a very good book I read on the subject of creationism. It's called "Case for Creation" and it's by Stroebel(sp?). It's an intelligently written book, the facts are presented as facts, and the theories are presented as theories. It does a good job of showing scientific evidence of creationism(or intelligent design if you prefer) and you can easily check the facts presented there.
Have a good day!
