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I found this story kind of interesting. I'm guessing it was little more than an attempt to manipulate the facts to make us invisible sky God Believers sound like a bunch of ignorant rubes.

Spaced Out: Majority of Gen X Can't Identify Home Galaxy

Miller is the director of the Longitudinal Study of American Youth at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research. Beginning in 1986, with funding from the National Science Foundation, scientists have collected data about the lives and knowledge of Generation X.

In the latest installment of the study, Miller showed participants a Hubble Space Telescope image of a spiral galaxy and asked them to identify the picture. The participants were asked to identify the image first in an open-ended question and then in a multiple-choice setup. [Infographic: Our Milky Way Galaxy]

Just 43 percent of participants gave an answer saying the image represented a galaxy like our own. And men had a leg up, with 53 percent of males and 32 percent of females nailing their cosmic location to some degree. Those with less than a high-school education fared the worst, with just 21 percent knowing our cosmic address, compared with 63 percent of those with doctorates or professional degrees who said the same.

"One of the factors that contributes to this educational difference is exposure to college-level science courses," Miller said. "The United States is unique in its requirement that all college students complete one year of college science courses as part of a general education requirement."

I'm just an ignern't hillbilly dropout who thinks them lights painted on the roof of the world shore is purty.

This past weekend, our local club did a viewing for the public and this was one of my objects to show.

But, it looked nothing like that!

Keep an eye on the local events and if you see your local astronomy club having an even, try to go. They are lots of fun and you might just see something new.