Posted on 12/30/2013 9:03:08 PM PST by Die Reefer Pups
Edited on 12/30/2013 9:05:27 PM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]
Public’s Views on Human Evolution evolution2013-1According to a new Pew Research Center analysis, six-in-ten Americans (60%) say that “humans and other living things have evolved over time,” while a third (33%) reject the idea of evolution, saying that “humans and other living things have existed in their present form since the beginning of time.” The share of the general public that says that humans have evolved over time is about the same as it was in 2009, when Pew Research last asked the question.
Ignorance is holding its ground. How is that winning?
Another troll who wishes to use such posts to discredit FR as a whole.
Yeah! And the earth isn’t round either. It’s not even flat! It’s actually burrito-shaped.
Looks like the Republicans are rejecting evolution, an 11% swing in 4 years. Are we changing minds, or seeing party switching along religions grounds?
Looks to me like a poorly worded survey. I believe man an animals were specifically created by God. And that He did not use evolutionary processes to create us. But I also believe that micro-evolutionary processes such as natural selection, and random mutations have changed us over time.
Human’s jaws have gotten shorter, hence wisdom teeth. I believe we have a lot more genetic diseases than we started out with.
Man started out after the flood with just 7 people (Noah and his sons and their wives) Now we have several different races. That’s evolution. It may not be significant evolution, but it counts.
Same thing with Dogs. Man has used selection and inbreeding to create several breeds of dogs. That’s evolution too.
Well, devolution certainly exists.
Look at the White Mosque’s occupier, should you disagree.
where are the flying monkeys. or and eye without the rest of the body.
Thanks for that post. I personally do not find it important what people believe about evolution’s role in the origin of the human race. I have met both wonderful young-earth creationist as well as those who take most of Genesis to be allegorical, or a version of events specifically tailored to people at the time. I always stress the Bible is not a history book, although it contains huge amounts of history in it. It’s purpose is not to provide us with a full, complete version of every event in the relevant history, but to guide us in theological and ethical matters, construct the framework for a Christian worldview, and ultimately I believe, furnish the path to salvation and humbleness before the Lord.
Now, notice this shift doesn’t necessarily mean that Republicans are changing their minds on either side, but it could instead be due to several people who take the evolutionary standpoint adopting Democrat or third party affiliations. I have to admit, the slight uptick in non-evolutionary views among independents is a surprise to me, but it could just be statistic noise or disaffected Republicans.
I’m not at all sure why this matters in politics, other than to of course be used by the left to paint Republicans as ‘uneducated’ and ‘neanderthalish’. It really has no policy implications, unless you have a pubic schooling agenda, but since I advocate for the de-publicizing of schools altogether, it doesn’t much configure into my political beliefs.
Why not do a poll on something meaningful, for instance see if Democrat voter views on abortion have changed year to year? I would be interested to see that.
The more I watch the modern world, the more I realize the Mothersbaughs, the Casales and Alan Myers had more to say about human development than Charles Darwin ever did. It’s a Devo world we live in.
It’s more like a tamale. It has a cool corn crust with a hot red center.
And all the world’s burrito-shaped
It’s just for me to feed my face
And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste
And I’ve got one, two, three, four, five
Senses working overtime
Trying to take this all in
I’ve got one, two, three, four, five
Senses working overtime
Trying to taste the difference ‘tween the lemons and the limes
The pain and the pleasure and the church bells slowly chime...
—Andy Partridge (mostly)
Ping
Apparently it is invalid to use numbers of believer to support climate change but numbers of believers is a valid datum in support of creationism. Got it.
—Andy Partridge (mostly)
where exactly did he sit on the musical family’s bus?
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Man was always Man, even before he ever abstracted his first actual thought.
already posted:
Republicans growing more skeptical about evolution (per Pew poll)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3106643/posts
Heh. Lead singer for the English band XTC.
I’m locked into a Dilbert cartoon myself.
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