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1 posted on 08/11/2006 11:54:06 AM PDT by presidio9
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Good. Just one more way we're more sensible than any other culture or society on the planet.


2 posted on 08/11/2006 11:55:04 AM PDT by BelegStrongbow (www.stjosephssanford.org)
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They report this like it's a bad thing that most Americans don't believe the Darwinism lies.


3 posted on 08/11/2006 11:58:42 AM PDT by Catholic Canadian (Formerly Ashamed Canadian - thank you Stephen Harper!)
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Since the 34 countries are being led down a wrong-path like sheep to slaughter, US doesn't want to follow.


4 posted on 08/11/2006 11:58:52 AM PDT by lilylangtree
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This is the kind of thing that's going to cause us to lose market dominance. We ignore science (especially biology related fields) at our peril.
6 posted on 08/11/2006 11:58:54 AM PDT by Lt_funk
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Allegation anecdotally proven.


11 posted on 08/11/2006 12:02:33 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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The disciples of the evolution faith wish to shove it down our throats by force if necessary.


13 posted on 08/11/2006 12:04:28 PM PDT by stinkerpot65
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What a bunch of BS. The leftist professors just can't resist spending their time doing "studies" that supposedly show that the US is more backward than the rest of the world.


I wonder how many Turkish goat herders they polled and whether they really understood genetics and biology.


Maybe these professors should pack their bags and go teach in Uzbekistan, where they apparently have better appreciation for this than they do in the US.


16 posted on 08/11/2006 12:07:00 PM PDT by Brilliant
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The current pinnacle of evolution is the acquisition of a belief in God. This is a very defensible argument since it is that belief in God(s) that has been at the foundation of, and the prime motivating force behind the flourishing of civilization, science and technology.

Evolution gave us God.

Atheism is a statistical abberance and is evolutionarily retrograde since it is essentially on par with the rest of the inferior animal kingdom.

It is not coincidence that the rgeatest expansion of science, wealth and technology has occured in Christian dominated nations.

It is no coincidence that the greatest, most free, most prosperous, most powerful nation evolution has ever created was founded upon Christian values, and is still dominated by over 70% Christians.

No coincidence at all.

18 posted on 08/11/2006 12:08:28 PM PDT by Mark Felton ("Your faith should not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.")
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That Americans reject evolution is not a concern.

That Americans don't know that all plants and animals have DNA is a bigger concern, but I seriously doubt that claim. It's possible Americans tuned out all discussion of genetics when the obvious fraud of evolution was so adamently pushed on them. But their other statistics appear biased, I bet this one is too.

This article is an obvious hit piece. It dredges up the myth that Christians believed in a flat earth. It falsely claims that scientists don't doubt evolution. It claims major political parties are making anti-evolution part of their platform, which is false. And it tries to minimize evolution doubters as "a small but vocal group of Christians", yet the article admits only 40% of Americans accept evolution.

But even these numbers are high according to recent polls. 77% of Republicans reject evolution of humans from another species. And so do a majority of democrats.


23 posted on 08/11/2006 12:12:47 PM PDT by DannyTN
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This article seems to imply that opinions about evolution held by average Americans somehow impact research. They don't.

Kids who develop an interest in science will square it with their religious beliefs one way or another. I doubt that there are a number of potential Nobel prize winners digging ditches today instead of doing gene mapping because of religious issues.

We still seem to have all the scientists we need to remain on the bleeding edge of research.


28 posted on 08/11/2006 12:18:35 PM PDT by Gingersnap
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Last time I checked Science was suppose to accept proof and fact, not secular religious dogma based on faith and assumption. The correct answer is "We don't know". Not believe our dogma or we will excommunicate you from our Church of Science
33 posted on 08/11/2006 12:21:27 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (A proportionate response would be the indiscriminate slaughter of Western journalists)
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Scott says one thing that will help is to have Catholics and mainstream Protestants speak up about their theologies' acceptance of evolution.

Somehow I find it more pressing to have the 900million "peaceful" muslims denounce the 100million militant terrorist muslism.

34 posted on 08/11/2006 12:21:29 PM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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This is silly. It is a bit like decrying that so few people speak Latin. Genetics is a specialized field and evolution contributes only marginally to the science. Where it might matter is that a research might suffer professionally if he didn't hold to the conventional wisdom of those in the department. He might not advance for the same reasons that a conservative in sociology might not advance: he can't get anone to publish because his reputation makes him suspect.


39 posted on 08/11/2006 12:25:47 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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Oh noooooooooooooooo, we're all going to die!


47 posted on 08/11/2006 12:29:40 PM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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Major political parties in the United States are more willing to make opposition to evolution a prominent part of their campaigns to garner conservative votes

Really? Which parties would those be?

What a preposterous piece of balderdash.

52 posted on 08/11/2006 12:32:54 PM PDT by Argus
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What a crock. Conservative Christians desire a rigorous examination of genetics and other biological disciplines. It is not us, but evolutionists, who are running away from objective science by stacking one untenable hypothesis upon another!

Teach the students the FACTS of genetics, and then let them draw their own logical conclusions about whether such marvelous complexity organized itself.


67 posted on 08/11/2006 12:43:33 PM PDT by Elpasser
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I am a fundamental Christian, or however people choose to label it. I have read many books on the subject, enough to know that creation is just as valid a theory as evolution. Anybody who thinks otherwise is, of course entitled to their opinion, but I would highly recommend reading Hugh Ross.

But my biggest problem (among many) with evolution is not scientific. It has to do with my faith. I believe humans are different from animals because we have souls. But what was the dividing line between ape and human? If we evolved from apes, at what point did we get our souls? Did God one day decide that every ape that had a certain mutation would get a soul, but the other apes were just out of luck because they weren't "human" enough? What was the genetic mutation that suddenly made apes human enough to warrant souls?

I hope I'm making myself clear enough on this issue, since stuff like this tends to get muddled when you try to explain it in writing, but if anyone who believes both in God and in evolution has a reasonable resonse to this, I'd love to hear it.

70 posted on 08/11/2006 12:44:21 PM PDT by The Blitherer (You were given the choice between war & dishonor. You chose dishonor & you will have war. -Churchill)
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lol. a 'survey' is not science for one thing.

darn, why are we such a third world country? oh wait, we're the only superpower?? But this article suggests

Oh thats right, this is nothing more than a bash America article.

79 posted on 08/11/2006 12:49:35 PM PDT by GeronL (http://www.mises.org/story/1975 <--no such thing as a fairtax)
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US leads the world in skepticism of authority.


81 posted on 08/11/2006 12:51:05 PM PDT by DManA
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"A comparison of peoples' views in 34 countries finds that the United States ranks near the bottom when it comes to public acceptance of evolution. Only Turkey ranked lower."

I guess we are better off than I thought we were.


98 posted on 08/11/2006 1:10:59 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God is giving you countless observable clues of His existence!)
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