Oh, and here's another semi-related question I have....on the crevo threads, I've seen a couple of the ID/creationist advocates throw out the "81% of Americans self-identify as Christian" statistic, as if it supports their argument that religious concepts should be taught in schools.
My question is, if that statistic is true, and I'm not saying that it isn't, shouldn't their beef be with the churches who are obviously not doing the job? I mean, if 81% of Americans are Christian, or believe in God, then I don't see how schools are the problem. Clearly, the problem is the quality of religious instruction coming from actual religious people and institutions.
What's really funny to me is that the very same creationists who throw out the "81% of all Americans identify themselves as Christians" line will in the same breath, tell me that I am not a REAL Christian because I believe that evolution is the best scientific explanation for biodiversity. How many of these 81% who self-identify as Christians are also evolutionists? There must be some, because I have seen polls that indicate that the number of people in the US who accept that evolution is the best explanation for biodiversity is somewhere in the mid 40's, and not 19% as those who seem to think that Christians cannot be evolutionists would imply.