Most Americans Agree with Evolution [new poll]

Angus Reid Consultants ^ | 01 September 2006 | Staff

[dmz]

If you had 100 people, and had 51 stand to your left, and 49 people standing to your right, wouldn't most of the people be to your left?

[Dracian]

50% of the folks who 'believe' in Evolution graduated in the lower half of their class.

That would only be necessarily true if "their class" consisted of 100% believers in evolution. If you include creationists etc in their classes, then you'd have to actually find out if creationists were equally academically inclined in order to support the 50% claim.

[dmz]

I think the nefariosity of niceosity is in its populocity.

[King Prout]

some folks just aren't particularly bright. if one chooses to attack another, one should never use a weapon which is guaranteed to miss the target and wound the user.

"limping lagomorph" is a more appropriate nik, no?

[King Prout]

there you go, being methodically empirical again. tsk! ;)

[RadioAstronomer]

limping lagomorph

Perfect!

[dmz]

I think your idea is actually pretty good. I actually like the idea of religion being taught. I do not believe that one can really have a solid understanding of western civilization without a pretty firm grasp of the religious beliefs and actions of its people.

My preference, though, would be to have the discussion to be outside of both religion and science studies. Let them soak in all the info they can get from the various academic disciplines, and then go at it.

It's pretty much what we did in college (over beers and bongs - well it was the '70's after all).

[freedumb2003]

Possibly nearby tribes that were not selected by God to be the first of His people, I would assume.

But if they didn't come from Adam and Eve then it is possible 1/2 of the population or more of the world didn't come from Adam and Eve.

Kinda puts a kink in the literal Genesis thinking.

[freedumb2003]

"Niceosity" - easily the best neologism since "sporkweasel," congratulations!

Thanks -- I guess all that tryeosity finally paid off!

[onedoug]

It's simple, but so awfully complicated.

Reproduction had to have been built-in for biogenesis to succeed. There could be no "evolution" in that process for it had to succeed from the beginning, otherwise there would be no life. If evolution continued, it began from that point.

That's the simple part. The rest, I believe, is God.

I doubt we'll ever be able to solve biogenesis, because to know what precedes it would imply knowledge of death beyond simply knowing that it happens.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

"But if they didn't come from Adam and Eve then it is possible 1/2 of the population or more of the world didn't come from Adam and Eve."

Certainly. Literal Genesis is tough to tackle because no one who experienced is living. But even so, the bible also acknowledges other people or tribes existed. It could have even been evolved apes into Neanderthal type beings. But keep in mind that Adam rising from the dust is not too farfetched in that the carbon we have in our body has always been a part of the earth since the beginning. And into dust we return. This means a plant living 10 million years ago could have recycled 10 million times into the corn you bought at the grocery store, which you ate, added nutrition to an unborn child, who is born, retaining the same carbon material.

[Virginia-American]

some folks just aren't particularly bright. if one chooses to attack another, one should never use a weapon which is guaranteed to miss the target and wound the user.

I forget where I heard this first,

Don't bring a comic book to an encyclopedia fight

[Sacajaweau]

Now all they have to do is explain evolution in relation to the existence of the "workings" of the universe.

[RunningWolf]

Tut-tut. Didn't anyone ever tell you that hotlinking graphics uses up other people's bandwidth and is therefore stealing?

There was no statement against hot-linking on that web site. BTW I made a few screen capts of the site just in case you alter it.

In any event your own members are hot-linking other darwincentral graphics here to for the purpose of spam and trolling.

BTW just how many hot-linked (without explicit permission) graphics have the evos put here? Hundreds? Thousands?

W.

[Dimensio]

Reproduction had to have been built-in for biogenesis to succeed. There could be no "evolution" in that process for it had to succeed from the beginning, otherwise there would be no life.

This is true, but not a problem for explanations of biogenesis because it is already known that organic molecules will, on their own, form chains that can lead to self replication. It is not a problem for the theory of evolution because the details of biogenesis are not relevant to the process of evolution that occurs after reproducing life exists.

[Dimensio]

Now all they have to do is explain evolution in relation to the existence of the "workings" of the universe.

How do you mean? Evolution itself is a subset of the "workings" of the universe.

[Dimensio]

Keep in mind that many creationists on FR have been observed making or repeating demonstratably fabricated claims.

[betty boop]

Hi Patrick!

Question: Do you think that the truth of any matter can be settled by means of a public opinion poll? Just wondering....

[js1138]

Science doesn't deal in TRVTH. Just the most reliable descriptions of phenomena it can come up with.

What can be settled with opinion polls is public opinion. This is a statement of how well or how poorly the public has been informed about the scientific consensus.

[longshadow]

"limping lagomorph" is a more appropriate nik, no?

That's an insult to rabbits.