Majority of Republicans Doubt Theory of Evolution

Gallup News Service ^ | 11 June 2007 | Frank Newport

[sirchtruth]

There is absolutely no doubt about it here. It’s very sad that so many do believe in evolution.

I really have no problem with people believing in evolution just so long as they don't try and trump it as a Fact!

But you're right, it is said so many believe in such a farce and turn a blind eye to the evidence for ID when commons sense dictate is all around them.

[curiosity]

For some reason the headline writer lumped the 2% who "Don't know" with the 48% who say "No," making the assumption that the "Don't know" people doubt evolution. That's probably a bad assumption; I suspect the Don't knows haven't thought about it and don't care very much.

[Texas_Dawg]

The party will either go into the 21st century and win elections, or it will refuse to modernize and continue to lose. I hope party leaders have the foresight to realize that opposing modernity is a losing strategy.

The GOP had to bring on a lot of poorly educated people in order to advance its war. Now it's stuck with a bunch of big government loving retards.

It's the 21st Century and the GOP still loves all kind of Socialism and is full of people highly suspicious of free markets and capitalism. No big surprise then that its voters would reject evolution as well.

[curiosity]

“Evolution does not explain creation”

Who ever said it does?

[JSDude1]

I agree, and there is massive evidence for a world wide flood.

[Steve_Seattle]

If I read these numbers correctly, almost half of the country does not believe in the official scientific theory of human origins. That's quite amazing, and should confirm Europeans in their belief that Americans are ignorant.

I'm surprised how high these numbers are, especially since newspaper editorialists will have you believe that only a tiny fringe element of Christian fundamentalists rejects evolution. But Christian fundamentalists do not comprise half of the population.

My take on this is that many people just have a gut feeling that intelligence and order cannot spring from non-intelligence and disorder.

[Alter Kaker]

Most freepers seem to be Macroevolutionists.

Well, maybe freepers are just maybe better educated than the general voting population. You should know that the owner of this site is an outspoken creationist, something that has occasionally frustrated those us who believe in Science.

[mnehring]

there is no evidence that one species becomes another.

You should check out the book 'The Language of God' by Francis Collins. He is a strong Christian and head of the Human Genome Project. He shows there isn't a conflict w/ Creation and Evolution.. and there is evidence that one species can change into another. It has been shown through genetics that one small genetic error(sic) (mutation) can result in species changes. You can actually use genetics to track back species evolution. What is good about Collins' book is that he shows this doesn't reject God, but proves there is a God. Note: this isn't intelligent design but what is termed 'Theistic Evolution.'

[Red6]

Evolution, as the dogma that is instructed at public schools and embraced by secularists as part of their humanistic religion, is a theory. It is based on seven very large assumptions and much is extrapolated. It is a theory, no more, no less. The problem that the secularists have with those who point this out is that just like they oppose any belief in a divine being, rejecting evolution rejects their premise of a universe void of God, which is what they ultimately are out to prove in their argumentation. Those beating the evolution drum are not about science, something they claim to have on their side. They are about pushing humanism, something very popular in Germany where this “ersatz religion” is very popular.

[tflabo]

A line from an old Doc Watson song....Thats All

Man came from monkey...so some folks say....but the Good Book don't quite tell it that way.....if you believe this monkey business like some folks do.... then I'd rather be the monkeys' brother than you.... and Thats all....Thats all......

[Ben Mugged]

I think you agree with the author. Are you an athest? (a real question, not intended to insult).

[Always Right]

My take on this is that many people just have a gut feeling that intelligence and order cannot spring from non-intelligence and disorder.

Similar to the gut feeling Einstein had on the issue.

[JSDude1]

the scientific community is not uniform in their belief of macro-(neo darwinist) evolution: there is much “scientific evidence” that disputes the theory of macro-evolution.

[mnehring]

The question is, what makes us ‘man’, the flesh we wear or the spirit God put in us?

[Alter Kaker]

Because one may not buy the total “evolution theory” does not mean they are 1900th century caveman.

If you don't understand how evolution occurred, you're not very well educated. There are a lot of people who aren't very well educated, but basing a political party on their support is a bad long term strategy -- when competing for their votes, the Democrats can out demagogue us any day of the week.

[Steve_Seattle]

" . . . someone who believes in sea monsters or creationism probably also doesn't have the requisite analytical abilities to manage bureaucracy, defeat terrorism or keep social security solvent."

The authors of the creationist books are genarally highly intelligent and trained in the sciences and/or mathematics. Any idiot can believe in the theory of evolution; it's actually a very simplistic theory. I'm not saying it's wrong, but it certainly doesn't require any great mental powers to understand it.

[Sybeck1]

Wonder how many believe in the “Big Bang”?

[docbnj]

Oh, I love these aruments that evolution is not a fact.

Let’s get this stratight. A fact is a verifiable observation. A theory (in science) is a comprehensive system of explanation for many observations. It is not the same as an hypothesis.

Evolution is a Theory. That does not mean that it is tentative, unproven, or not. It is a thoeory, just as is the Atomic Theory of matter, the Theory of Gravity, the Theory of Plate Tectonics.

All those theories are true, by the way.

[Perdogg]

Who decided that the two were mutually exclusive?

When you think about it, Christianity itself evolved.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Good for Mr. Robinson.

Macroevolution isn't science, and there are many idiotic Macroevolutionists (not you), and many intelligent Creationists.