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Topic: 40 percent of Americans still believe In Creationism
Bestinshow Joined Mon 06/01/09 Posts: 5540	Mon 12/20/10 02:37 PM Edited by Bestinshow on Mon 12/20/10 02:37 PM
A new Gallup poll, released Dec. 17, reveals that 40 percent of Americans still believe that humans were created by God within the last 10,000 years. This number is slightly down from a previous high of 47 percent in 1993 and 1999. Another 38 percent of respondents believe that humans have evolved from more basic organisms but with God playing a role in the process. A mere 16 percent of respondents subscribed to the belief of "secular evolution": that humans have evolved with no divine guidance. However, this number has nearly doubled from nine percent of respondents in a poll from 1982. The poll also revealed that beliefs in creationism and evolution are strongly related to levels of education attained. When results are narrowed to those with college degrees, only 37 percent of respondents maintain beliefs in creationism. Meanwhile, the belief in evolution without the aid of God rises to 21 percent. With regards to political affiliation, a majority of Republicans (52 percent) subscribe to creationist beliefs. This is compared to only 34 percent among Democrats and Independents. Views on human origins vary based on church attendance. Of those who attend church on a weekly basis, 60 percent believe in creationism while a mere 2 percent subscribe to "secular evolution". These numbers are flipped among those who rarely or never attend religious services. In this group, only 24 percent believe in creationism while 39 percent believe in evolution without divine guidance. This represents the only subset of data reported where "secular evolution" beats out creationism. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/20/40-of-americans-still-bel_n_799078.html

Peccy Joined Thu 06/28/07 Posts: 17181	Mon 12/20/10 03:17 PM
A new Gallup poll, released Dec. 17, reveals that 40 percent of Americans still believe that humans were created by God within the last 10,000 years. This number is slightly down from a previous high of 47 percent in 1993 and 1999. Another 38 percent of respondents believe that humans have evolved from more basic organisms but with God playing a role in the process. A mere 16 percent of respondents subscribed to the belief of "secular evolution": that humans have evolved with no divine guidance. However, this number has nearly doubled from nine percent of respondents in a poll from 1982. The poll also revealed that beliefs in creationism and evolution are strongly related to levels of education attained. When results are narrowed to those with college degrees, only 37 percent of respondents maintain beliefs in creationism. Meanwhile, the belief in evolution without the aid of God rises to 21 percent. With regards to political affiliation, a majority of Republicans (52 percent) subscribe to creationist beliefs. This is compared to only 34 percent among Democrats and Independents. Views on human origins vary based on church attendance. Of those who attend church on a weekly basis, 60 percent believe in creationism while a mere 2 percent subscribe to "secular evolution". These numbers are flipped among those who rarely or never attend religious services. In this group, only 24 percent believe in creationism while 39 percent believe in evolution without divine guidance. This represents the only subset of data reported where "secular evolution" beats out creationism. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/20/40-of-americans-still-bel_n_799078.html "The poll also revealed that beliefs in creationism and evolution are strongly related to levels of education attained. When results are narrowed to those with college degrees, only 37 percent of respondents maintain beliefs in creationism. Meanwhile, the belief in evolution without the aid of God rises to 21 percent." That tells me that the more education you have, the less likely you are to buy into fairy tales.

InvictusV Joined Sun 11/23/08 Posts: 5282	Mon 12/20/10 03:46 PM Edited by InvictusV on Mon 12/20/10 03:46 PM
A new Gallup poll, released Dec. 17, reveals that 40 percent of Americans still believe that humans were created by God within the last 10,000 years. This number is slightly down from a previous high of 47 percent in 1993 and 1999. Another 38 percent of respondents believe that humans have evolved from more basic organisms but with God playing a role in the process. A mere 16 percent of respondents subscribed to the belief of "secular evolution": that humans have evolved with no divine guidance. However, this number has nearly doubled from nine percent of respondents in a poll from 1982. The poll also revealed that beliefs in creationism and evolution are strongly related to levels of education attained. When results are narrowed to those with college degrees, only 37 percent of respondents maintain beliefs in creationism. Meanwhile, the belief in evolution without the aid of God rises to 21 percent. With regards to political affiliation, a majority of Republicans (52 percent) subscribe to creationist beliefs. This is compared to only 34 percent among Democrats and Independents. Views on human origins vary based on church attendance. Of those who attend church on a weekly basis, 60 percent believe in creationism while a mere 2 percent subscribe to "secular evolution". These numbers are flipped among those who rarely or never attend religious services. In this group, only 24 percent believe in creationism while 39 percent believe in evolution without divine guidance. This represents the only subset of data reported where "secular evolution" beats out creationism. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/20/40-of-americans-still-bel_n_799078.html "The poll also revealed that beliefs in creationism and evolution are strongly related to levels of education attained. When results are narrowed to those with college degrees, only 37 percent of respondents maintain beliefs in creationism. Meanwhile, the belief in evolution without the aid of God rises to 21 percent." That tells me that the more education you have, the less likely you are to buy into fairy tales. "That tells me that the more education you have, the less likely you are to buy into fairy tales." If that is true explain why "educated" people believe the man made global warming and 9-11 was an inside job fairy tales..

Peccy Joined Thu 06/28/07 Posts: 17181	Mon 12/20/10 03:52 PM
A new Gallup poll, released Dec. 17, reveals that 40 percent of Americans still believe that humans were created by God within the last 10,000 years. This number is slightly down from a previous high of 47 percent in 1993 and 1999. Another 38 percent of respondents believe that humans have evolved from more basic organisms but with God playing a role in the process. A mere 16 percent of respondents subscribed to the belief of "secular evolution": that humans have evolved with no divine guidance. However, this number has nearly doubled from nine percent of respondents in a poll from 1982. The poll also revealed that beliefs in creationism and evolution are strongly related to levels of education attained. When results are narrowed to those with college degrees, only 37 percent of respondents maintain beliefs in creationism. Meanwhile, the belief in evolution without the aid of God rises to 21 percent. With regards to political affiliation, a majority of Republicans (52 percent) subscribe to creationist beliefs. This is compared to only 34 percent among Democrats and Independents. Views on human origins vary based on church attendance. Of those who attend church on a weekly basis, 60 percent believe in creationism while a mere 2 percent subscribe to "secular evolution". These numbers are flipped among those who rarely or never attend religious services. In this group, only 24 percent believe in creationism while 39 percent believe in evolution without divine guidance. This represents the only subset of data reported where "secular evolution" beats out creationism. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/20/40-of-americans-still-bel_n_799078.html "The poll also revealed that beliefs in creationism and evolution are strongly related to levels of education attained. When results are narrowed to those with college degrees, only 37 percent of respondents maintain beliefs in creationism. Meanwhile, the belief in evolution without the aid of God rises to 21 percent." That tells me that the more education you have, the less likely you are to buy into fairy tales. "That tells me that the more education you have, the less likely you are to buy into fairy tales." If that is true explain why "educated" people believe the man made global warming and 9-11 was an inside job fairy tales.. You still have 37% that believe in creationism, not 0%.

Seakolony Joined Fri 11/07/08 Posts: 11968	Mon 12/20/10 04:26 PM
LMFAOOn the first day God said let there be light big bang and boom there was light......and it was good....BIG BANG Get it??? LMFAO

InvictusV Joined Sun 11/23/08 Posts: 5282	Mon 12/20/10 04:28 PM
LMFAOOn the first day God said let there be light big bang and boom there was light......and it was good....BIG BANG Get it??? LMFAO bad girl...

InvictusV Joined Sun 11/23/08 Posts: 5282	Mon 12/20/10 04:31 PM
A new Gallup poll, released Dec. 17, reveals that 40 percent of Americans still believe that humans were created by God within the last 10,000 years. This number is slightly down from a previous high of 47 percent in 1993 and 1999. Another 38 percent of respondents believe that humans have evolved from more basic organisms but with God playing a role in the process. A mere 16 percent of respondents subscribed to the belief of "secular evolution": that humans have evolved with no divine guidance. However, this number has nearly doubled from nine percent of respondents in a poll from 1982. The poll also revealed that beliefs in creationism and evolution are strongly related to levels of education attained. When results are narrowed to those with college degrees, only 37 percent of respondents maintain beliefs in creationism. Meanwhile, the belief in evolution without the aid of God rises to 21 percent. With regards to political affiliation, a majority of Republicans (52 percent) subscribe to creationist beliefs. This is compared to only 34 percent among Democrats and Independents. Views on human origins vary based on church attendance. Of those who attend church on a weekly basis, 60 percent believe in creationism while a mere 2 percent subscribe to "secular evolution". These numbers are flipped among those who rarely or never attend religious services. In this group, only 24 percent believe in creationism while 39 percent believe in evolution without divine guidance. This represents the only subset of data reported where "secular evolution" beats out creationism. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/20/40-of-americans-still-bel_n_799078.html "The poll also revealed that beliefs in creationism and evolution are strongly related to levels of education attained. When results are narrowed to those with college degrees, only 37 percent of respondents maintain beliefs in creationism. Meanwhile, the belief in evolution without the aid of God rises to 21 percent." That tells me that the more education you have, the less likely you are to buy into fairy tales. "That tells me that the more education you have, the less likely you are to buy into fairy tales." If that is true explain why "educated" people believe the man made global warming and 9-11 was an inside job fairy tales.. You still have 37% that believe in creationism, not 0%. The numbers of "educated" believers is much higher in regards to the fairy tales I mentioned. My point is that education doesn't matter. What matters is who is winning the "phony" war and who spends the most money on pushing their propaganda.

Seakolony Joined Fri 11/07/08 Posts: 11968	Mon 12/20/10 04:38 PM
LMFAOOn the first day God said let there be light big bang and boom there was light......and it was good....BIG BANG Get it??? LMFAO bad girl... Nothing wrong with evolutionism meeting creationism......and when did I ever claim to be a societal example of a "good" girl??

InvictusV Joined Sun 11/23/08 Posts: 5282	Mon 12/20/10 04:45 PM
LMFAOOn the first day God said let there be light big bang and boom there was light......and it was good....BIG BANG Get it??? LMFAO bad girl... Nothing wrong with evolutionism meeting creationism......and when did I ever claim to be a societal example of a "good" girl?? haha... never and that's why we like you...

damnitscloudy Joined Sat 04/07/07 Posts: 11293	Mon 12/20/10 06:15 PM
Who cares about how many people belive in creationism? If they are good people and not bothering anyone, than why bash them? Atleast they arent as annoying as truthers or birthers.

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Mon 12/20/10 06:19 PM
A new Gallup poll, released Dec. 17, reveals that 40 percent of Americans still believe that humans were created by God within the last 10,000 years. This number is slightly down from a previous high of 47 percent in 1993 and 1999. Another 38 percent of respondents believe that humans have evolved from more basic organisms but with God playing a role in the process. A mere 16 percent of respondents subscribed to the belief of "secular evolution": that humans have evolved with no divine guidance. However, this number has nearly doubled from nine percent of respondents in a poll from 1982. The poll also revealed that beliefs in creationism and evolution are strongly related to levels of education attained. When results are narrowed to those with college degrees, only 37 percent of respondents maintain beliefs in creationism. Meanwhile, the belief in evolution without the aid of God rises to 21 percent. With regards to political affiliation, a majority of Republicans (52 percent) subscribe to creationist beliefs. This is compared to only 34 percent among Democrats and Independents. Views on human origins vary based on church attendance. Of those who attend church on a weekly basis, 60 percent believe in creationism while a mere 2 percent subscribe to "secular evolution". These numbers are flipped among those who rarely or never attend religious services. In this group, only 24 percent believe in creationism while 39 percent believe in evolution without divine guidance. This represents the only subset of data reported where "secular evolution" beats out creationism. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/20/40-of-americans-still-bel_n_799078.html "The poll also revealed that beliefs in creationism and evolution are strongly related to levels of education attained. When results are narrowed to those with college degrees, only 37 percent of respondents maintain beliefs in creationism. Meanwhile, the belief in evolution without the aid of God rises to 21 percent." That tells me that the more education you have, the less likely you are to buy into fairy tales. or, the more education you have the more likely you are to put formal education above any other and require 'repeated' and educationally validated information to believe in anything that doesnt involve man

InvictusV Joined Sun 11/23/08 Posts: 5282	Mon 12/20/10 06:43 PM
If you look at the actual poll data 49% of post graduates believed in Gods guidance of the evolutionary process and 22% in creationism. Only 25% believed in outright evolution. I guess the HuFF Po didn't feel the need to include that in it's article.

s1owhand Joined Fri 05/18/07 Posts: 29437	Tue 12/21/10 03:18 AM
Look around you and see and feel and come to understand infinity. Then consider the question of God. Evolution is real and we were not created within the last 10,000 or even the last 10,000,000 years. There is no conflict between God and evolution. Evolution is a part of what God is. Most people recognize how truly miniscule we are in the scheme of the universe and conversely how infinite is God. So creationism as a kind of magic "poof out of thin air in days" is ridiculous as it denies the obviousness of evolution. On the other hand the notion of atheism - that there is no God at all - begs the question of what is this infinitely greater world and from whence it originated.

Chazster Joined Tue 08/28/07 Posts: 6206	Tue 12/21/10 04:09 AM
Look around you and see and feel and come to understand infinity. Then consider the question of God. Evolution is real and we were not created within the last 10,000 or even the last 10,000,000 years. There is no conflict between God and evolution. Evolution is a part of what God is. Most people recognize how truly miniscule we are in the scheme of the universe and conversely how infinite is God. So creationism as a kind of magic "poof out of thin air in days" is ridiculous as it denies the obviousness of evolution. On the other hand the notion of atheism - that there is no God at all - begs the question of what is this infinitely greater world and from whence it originated. I agree with you and I would say many catholic priests would even agree with what you said. Many religious people consider the creation story just a story. The world was created in 7 days. What is a day to the maker of the universe? Certainly it's not the time it takes earth to rotate on it's axis.

Seakolony Joined Fri 11/07/08 Posts: 11968	Tue 12/21/10 04:24 AM
Look around you and see and feel and come to understand infinity. Then consider the question of God. Evolution is real and we were not created within the last 10,000 or even the last 10,000,000 years. There is no conflict between God and evolution. Evolution is a part of what God is. Most people recognize how truly miniscule we are in the scheme of the universe and conversely how infinite is God. So creationism as a kind of magic "poof out of thin air in days" is ridiculous as it denies the obviousness of evolution. On the other hand the notion of atheism - that there is no God at all - begs the question of what is this infinitely greater world and from whence it originated. The Big Bang is a kind of magic "poof out of thin air thing" wow what an amazing commonality......go figure

Peccy Joined Thu 06/28/07 Posts: 17181	Tue 12/21/10 05:43 AM
Who cares about how many people belive in creationism? If they are good people and not bothering anyone, than why bash them? Atleast they arent as annoying as truthers or birthers. LOL.....oh no, religious people never bother anyone... I've got to run and hide now, there is a report of a Jehovah's Witness in the neighborhood.........lol

Seakolony Joined Fri 11/07/08 Posts: 11968	Tue 12/21/10 06:58 AM
Who cares about how many people belive in creationism? If they are good people and not bothering anyone, than why bash them? Atleast they arent as annoying as truthers or birthers. LOL.....oh no, religious people never bother anyone... I've got to run and hide now, there is a report of a Jehovah's Witness in the neighborhood.........lol LOL me too

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Tue 12/21/10 08:29 AM
Look around you and see and feel and come to understand infinity. Then consider the question of God. Evolution is real and we were not created within the last 10,000 or even the last 10,000,000 years. There is no conflict between God and evolution. Evolution is a part of what God is. Most people recognize how truly miniscule we are in the scheme of the universe and conversely how infinite is God. So creationism as a kind of magic "poof out of thin air in days" is ridiculous as it denies the obviousness of evolution. On the other hand the notion of atheism - that there is no God at all - begs the question of what is this infinitely greater world and from whence it originated. The Big Bang is a kind of magic "poof out of thin air thing" wow what an amazing commonality......go figure no kidding...seems like that people just have to believe that everything just appeared out of nothing....i guess there just has to be a beginning... not a big bang or god snapping his fingers believer at all...

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Tue 12/21/10 08:30 AM
LMFAOOn the first day God said let there be light big bang and boom there was light......and it was good....BIG BANG Get it??? LMFAO bad girl... Nothing wrong with evolutionism meeting creationism......and when did I ever claim to be a societal example of a "good" girl?? haha... never and that's why we like you... one of the many reasons anyway...

s1owhand Joined Fri 05/18/07 Posts: 29437	Tue 12/21/10 10:39 AM Edited by s1owhand on Tue 12/21/10 10:41 AM
Look around you and see and feel and come to understand infinity. Then consider the question of God. Evolution is real and we were not created within the last 10,000 or even the last 10,000,000 years. There is no conflict between God and evolution. Evolution is a part of what God is. Most people recognize how truly miniscule we are in the scheme of the universe and conversely how infinite is God. So creationism as a kind of magic "poof out of thin air in days" is ridiculous as it denies the obviousness of evolution. On the other hand the notion of atheism - that there is no God at all - begs the question of what is this infinitely greater world and from whence it originated. The Big Bang is a kind of magic "poof out of thin air thing" wow what an amazing commonality......go figure no kidding...seems like that people just have to believe that everything just appeared out of nothing....i guess there just has to be a beginning... not a big bang or god snapping his fingers believer at all... There is nothing wrong with the Big Bang theory either as it only describes one event. So what big deal. This theory does not pretend that there was nothing before the big bang. It simply does not address that issue. Furthermore - the big bang theory does not imply "poof out of thin air".