48% of Americans Reject Evolution

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Posted by Zonk on Saturday March 31, 2007 @04:32PM from the we-need-just-a-touch-stronger-educational-standards- dept.

MSNBC has up an article discussing the results of a Newsweek poll on faith and religion among members of the US populace. Given the straightforward question, 'Is evolution well-supported by evidence and widely accepted within the scientific community?', some 48% of Americans said 'No'. Furthermore, 34% of college graduates said they accept the Biblical story of creation as fact. An alarmingly high number of individuals responded that they believe the earth is only 10,000 years old, and that a deity created our species in its present form at the start of that period.

48% of Americans Reject Evolution

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This is Exciting News (Score:5, Funny)

by ReidMaynard ( 161608 ) * writes: on Saturday March 31, 2007 @04:35PM (#18558469) Homepage

I'm keeping a close eye on my neighbor's 911 Turbo with the I Love Jesus bumber sticker. The minute The Rapture hits, that baby is mine!

haha (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday March 31, 2007 @04:36PM (#18558491)

Religious people are funny.

The Prostate (Score:4, Funny)

by mark0 ( 750639 ) writes: on Saturday March 31, 2007 @04:38PM (#18558503)

Anyone who believes in Intelligent Design has never considered the prostate, let alone actually had prostate trouble. Even a human engineer wouldn't design a component like that. They want me to believe omnipotent, omniscient being did that?

And? (Score:4, Funny)

by Kingrames ( 858416 ) writes: on Saturday March 31, 2007 @04:38PM (#18558511)

99.9% of humans have more than the average number of arms.
So why does this statistic matter?

So long as the people in charge are smarter than that, we should be okay.

*ulp*

Fact vs. Faith, so sad that it's a conflict. (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday March 31, 2007 @04:39PM (#18558529)

Thank goodness that most of those surveyed are not in the scientific community!

A: 'We need a new therapy to help people with Disease X.'

B: 'Here try this.'

A: 'Did you test it? Is there any reason to think it works?

B: 'None of that matters! I believe it works.'

Re:In unrelated news... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday March 31, 2007 @04:41PM (#18558561)

What evedence do they have?

Re:In unrelated news... (Score:5, Funny)

by Phillup ( 317168 ) writes: on Saturday March 31, 2007 @04:47PM (#18558631)

Beacuase you can't possibly have faith (or religion, your choice) and be well educated in sciences, could you?

Yes you can. But only 52 percent of the time...

Re:The Prostate (Score:5, Funny)

by ewhac ( 5844 ) writes: on Saturday March 31, 2007 @04:50PM (#18558681) Homepage Journal

Dude, it's even worse than that. Consider the entire region of genetalia. What kind of "intelligent" designer puts a recreational facility next to a waste disposal site?
:-),
Schwab

I was going to say.. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday March 31, 2007 @04:52PM (#18558715)

chickens..

Re:The Prostate (Score:5, Funny)

by Khaed ( 544779 ) writes: on Saturday March 31, 2007 @05:05PM (#18558891)

You've obviously never been to New Jersey.

Re:This is Exciting News (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday March 31, 2007 @05:18PM (#18559049)

If only that 911 Turbo could outrun the legions of demons awaiting to torture you post-rapture...

Re:This is interesting, but... (Score:3, Funny)

by Odin's Raven ( 145278 ) writes: on Saturday March 31, 2007 @05:19PM (#18559051)

Actually that's not a well constructed poll. It's asking 2 things at once in a single yes/no question (Is evolution well supported, is evolution well accepted). So of the people who said no are they saying no to one of the questions or both?

Yes.

US No longer technology king (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday March 31, 2007 @05:29PM (#18559219)

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/28/204224 [slashdot.org]

I guess we must not be praying hard enough.

Re:Quick, call in the Hippie Power Squad (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday March 31, 2007 @05:34PM (#18559283)

But Brawndo's got what plants crave [youtube.com]! It has Electrolytes!
We're well on our way to an Idiocracy [imdb.com].

Re:The Prostate (Score:4, Funny)

by farker haiku ( 883529 ) writes: on Saturday March 31, 2007 @05:38PM (#18559347) Journal

What kind of "intelligent" designer puts a recreational facility next to a waste disposal site?

You've obviously never been to New Jersey.

God made man with the recreational facility next to the waste disposal site.
Man made New Jersey with the recreational facility next to the waste disposal site.

Proof that God made man in his image!

Re:In unrelated news... (Score:3, Funny)

by benjaminperdomo ( 624449 ) writes: on Saturday March 31, 2007 @05:38PM (#18559351)

This is slashdot. NO ONE reads the full article. At best, they skim the summary. :P

Re:Obviously... (Score:3, Funny)

by gardyloo ( 512791 ) writes: on Saturday March 31, 2007 @05:52PM (#18559545)

The fact is that we're *this* close (holding thumb and forefinger a millimeter apart) to burning (well, hanging and pressing, actually) witches again in this country.
Could you translate that into cubits for me please?

and sooo (Score:1, Funny)

by dotspeaks ( 620847 ) writes: on Saturday March 31, 2007 @05:55PM (#18559583)

Evolution rejects Americanssss????

Re:The Prostate (Score:4, Funny)

by JeanPaulBob ( 585149 ) writes: on Saturday March 31, 2007 @06:44PM (#18560221)

He said intelligent designer.

Re:In unrelated news... (Score:5, Funny)

by phrasebook ( 740834 ) writes: on Saturday March 31, 2007 @08:10PM (#18561215)

So you're better than what, parts of Africa and the Middle East?

Have a gold star.

Why? (Score:3, Funny)

by Manchot ( 847225 ) writes: on Saturday March 31, 2007 @09:59PM (#18562315)

Why must you mock my belief system? I know that the Power Rangers are protecting us all!

Re:In unrelated news... (Score:2, Funny)

by megabulk3000 ( 305530 ) writes: on Sunday April 01, 2007 @12:59AM (#18563773) Homepage

Hobo sapiens is what, like some smart guy who hops freights?

Re:April Fools (Score:2, Funny)

by Marbleless ( 640965 ) writes: on Sunday April 01, 2007 @03:26AM (#18564541)

God, I hope so .... oops! ;)

Re:In unrelated news... (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday April 01, 2007 @04:48AM (#18564969)

but I'd expect you to try to compete with those who have some at least vaguely similar oportunities)

Now now, that's not the American way.

Re:In unrelated news... (Score:3, Funny)

by AmberBlackCat ( 829689 ) writes: on Sunday April 01, 2007 @12:44PM (#18567281)

And if that is the case, that proof will be buried somewhere with a dinosaur fossil.

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This is Exciting News (Score:5, Funny)

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The Prostate (Score:4, Funny)

And? (Score:4, Funny)

Fact vs. Faith, so sad that it's a conflict. (Score:2, Funny)

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Re:The Prostate (Score:5, Funny)

I was going to say.. (Score:1, Funny)

Re:The Prostate (Score:5, Funny)

Re:This is Exciting News (Score:1, Funny)

Re:This is interesting, but... (Score:3, Funny)

US No longer technology king (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Quick, call in the Hippie Power Squad (Score:1, Funny)

Re:The Prostate (Score:4, Funny)

Re:In unrelated news... (Score:3, Funny)

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and sooo (Score:1, Funny)

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Why? (Score:3, Funny)

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