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Britons Unconvinced on Evolution

Posted by Roblimo on from the the-U.S.-is-not-the-only-unevolved-country dept.

pryonic writes "The BBC is reporting that more than half of Britons do not believe in evolution, with a further 40% advocating that creationism or intelligent design should be taught in school science classes. I'm a Brit myself, and I thought most people over here thought these views were outdated and lacked substance. None of my close friends give any credit to creationism or ID, but we're all well educated athiests so I guess that's to be expected. Maybe I've been blind to the views of the majority in this proudly secular country?"

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  1. Cool tech story by jav1231 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This should spark some great debate on technology.

  2. Re:urban humanist elitism by Eggman27 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes, that is the argument that makes sense, but the one that is making waves is the one that says that beliefs must now be provable, otherwise you're an antiquated, neanderthalic trogolodyte, and you're stupid and ignorant for believing in creationism. That's what has got so many people mad as hell (myself included). What happened to faith in this world today?

  3. Lourdes contradicts evolution by benite · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There is a town in the south of France where many miracle cures have happened and indeed are still happening, and it's called Lourdes. It is no longer doubted that these miracles happen. It is also no longer doubted how to make these miracles happen and it could certainly be called scientific method. Everyone is free to look into the cures of Lourdes. Many scientists and specialists doctors (thousands) have joined the Medical Bureau in Lourdes to study the cures and document them happening. In short these cures happen because of prayer to God. Also the cures are instant. To read more on Lourdes you can search the web and there are some URL's below.

    http://www.pamphlets.org.au/cts/england/b405.html
    http://www.pamphlets.org.au/cts/australia/acts1518 .html

    Some Cures (the people who have been healed call themselves Cures) have had internal operations undone after the cancer that caused the operation to be performed was cured. However the operation scars have remained. No blind cancer ray gun type of instrument - if there was one - would have intelligence to undo an operation after curing the disease. Many X-rays etc, support all the findings.

    Evolution does not support this. ID does. And if you think this is all hogwash... go to Lourdes and see for yourself!