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48% of Americans Reject Evolution

Posted by Zonk on 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.

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  1. This is Exciting News by ReidMaynard · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!

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    1. Re:This is Exciting News by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

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

  2. haha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Religious people are funny.

  3. The Prostate by mark0 · · Score: 3, Funny

    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?

    1. Re:The Prostate by ewhac · · Score: 4, Funny
      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

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    2. Re:The Prostate by Khaed · · Score: 5, Funny

      You've obviously never been to New Jersey.

    3. Re:The Prostate by farker+haiku · · Score: 3, Funny

      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.

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    4. Re:The Prostate by JeanPaulBob · · Score: 3, Funny

      He said intelligent designer.

  4. And? by Kingrames · · Score: 4, Funny

    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*

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  5. Fact vs. Faith, so sad that it's a conflict. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    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.'

  6. Re:In unrelated news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    What evedence do they have?

  7. Re:In unrelated news... by Phillup · · Score: 4, Funny

    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...

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  8. I was going to say.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    chickens..

  9. Re:This is interesting, but... by Odin's+Raven · · Score: 2, Funny

    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.

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  10. US No longer technology king by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

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

      I guess we must not be praying hard enough.

  11. Re:Quick, call in the Hippie Power Squad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

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

  12. Re:In unrelated news... by benjaminperdomo · · Score: 3, Funny

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

  13. Re:Obviously... by gardyloo · · Score: 2, Funny

    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?
  14. and sooo by dotspeaks · · Score: 1, Funny

    Evolution rejects Americanssss????

  15. Re:In unrelated news... by phrasebook · · Score: 4, Funny

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

    Have a gold star.

  16. Why? by Manchot · · Score: 2, Funny

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

  17. Re:In unrelated news... by megabulk3000 · · Score: 1, Funny

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

  18. Re:April Fools by Marbleless · · Score: 2, Funny

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

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  19. Re:In unrelated news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    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.
  20. Re:In unrelated news... by AmberBlackCat · · Score: 2, Funny

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