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48% of Americans Reject Evolution
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.
That 48% is composed mostly of people who have a firm Christian background, I'm certain.
I only have three more things to say:
All Hail the Flying Spaghetti Monster!
Praise "Bob"!
Hail Eris!
Specifically, their children are going to grow up to be as ignorant as their parents; even if they're much smarter than mom and dad, their ignorance will interfere with them becoming valuable contributors to the scientific community. Those smart kids would end up as so much wasted resources, like having Stephen Hawking mopping floors.
And if we don't get enough of them thinking critically, we'll end up in aHarrison Bergeron future.
John
*cough* Bill O'Reilly *cough*
If the dollar is an "I owe you nothing", then the Euro is a "Who owes you nothing." - Doug Casey
Why stop at thousands of years? if the deity likes to plant false evidence, how about creating the Earth three years ago, and planting false memories in your head? Or three hours ago. Or three seconds. Anyone supporting creationism must support this argument too.