[from the August MINI-AIR] 1998-08-10 Evolution and Alabama Last month's Scientific Correctness Survey asked: Some people, including Alabama Governor Fob James, claim that Darwin's theory of evolution is dead wrong. This month's question is: Did human beings evolve from ape-like creatures? __Yes __No __Not in Alabama __Other (please specify) The votes poured in, especially from Alabama. The final result: 59% said yes 03% said No 62% said Not in Alabama 54% said Other, sometimes quite emphatically. Many respondents cast votes for multiple categories. One respondent mailed us a photograph of his brother. Several respondents from Alabama described an "educational ape imitation" that Governor James once performed in front of the state legislature. All in all, many things were made clear. Here are some of them. Investigator Sherry McDonald: "Yes...Darwin was right and the governor is in denial." Investigator Hershl Hartman: "Where in the Bible does it say that? Certainly not in Gen. 1:27 'A male and female He created them' or in Gen 2:22 'And Yave Elohim fashioned the rib that he had taken from the man into a woman.' With such clear evidence before us, how can Darwin possibly be right?" Investigator John Wilson: "Since the question is inspired, if we can use that word, by a government official, the answer "yes" is close enough for government work." Investigator Richard Platel: "I cannot understand the continuing controversy over this issue. It is obvious to any rational person that if two groups of people hold strong, opposing viewpoints, then the truth must lie precisely between them (this is a well known mathematical theorem.) Obviously then, dumb animals evolved up to a certain point, at which time, a divine being created humans." Investigator Anthony Kinney: "The correct answer is some human beings (Homo sapiens) evolved from apes. Fob James and others (Homo amoebo) evolved directly from unicellular organisms and they are now using that cell for brains." Investigator Raymond Craig Thompson: "No! Human beings were created as was all life on earth. There has been no proof found supporting the theory of evolution, but to the contrary all things point towards creation being the only feasible answer to where life came from." Oddly named investigator Alan B: "We still are ape like creatures. Evolution would be a good idea right now." ----- End of forwarded message from Jack Kolb -----