At 03:47 PM Monday 10/2/2006, William T Goodall wrote:
I read this article recently
http://tinyurl.com/eegfk
The first paragraph contains the interesting bit which I quote:
"According to a 2005 Pew Research Center poll, 70 percent of
evangelical Christians believe that living beings have always existed
in their present form, compared with 32 percent of Protestants and 31
percent of Catholics. Politically, 60 percent of Republicans are
creationists, whereas only 11 percent accept evolution, compared with
29 percent of Democrats who are creationists and 44 percent who
accept evolution. A 2005 Harris Poll found that 63 percent of
liberals but only 37 percent of conservatives believe that humans and
apes have a common ancestry. What these figures confirm for us is
that there are religious and political reasons for rejecting
evolution. "
Or simply that liberals haven't evolved as far from their anthropoid
ancestors as conservatives have . . .
Ook Maru
-- Ronn! :)
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