Evolution doesn't answer the question of creation, only the changes in life over time.
You can easily believe in both, but you still have to have a theory about the creation of the universe and the world. Evolution doesn't deal with that, and so these numbers don't mean anything because they don't ask the right questions. -----Original Message----- From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To start, http://www.livescience.com/health/060810_evo_rank.html illustrates how bad the US is on acceptance of evolution, see also http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/31/national/31religion.html?ex=1283140800 &en=1ca44f3c9718912e&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss, The accompanying graphic tells an even starker message: http://www.livescience.com/images/060810_evo_rank_02.jpg. Only Turkey had a lower percentage of the population endorsing the Theory of Evolution. According to the Pew Trusts, a very strong majority (>70%) of Republicans surveyed endorsed creationism, http://pewforum.org/docs/index.php?DocID=115 while over 2/3rds want it taught in the public schools. And this percentage was even greater with the current crop of republican presidential candidatates, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/04/AR200705 0402076_2.html. Do you want me to go on? I haven't touched on the creationism endorsement in the republican party platforms for each republican party by each state (over 60%), or the statements supporting creationism of various republican candidates from the last election. But I've think I've proved my point. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:234047 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
