Maybe you ought to read what I was answering. Someone was asking about the numbers I cited over the percentage of Republicans who support creationist type beliefs. I was answering that. Not the scientific veracity of evolution, which has been supported so much that its more like a natural law than a theory.
>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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2?sdid=RVJT Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:234081 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
