The Pew article linked from Fox claims evolution "convincingly explains the origins."
I don't think it does and that might be a cute little trick they use to paint the US as fools. Ask people if they believe humans can evolve and you might get a different answer. Ask them if evolution clearly explains creation and you'll get a different answer. I bet if you asked how many people don't believe we share ancestry with chimpanzees you'll get a truer count. http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1105/darwin-debate-religion-evolution This view is not shared by the nation's scientists, most of whom contend that evolution is a well-established scientific theory that convincingly explains the origins and development of life on earth. Moreover, they say, a scientific theory is not a hunch or a guess but is instead an established explanation for a natural phenomenon, like gravity, that has repeatedly been tested through observation and experimentation. Indeed, most scientists argue that, for all practical purposes, evolution through natural selection is a fact. (See Darwin and His Theory of Evolution.) These scientists and others dismiss creation science as religion, not science, and describe intelligent design as little more than creationism dressed up in scientific jargon. On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 6:32 AM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > >>I'd be REALLY interested to see what the poll numbers are from other >>countries. Canada, UK, Australia, Germany, China and on. >> >>On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Jim Davis <[email protected]>wrote: >> > Its a bit old, but I think the accompanying charts to this article are real > scary. Of the 36 countries studied, only Turkey had a larger percentage of > people who do not accept evolution. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288359 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
