Interesting article/poll on evolution: "No Consensus, and Much Confusion, on Evolution and the Origin of Species: About half of public believes plants, animals and humans evolved while almost half believes humans were created directly by God. "
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/no-consensus-much-confusion-evolution/ story.aspx?guid=%7B518F492A-B763-43C2-8A0A-95A8AE99CF6D%7D&dist=msr_1 OR http://tinyurl.com/cgbke3 I thought this is interesting because it says, "Our reading of these poll results is that the 23% of the public who believe that only Darwin's theory of evolution should be taught in school are solid believers in his theory, and that the 17% who think that only creationism should be taught are solid believers of that theory. That leaves more than half the public who have some opinions on this topic that are not clearly thought out or firmly held." And that's the audience for my book. :-) (and those who are "reachable" with messages from we who care about this issue.) I don't like how they say taught in schools" as there's a HUGE difference between whether it should be taught in SCHOOL versus the *science classroom*. I also disagree to some extent where they says, "When people give apparently inconsistent answers like these it is usually a sign that they have not thought much about the issue and do not have very firm opinions." Because it does not account for the fact that, perhaps (as I believe) their questions did not allow for people to answer in ways that suggested BOTH evolution occurred AND God created people. The idea that those two are mutually exclusive persists in polls, and is part of the problem with figuring out just what people believe. What I want to know is how do these pollsters get JOBS?! Seriously? Who comes up with these questions? Did they never go to school for understanding how not to ask confusing/misleading questions? Sheesh. Wendee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wendee Holtcamp, M.S. Wildlife Ecology Freelance Writer * Photographer * Bohemian http://www.wendeeholtcamp.com <http://www.wendeeholtcamp.com/> http://bohemianadventures.blogspot.com <http://bohemianadventures.blogspot.com/> ~~6-wk Online Writing Course Starts Feb 21, 2009~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Better to light a candle than curse the darkness'
