The following is the question Gallup has asked for many years in tracking our belief in creationism.
Which of the following statements comes closest to your views on the origin and development of human beings -- [ROTATE 1-3/3-1: 1) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process, 2) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God had no part in this process, 3) God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so]? It seems to me that the question asks people to proclaim atheism as much as a belief in evolution. To believe fully in evolution one has to answer that "god had no part" in the process. Most Americans are not atheists and many might see "God" as a powerful meme that has had it's part in shaping human evolution. Also, in order to endorse evolution in one's response to this question, one has to state that other species are "less advanced" -- not a particularly enlightened way to talk about evolution. Bill Scott >> Annette Taylor 06/05/12 5:48 AM >>> http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2012/06/04/gallup-finds-46-americans-hold-creationist-views Hi all: I'm back from my travels and getting my feet back on the ground. Best experience of my life. I remember many years back--so this is for the long-time tipsters--that there was a discussion about some bias in the Gallup organization because Mr. Gallup himself was/is a rather right-leaning devout Christian an that some of his survey topics and items might have had the hidden agenda of showing that the Christian viewpoint dominates with the subtext that therefore, it must be right (as in correct, not politically, haha). Anyway, does anyone either (a) remember this discussion or (b) know of anything to support this argument, or am I having a false memory! Oh no! Not another one! Oh, wait, I seem to recall that my last false memory turned out to be only partly false. ;) Glad to be back...sort of. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13058.902daf6855267276c83a639cbb25165c&n=T&l=tips&o=18178 or send a blank email to leave-18178-13058.902daf6855267276c83a639cbb251...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=18186 or send a blank email to leave-18186-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
