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UNBELIEVABLE! 40% OF AMERICANS STILL BELIEVE IN CREATIONISM
with a giant picture of a monkey.
then i went on 10 minutes later to take a picture of it for this post, and it was gone, replaced with some boring political thing. i searched it, but it wasn't to be found. which makes me wonder if they took it down off the site because it was so...liberally mean (pun-intended?)
even as a citizen of left-leaning (ok, let's just say it, socialist) opinions, i found the headline to be a little controversial.
so then i google searched the headline that I KNOW I TOTALLY SAW AND AM NOT MAKING UP and all that popped up were these comments made, but no actually article. SPOOKY!
ok wait...just found it...
40 Percent Of Americans Still Believe In Creationism
First Posted: 12-20-10 11:17 AM | Updated: 12-20-10 11:32 AM
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A new Gallup poll, released Dec. 17, reveals that 40 percent of Americans still believe that humans were created by God within the last 10,000 years. This number is slightly down from a previous high of 47 percent in 1993 and 1999.
Another 38 percent of respondents believe that humans have evolved from more basic organisms but with God playing a role in the process.
A mere 16 percent of respondents subscribed to the belief of "secular evolution": that humans have evolved with no divine guidance. However, this number has nearly doubled from nine percent of respondents in a poll from 1982.
The poll also revealed that beliefs in creationism and evolution are strongly related to levels of education attained. When results are narrowed to those with college degrees, only 37 percent of respondents maintain beliefs in creationism. Meanwhile, the belief in evolution without the aid of God rises to 21 percent.
With regards to political affiliation, a majority of Republicans (52 percent) subscribe to creationist beliefs. This is compared to only 34 percent among Democrats and Independents.
Views on human origins vary based on church attendance. Of those who attend church on a weekly basis, 60 percent believe in creationism while a mere 2 percent subscribe to "secular evolution". These numbers are flipped among those who rarely or never attend religious services. In this group, only 24 percent believe in creationism while 39 percent believe in evolution without divine guidance. This represents the only subset of data reported where "secular evolution" beats out creationism.
MYSTERIOUSLY WITHOUT THE ORIGINAL "UNBELIEVABLE:" HEADLINE...i don't know....what do you guys think? did they go too far with the "unbelievable/"monkey thing and offend people? or was it just a smart play on words?
