Posted on 06/26/2008 10:09:30 PM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode
PRINCETON, NJ -- There is a significant political divide in beliefs about the origin of human beings, with 60% of Republicans saying humans were created in their present form by God 10,000 years ago, a belief shared by only 40% of independents and 38% of Democrats.
Between 43% and 47% of Americans have agreed during this 26-year time period with the creationist view that God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so. Between 35% and 40% have agreed with the alternative explanation that humans evolved, but with God guiding the process, while 9% to 14% have chosen a pure secularist evolution perspective that humans evolved with no guidance by God.
(Excerpt) Read more at gallup.com ...
Looks like only 9%-14% believe in the Magick Chance Faerie and most of them are Dems.
The truth is no one can ever really know how old the earth is.
But I am beginning to doubt the extreme old earth/sun/solar-system age estimates also.
God created evolution. The earth is billions of years old. People who say that Behemoth and Leviathan prove that we co-existed with dinosaurs should be in a nightclub comedy act.
And what the hell is Darwinism? Did Darwin ever hear of Darwinism.
I'm not buying that. Republicans are the party of logic.
Conventional wisdom has more registered Democrats than Republicans. One source has the following national break down.
204 million eligible voters (age 18 or older)
63 million registered Democrats
47 million registered Republicans
32 million registered as independents or with minor
Let's do the math.
Democrat: 38% x 63,000,000 = 23,940,000
Republican: 60% x 47,000,000 = 28,200,000
Independent: 40% x 32,000,000 = 12,800,000
Gallup would have you think that Republicans are 60%/38% = 158% more likely to hold such beliefs than Democrats. When you compare absolute numbers it becomes more like 28.2/23.94 = 118%.
In reading Gallop poll between the lines, I get the message they are trying to say that Republicans are way more likely to believe in religious magic compared to Democrats. I read the Gallop Poll as a media that intentionally is trying to push opinion and not measure it.
>humans were created in their present form by God 10,000 years ago, a belief shared by only 40% of independents and 38% of Democrats.
Those numbers sound rather high to me considering the subjects.
If You have 6 out of 10 Republicans saying there is a God. And 4 out of 10 Independents and Democrats saying there is a God. Then the difference of only 2 people between the Right and the Center/Left is small.
Those Center and Left numbers are not bad. If anything the Right could be a bit higher (you know who you are).
I find these numbers hard to believe. I don’t know a single Republican who believes the Earth is only 10,000 years old, and very few Republicans who don’t accept as true the substantial body of scientific evidence supporting macroevolution. The Republicans I know are too intelligent to believe the Adam and Eve story is literally true. Most try to reconcile their acceptance of evolution and their religious faith, which personally is not possible, in my opinion, but they rationalize that God somehow used evolution to develop humans.
I agree with you.
Aw, c’mon, got to get in the spirit of things. Just pick a side, or pick both, and have fun. ;-D
So if you don’t believe in the literal translation of Genesis you don’t believe in God? Are you aware that Jews don’t believe Genesis is literal...and they wrote it?
That's an interesting comment. Why do you think it is not possible?
See posts 5 and 6.
Correction. I can’t read. I do believe that God created evolution.
Also, how do people who believe that the world is only 10,000 years old explain radiometric dating and other evidence? I've heard some say that the Great Flood screwed up the half-lifes of the radioactive isotopes, but this makes no logical sense whatsoever. Also, samples of meteorites and material from the moon have also proven to be extremely old. How do you explain this?
We’re also the party of Bible believers.
Well, now you know one!
Although, after God created the earth (in six days), then, Adam fell: Scripture does not record how long it was between creation being done and Adam falling. It could have been any length of time, I suppose.
Orthodox Jews believe it.
“Reform” don’t. Then again they don’t believe much of anything, except certain traditions and such, much like liberal Christians.
Do you have to believe it literally or can you accept it as allegory?
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