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More Americans Believe in the Devil, Hell and Angels than in Darwin's Theory of Evolution
MarketWatch.com ^
| Dec. 10, 2008
Posted on 12/10/2008 8:04:15 AM PST by Alex Murphy
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There are no significant differences between the large percentages of Catholics and Protestants who believe in God, miracles, heaven and hell, that Jesus is the Son of God, angels, the resurrection of Jesus, the survival of the soul after death, the Virgin birth and the devil. However, Catholics are more likely than Protestants to believe in Darwin's theory of evolution (by 52% to 32%), ghosts (by 57% to 41%), UFOs (by 43% to 31%), and astrology (by 40% to 28%). Protestants are slightly more likely than Catholics to believe in creationism (by 54% to 46%).
Less than a quarter of Americans describe themselves are "very religious." However, a large majority (68%) describe themselves as either very (23%) or somewhat (45%) religious.
A quarter (27%) of adult Americans claim that they attend church once a week or more often, compared with 36% who say they attend less than once a year or never (18% each).
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To: Alex Murphy
What discomforts me is that a lot of these self-professed Christians have no doubts voting for demoncraps and Obama.
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posted on
12/10/2008 8:11:06 AM PST
by
SolidWood
(Sarah Palin - Everything that is Sweetness and Light! WE STAND WITH HER!)
To: Alex Murphy
, and astrology (by 40% to 28%). Protestants are slightly more likely than Catholics to believe in creationism (by 54% to 46%).Nearly half of Catholics believe in creationism and astrology? Wow, surprising in the sense that the media usually tries to paint evangelicals as the anti-science mystics of American religion.
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posted on
12/10/2008 8:11:33 AM PST
by
GunRunner
To: Alex Murphy
"Body of Thread must be no longer than 300 words if excerpt (you are using 666." LOL! Cue the thunderclap and the ominous music!
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posted on
12/10/2008 8:12:31 AM PST
by
labette
( Humble student of Thinkology)
To: GunRunner
All the lapsed Catholics I know (and I know quite a few) are hugely superstitious.
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posted on
12/10/2008 8:14:00 AM PST
by
LongElegantLegs
(Deplore the profligate scattering of corpses!)
To: Alex Murphy
“reincarnation (24%). “
This is the number that blows me away.
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posted on
12/10/2008 8:14:06 AM PST
by
mothball
To: mothball
Yeah, I'm a Greek god that came back as a bald fat man.
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posted on
12/10/2008 8:27:33 AM PST
by
chuckles
To: LongElegantLegs
-- Sizeable minorities believe in ghosts (44%), UFOs (36%), witches (31%), astrology (31%), and reincarnation (24%).Maybe this explains why the US is contributing a declining number of scientists and engineers to the global market. They're too busy studying to become paranormal investigators and Ufologists. It also explains why the Dalai Lama has such a huge following here.
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posted on
12/10/2008 8:27:40 AM PST
by
GunRunner
To: Alex Murphy
Headline should be “More Americans believe in Darwin’s theory of Evolution than in Creationism”.
— Slightly more people - but both are minorities - believe in Darwin’s theory of evolution (47%) than in creationism (40%).
I wonder what the other 13% believe.
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posted on
12/10/2008 8:31:33 AM PST
by
allmendream
(Wealth is EARNED not distributed.... so how could it be Redistributed?)
To: allmendream
Probably theistic evolution or aliens did it. hehe
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posted on
12/10/2008 8:35:32 AM PST
by
DonaldC
To: mothball
Geez they left out Al Gore’s religious movement... global-warming-earth-mother worshipers.
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posted on
12/10/2008 8:49:08 AM PST
by
antceecee
(Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
To: Alex Murphy
I certainly hope nobody believes in evolution. No scientific theory should be taken on belief. Accept it as the current best scientific explanation of the biodiversity on the planet, yes. Believe, no.
To: author
Fire up the ovens. Maher to the rescue.
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posted on
12/10/2008 11:21:04 AM PST
by
DPMD
(~)
To: antiRepublicrat
I use the phrase “confidence in the evidence that supports the theory” rather than belief. Belief doesn’t really come into it with science, either you have confidence in the evidence that supports the theory or you do not.
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:13:44 PM PST
by
allmendream
(Wealth is EARNED not distributed.... so how could it be Redistributed?)
To: Alex Murphy
Well, we are members of that 80% that believe and tonight at 6 p.m. we will be at church in a Bible study class.
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:16:46 PM PST
by
RetiredArmy
(I vote for freedom, liberty and the way the USA was founded. Not the way the Marxists want it.)
To: Alex Murphy
Well, we are members of that 80% that believe and tonight at 6 p.m. we will be at church in a Bible study class.
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:16:47 PM PST
by
RetiredArmy
(I vote for freedom, liberty and the way the USA was founded. Not the way the Marxists want it.)
To: allmendream
I use the phrase confidence in the evidence that supports the theory rather than belief. Belief doesnt really come into it with science, either you have confidence in the evidence that supports the theory or you do not. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
- Hebrews 11:1
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:29:36 PM PST
by
Alex Murphy
( "Every country has the government it deserves" - Joseph Marie de Maistre)
To: Alex Murphy
Heb 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
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posted on
12/10/2008 1:43:52 PM PST
by
allmendream
(Wealth is EARNED not distributed.... so how could it be Redistributed?)
To: allmendream
— Slightly more people - but both are minorities - believe in Darwin's theory of evolution (47%) than in creationism (40%). I wonder what the other 13% believe.
Intelligent design? Haven't we been told it's not Creationism or Darwinism?
Alternatively "-- Sizeable minorities believe in ... reincarnation (24%)"
Turtles: all the way down
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posted on
12/10/2008 4:58:04 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(Zero tolerance does not mean putting up with Barack for the next 4 years - that's just punishment)
To: Alex Murphy
However, Catholics are more likely than Protestants to believe in Darwin's theory of evolution (by 52% to 32%), ghosts (by 57% to 41%), UFOs (by 43% to 31%), and astrology (by 40% to 28%). Protestants are slightly more likely than Catholics to believe in creationism (by 54% to 46%).Do tell?
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posted on
12/10/2008 6:12:50 PM PST
by
Zionist Conspirator
("Lo' Ya`aqov ye'amer `od shimkha ki 'im-Yisra'el; ki sarita `im-'Eloqim ve`im-'anashim vatukhal.")
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