And somehow you are a superpower!! and they allow you to carry guns!!
2007-05-23 20:54:09 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
After some searching 86% of Australians believe in evolutiuon & in Europe 88%
2007-05-23 22:13:08 · update #1
that is not true.
28% looks like the response to "Are you an Atheist?".
Which ain't the same thing, since most modern churches do not take the Bible to literally.
It's the 5% of bored nutjobs who disgrace the entire nation.
2007-05-23 20:55:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to say. It is a great distance from basic question of the study, to the multiple choices given in the questionnaire, to the interpretation and release of the resulting statistics. Certainly an unfortunate percentage of Americans completely discount evolution, but it's likely that the majority are spread along the spectrum of doubt.
Stephen Weinberg has said that doubters he has interviewed were fairly open to the possibility of evolution during polite and unconfrontational discussion.
So I'd say that 28% is an extreme estimate, and the truth isn't so bleak.
2007-05-23 21:05:20 · answer #2 · answered by Brent L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt it. I would be interested to know where you got that figure. I think they only people who deny evolution are fundamentalist Christians, and I do not see them as comprising a very large percentage of the American public.
2007-05-23 20:57:59 · answer #3 · answered by auntb93 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's more like 45%, if you include those who believe that God caused evolution.
That's about the same percentage that believes that Jesus will Rapture them into heaven within the next 50 years.
The intelligence level of humans is disappointing.
2007-05-23 21:03:23 · answer #4 · answered by scifiguy 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Is this an attack on Americans or Christians? Why what % of people in your country believe in evolution?
2007-05-23 21:14:30 · answer #5 · answered by Patrick E 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ironically Christian Americans are pro-life, pro-gun.
They are also the leading consumers of hamburger helper and green jello with shredded carrots.
2007-05-23 21:02:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The christian version of the Taliban is alive and well. How do you think we got such a freaking IDIOT for president. COME ON 2008!!
2007-05-23 20:58:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is probably coming from the same statistic that says the majority of people are Christian. Just because mommy and daddy went to church does not make you a Christian. It isn't a gene thing it is a faith thing lol.
2007-05-23 22:19:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Need I remind you that numerical superiority of followers is not proof of reality. Hundreds of years ago, millions of people sincerely beleived that the world was flat. Didn't make it true!
2007-05-23 21:01:52 · answer #9 · answered by writersblock73 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would seriously doubt that number.
I have honestly never met someone who believed in creationism as the source of how we came about.
We're not all moronic gun toting religious freaks....
Guns, god, & government is not what rules us all ;)
2007-05-23 20:58:49 · answer #10 · answered by tragedys_kiss 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋