Is it worrying that America is one of the world's most poertful nations given this information??

Question

Several recent Gallup Polls conducted in May and June indicate that a significant number of Americans have doubts about the theory of evolution.

One such question was included in a May Gallup Panel survey:

Now thinking about how human beings came to exist on Earth, do you, personally, believe in evolution, or not?

Yes, believe in evolution 49
No, do not 48
No opinion 2

2007 May 21-24
http://www.galluppoll.com/content/?ci=27847

As some of you are aware, Gallup are the most reliable polling company in the world.

I find it ASTONISHING that nearly HALF of all Americans refuse to embrace science and technology and fossils and dinosaurs and basic common sense.

Does the lack of beliefe in evolution, brought about by creationism, worry anyone else?

That was the EXACT question they asked...
I actually copied and pasted it.

Answer 1

America is a joke, I can't believe it sometimes, thank god I live in one of the good states, sadly the south is big and dumb.

Answer 2

What worries me is that types like you cling to a totally debunked theory which Darwin himself admitted to as being "not very likely defensible in the long term". Point of fact: there is more SUBSTANTIAL evidence to support the age of the earth as being about 6,000 years old instead of "BILLIONS AND BILLIONS!!" For instance, facts point to the creation of the Grand Canyon as having taken about a half hour to 45 minutes to wash out. Now cover your ears and scream at the top of your lungs, because YOUR belief system, yea, your RELIGION, is being challenged and decimated within the halls of academia as we "speak"; and what terrifies you the most is: what if we're RIGHT? You would then be forced to come to terms with a Creator that demands accountibility and WILL be there when you look at HIM and tell him He doesn't exist! THAT'S what you should be worrying about- but you won't, until the matter is no longer in your hands, and your eternal fate is......but don't worry....its all just a fable, made up stories by feeble minded descendants of monkeys ...........right???? RIGHT???????

Answer 3

I am worried about the states for so many more reasons than that. The US may be better than many alternatives but as a global power they are real *****. I am Canadian and the US still owes us 4 billion $ for levies illegally applied to softwood lumber. They are corporate pirates and religious zealots. I am not saying Canada has the best government either but were doing much much better. The swiss have the whole government thing locked down but then they have a lot less people

Answer 4

slightly worrisome, I think creationism made a leap after 911, all kinds of people where I used to live (Houston, TX), all started going back to church...just before the turn of this last century people were all worried and the tales of the 2nd coming and worried about y2k, or ky2....;-) Lot's of people around me went thru their own near death experience and just hopped on that wagon...

even a school administrative person asked me if I believe something bad was going to happen to the world during the 2YK. I told her was the Christian year, but not the rest of the world. She felt better. I guess the people around her all thought they were going to die.

and when the war started...Iraq, so many people around me were bent out of shape and freaked and the media doesn't help either!

So to answer your question, only slightly am I worried!!!

just kidding, not rally worried at all. Many people's vibrations become higher. Like many were ready to ascend...it was wild, living right in the middle of the Bible Belt.

Funny thing happens when you almost die repeatedly:
you learn to let go of everything. not just materialism, your family, friends, people you use love, or an experience you were looking forward to. complete detachment.

You give all that up and say good-bye. It can be traumatizing or spiritual or nothing at all...
and it doesn't matter.

Answer 5

By mathematical definition, given any group, (such as people) in a closed system (such as in the United States), 50% of the group (in this case, intelligence) will be below average.

So given that approximately 50% of the population believe in non-factual, fantastical or supernatural thought correlates with the statistical distribution.

Therefore, while it is sad that people espouse belief instead of fact, it fits the "normal" distribution. Now if you said more than 50% believed in fantasy, I would then worry...

Answer 6

It doesn't help when people make inappropriate blanket statements about the South.


The problem is not North-South. It's urban-rural. Big cities are pretty much the same anywhere you go. Heck, we city people don't even have thick accents (though I'm originally from the Midwest, and Houston isn't really "the South" proper anyway, so I don't really count). I find it annoying when I constantly hear people saying that "the South is dumb" when they know full well that there are plenty of smart people there, as well.


There are plenty of idiots, too, of course, but that creationist 48% are the ones who pump my gas and bag my groceries.

Answer 7

Yes, it worries me. It's probably the same reason why we're #29 in the world when it comes to science education, and general science knowledge. It's pathetic.

Answer 8

Yes it is sad. Fortunately, alot of the best scientists and engineers immigrate here to work for the best tech companies, top universites and start new companies.

Answer 9

I'd guess the 48% more specifically intepreted the question as one about the existance of God. So no I do not find it worrying. I think your misreading the results into something they are not.

Answer 10

that certainly tells us something about the system of education we have here in the united states.