IOW, Judy, I took what noozguru said at face value. I was not guessing about 1/3. I was guessing about why they don't believe in evolution.
On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 2:12 PM, Share Long <sharelon...@yahoo.com> wrote: Judy, my post was not a wrong guess. It was a reference to noozguru saying that 1/3 of Americans don't believe in evolution. On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 1:53 PM, "authfri...@yahoo.com" <authfri...@yahoo.com> wrote: Wrong guess (and why guess, when it's so easy to find out what the facts are?): "A poll out Monday shows that less than half – 43 percent – of those who identify with the Republican Party say they believe humans have evolved over time, plunging from 54 percent four years ago. Forty-eight percent say they believe 'humans and other living things have existed in their present form since the beginning of time,' up from 39 percent in 2009. [my italics] "At 67 percent and 65 percent, respectively, the numbers of Democrats and independents who believe in evolution have remained more or less the same since 2009. They’re also in step with the population nationally: Six-in-10 Americans say they believe humans have evolved." Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/republicans-belief-in-evolution-plummets-poll-reveals/ << noozguru, my guess is that what is meant is that 1/3 or Americans do not believe that humans evolved from apes. I'd further speculate that for many of that 1/3, the rejection of evolution is based almost entirely on their religious beliefs. Still, it is pretty mind boggling in this day and age! >> I can really believe that 1/3 of the US population does not accept evolution. It's pretty obvious in their behavior and lack of intelligence. :-D >>
