Because you can never have too much evidence of evolution these days. Visit site »
Huckabee says it “doesn’t matter” whether he believes in evolution or not, with regard to his presidential candidacy. But he’s missing the point: a president will be signing science research budgets into law and getting advice from scientists on topics like terrorism, the environment, and medicine. If he is willing to ignore data that has been proven via science (like the fact that the Earth is 4.5 billion years old, not 6,000), will he also ignore other research and advice from top scientists? It does matter. We need to know if Huckabee believes in the scientific process, because how he does major parts of his job will depend on the answer. Visit site »
“In the world of evolutionary biology, the question is not whether God exists but why we believe in him. Is belief a helpful adaptation or an evolutionary accident?” Interesting stuff. Are humans hard-wired to believe in God (or something beyond what we can rationalize)? If so, why? Could it be that evolution is actually responsible for people believing in God? Visit site »
53% of those surveyed said that evolution (when defined as “the idea that human beings developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life”) is either “definitely true” or “probably true.” However, 66% said that creationism (“the idea that God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years”) is true. That seems contradictory, to me. I believe creation and evolution can co-exist, but not when they’re framed with those definitions.
38% said “man developed, with God guiding,” and 43% think “God created man in present form.” Only 14% think “man developed, but God had no part in (the) process”.
24% of Americans believe that both the theory of evolution and the theory of creationism are probably or definitely true. This also proves that 24% of people are either idiots or didn’t read the definitions of evolution and creationism the survey uses. Again, I do think it’s possible for one to believe in both evolution and creationism, but you would have to define creation differently than they have done with this survey.
Finally, I find it astonishing that 19% of those who don’t believe in evolution chose “I believe in Jesus Christ” as their justification for it (this was the most popular response). I don’t think much of anyone, including evolutionists, doubt the existence of Jesus Christ. Believing in Jesus Christ is no reason to not believe in evolution. Every other choice on the list is reasonable, but “I believe in Jesus Christ” is just a laughable response to “Why don’t you believe in evolution?” Visit site »
My home state continues to embarrass me, itself, and everyone that lives in it. Pathetic. Visit site »
The predatory Tyrannosaurus Rex, as well as other dinosaurs, may have ” looked more like birds than reptiles,” according to the latest scientific findings. I consider this further evidence that everything I learned in my childhood was a lie. Visit site »
An interesting article on Darwin and his views of religion. Many will find it surprising that Darwin was not entirely non-spirtual and also didn’t give up Christianity until 13 years after he discovered natural selection. In other words — it was not his Visit site »