On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Angilion wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 23:00:49 +0000 (UTC), cary at afone.as.arizona.edu (Cary
> Kittrell) wrote:
>> >In article <3d333c95.21227708 at news.freeserve.net> angilion at ypical.fsnet.co.uk (Angilion) writes:
> ><
> ><On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 19:18:30 GMT, "John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com>
> ><wrote:
>> [..]
>> ><>only 9% of Americans accept the "theory of evolution" as its been
> ><>historically defined:
> ><>http://christianparty.net/gallupcreation.htm> ><
> ><Well, the sample size is large enough (1000) *if* it was a random
> ><selection from across the whole of the USA, and it does show that
> ><only 9% of the people questioned believe that God had *no part*
> ><in the development of humanity.
> ><
> ><It is evidence that most people in the USA do not believe in the
> ><theory of evolution.
> >
> >Actually, if you read what John himself has put up on his site,
> >you'll notice that those who believe in YEC are in fact a minority.
>> YEC?
Young Earth Creationism. People who believe the Earth was created very
recently, about 6000 years ago, and base this figure on the bible and
other carefully selected pieces of 'evidence'.
> >Those who answered that evolution took place, with or without
> >God's tinkering about with it, were forty-nine percent of the
> >respondents.
>> Yes, I did read that. However, John was correct when he
> stated that the results of the poll showed that only 9% of
> the people questioned believed the ToE as historically defined
> to be true. The ToE as does not include belief in a deity
> guiding evolution.
However, his original statement was:
"To feminazis, there's no difference between blue whales and humans,
because they both "evolved" from the same "common ancestor", so it must
somehow make sense to them to make such a suggestion. But to the rest of
the normal people in the country, namely the 91% who reject this "theory"
of evolution, human beings have a unique role on the planet because they
are a unique species"
If 49% of people believe in 'divinely guided' evolution, then they could
not be said to reject evolutionary theory outright, so his 91% figure is
not correct. It's a minor point anyway. Feminazis are not the same as
evolutionists and I doubt either group think humans and blue whales
are identical. All it proves is that John Knight likes to mix and
match his statistics.
Rowena.
