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3/26 Wow, religion is getting stronger and stronger every day:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/23/volcano.movie.ap
\_ Don't you mean "ignorance of science?"
\_ Is it ignorance or denial?
\_ Given the state of our educational system, I'm much more
inclined to believe it is ignorance. I think the number
of people who are just ignorant of biological science
far outweighs the number that actively deny its
underpinnings.
\_ um, no. People just want to hear what they like to hear.
Just look at the 2 Mormons on motd. They are well
educated but they choose to believe in something else.
It's their right, they can believe whatever they want.
\_ Wrong! People don't even know what they like to hear.
They just don't want to think, so they want to be told
what to do and think.
\_ It's scary thinking on your own. What if you're
wrong? More importantly, what if it's different than
what your peers think? Then you might be mocked or
insulted.
\_ I don't think jrleek and emarkp are really a
representative slice of the general population.
Are you really trying to say that?
\_ I think the theaters are stupid for not showing the
movies. I think evolution should be taught (and taught
/well/) in schools. -emarkp
\_ I am *SHOCKED* to hear this. I guess it's a good
and pleasant kind of shock, but still, a shock. I
guess when liberal news portray Religious folks
as supporters of "Intelligent Design", it's just
liberal trash news.
\_ That's probably what emarkp means by
"taught well" -tom
\_ In as much detail as possible. I didn't have
much more in high school than survival of the
fittest + handwaving. I would like to see
what current theory is about how an organism
of more chromosomes can evolve from one of
fewer, examples of complex structures evolving
from simpler ones, etc. We're homeschooling
our kids and I'm actually looking for a good
primer on modern evolutionary theory. -emarkp
\_ You're better off finding a field biologist
who'll let your kids tag along and learn
by assisting. I was homeschooled, and
that's what I did. It was awesome.
\_ Intelligent design and "creationist science" are
junk science. They're science with an agenda,
which is bad bad bad. -emarkp
\_ you know, I'm beginning to feel bad for
making fun of you... it's now more clear
that you're not one of them.
\_ I never understood what conservative/religious
has to do w/ evolution. Sure there are some
lunatics out there who think that god made the
world in 6 days (or whatever) but there are
plenty of conservatives who accept evolution
as generally true.
\_ You misunderestimate the american public.
http://gallup.com/poll/content/login.aspx?ci=14107
\_ And God created Weapons of Mass Destruction
in Iraq, and He was pleased with what he
created.
\_ And God said, "Let there be Weapons of
Mass Destruction in Iraq", and He was
pleased with what he created.
\_ I Buh-LEEVE!!1! |
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| www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/23/volcano.movie.ap -> www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/23/volcano.movie.ap/ CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) -- IMAX theaters in several Southern citi es have decided not to show a film on volcanoes out of concern that its references to evolution might offend those with fundamental religious be liefs. "We've got to pick a film that's going to sell in our area. If it's not g oing to sell, we're not going to take it," said Lisa Buzzelli, director of an IMAX theater in Charleston that is not showing the movie. "Many pe ople here believe in creationism, not evolution." The film, "Volcanoes of the Deep Sea," makes a connection between human D NA and microbes inside undersea volcanoes. Buzzelli doesn't rule out showing the movie in the future. IMAX theaters in Texas, Georgia and the Carolinas have declined to show t he film, said Pietro Serapiglia, who handles distribution for Stephen Lo w, the film's Montreal-based director and producer. Critics worry screening out films that mention evolution will discourage the production of others in the future. "It's going to restrain the creative approach by directors who refer to e volution," said Joe DeAmicis, vice president for marketing at the Califo rnia Science Center in Los Angeles and a former director of an IMAX thea ter. |
| gallup.com/poll/content/login.aspx?ci=14107 November 19, 2004 Third of Americans Say Evidence Has Supported Darwin's Evolution Theory Almost half of Americans believe God created humans 10,000 years ago by Frank Newport Only about a third of Americans believe that Charles Darwin's theory of e volution is a scientific theory that has been well supported by the evid ence, while just as many say that it is just one of many theories and ha s not been supported by the evidence. Forty-five percent of Americans also believe that God created human beings pretty much in their present form about 10,000 years ago. A third of Americans are biblical literalists who believe that the Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word. Gallup Poll On Demand is your passport to public opinion polling data -- past and present -- and award-winning analysis from the world's most res pected pollsters. |