The majority of Republicans in the United States do not believe the theory of evolution is true and do not believe that humans evolved over millions of years from less advanced forms of life. This suggests that when three Republican presidential candidates at a May debate stated they did not believe in evolution, they were generally in sync with the bulk of the rank-and-file Republicans whose nomination they are seeking to obtain. #
On the upside, science fiction and fantasy authors must be doing very well in the US.
You would think that the science fiction and fantasy authors are doing well, but then you remember that the same people who don’t believe in evolution won’t allow their children to read Harry Potter because of the witchcraft.
So, no… Unfortunately, the two do not go hand in hand.
I think that poll is a bunch of crap.
I believe in Evolution and I am a Republican, as do many others I know.
And we don’t keep our kids form reading Harry Potter. What an ill informed comment.
Not all Republicans are idiots. The ones you’re talking about are, but not all of us. Argh – I completely hate the fact that being a financial conservative lumps me in with Creationist dogmatics, party-wise. This is why the US needs more than two (viable) political parties.
It’d be nice if you could describe your political party affiliation (not just to folks, but in some kind of nationalized standard way) like one does a creative commons license. I’m a non-religion, non-security state, financially conservative Republican.
Totally. Just look at L. Ron Hubbard, he based Scientology on one of his (sucky, btw) sci-fi stories.
[quote comment=“130677”]I think that poll is a bunch of crap.
I believe in Evolution and I am a Republican, as do many others I know.
And we don’t keep our kids form reading Harry Potter. What an ill informed comment.[/quote]
Note that the poll doesn’t say ‘all’, it says ‘the majority’. And yes Harry Potter has been looked upon as ‘witchcraft’ in some circles of religious people.
The day Republicans were equated with Religious Fundamentalism was the death of the party. The opposition started this and the current administration completed it.
What is funny is I don’t hear how Catholics are predominantly democrat.
OT: Can someone explain to me how one can be for abortion yet against the death penalty?
This is a ridiculous poll and cannot be true.
That’s TOTALLY off topic, because a response would spawn a whole new thread of uninformed questions. That said, I am pro abortion in the form that is allowed in Denmark (that means not after 12 weeks of pregnancy). People far smarter than me have decided up until those 12 weeks, we’re talking about a fetus vs. a living being. I am against the death penalty because it is barbaric, cruel and unusual and because if there’s even the slightest chance the suspect is innocent, there’s no “undo” function. The stats I saw recently suggested up to 5% of all executed prisoners are innocent. Thats 5% too many.
[quote post=“2573”]OT: Can someone explain to me how one can be for abortion yet against the death penalty?[/quote]
The death penalty applies to a conscious human being.
Abortion applies to a fetus.
Fetus =| human
Rather simple really.
[quote comment=“130682”]This is a ridiculous poll and cannot be true.[/quote]
Also reads as: “This poll, made by one of the largest polling organizations in the world, cannot be true, since it does not align with my beliefs”.
Hm.
[quote post=“2573”]It’d be nice if you could describe your political party affiliation (not just to folks, but in some kind of nationalized standard way) like one does a creative commons license. I’m a non-religion, non-security state, financially conservative Republican.[/quote]
That would be nice, but it would make it harder to issue blanket statements like “Republicans are idiots” based on the views of some Republicans.
Correction, the ‘majority’ of republicans (note the lowercase r), not ‘some’.
Besides, my own personal opinion is based on more than just the apparent mass-insanity or ‘ignorance is bliss’ approach to life apparently sweeping across God’s army over yonder.
“If there is a God looking over my life, who has created everything ever, nothing bad can happen to me. Wheeeee!” (cue the pink fluffy clouds and line up the new dark ages, they’re next on stage).
[quote comment=“130677”]I think that poll is a bunch of crap.
I believe in Evolution and I am a Republican, as do many others I know.
And we don’t keep our kids form reading Harry Potter. What an ill informed comment.[/quote]
I’ll also point out that I didn’t say that Republicans don’t allow their children to read Harry Potter, but that the people who don’t believe in evolution are the ones who have a problem with it. Don’t believe me? Go to news.google.com and search: Harry Potter witchcraft.
Correction, “majority” does not mean “all”. So my point still stands.
[quote comment=“130678”] Argh – I completely hate the fact that being a financial conservative lumps me in with Creationist dogmatics[/quote]
I totally identify. It’s a strange connection, really. In my mind it should have been exactly the opposite. My pro-capitalistic beliefs go well with my beliefs of the chaotic nature of life, universe and everything – of how the blend of meaningless laws of physics end up creating meaningful existence. After all, capitalism is sort of the same thing: the idea that something useful can come out of the chaos of selfish competition.
Seems to me that these two beliefs fit each other much better than socialism+secularity or capitalism+religiousness.
Your thoughts?
[quote post=“2573”]And yes Harry Potter has been looked upon as ‘witchcraft’ in some circles of religious people.[/quote]
That is ridiculous, even for “religious” people. It’s a fiction novel, not to be taken so seriously.
Think that is bad? Some political blow-hards saying sh*t simply to energize a base constituency is nothing new. Spending millions on a “museum” ranks is a little more recent.
It doesn’t get any better than the Creation Museum though.
Bless their lil’ simple “the Earth is only 6,000 years old” hearts.
I am or was a firm believer in evolution. But reading the results of those polls makes me believe there’s something else besides – or should I say after – evolution. A process opposite evolution. After years of development people are becoming dumber again … wow.
They are correct — sort of. That’s how a scientific theory works. It can never be proven true; it can only conform to currently known facts, and you can then say “this theory fits with what we know about the subject.”
Sooner or later something shows up that disproves that theory. Then you either scrap the theory and find a new one, or change it to fit with the new facts.
Of course, by “theory of evolution is not true” they really mean “that’s a damn dirty lie because the bible says so”.
edit: hmm, blockquotes work in preview but not live.