{"id":737,"date":"2004-11-19T17:46:35","date_gmt":"2004-11-20T00:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dabacon.org\/pontiff\/?p=737"},"modified":"2004-11-19T17:46:35","modified_gmt":"2004-11-20T00:46:35","slug":"spinning-darwin-in-his-grave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dabacon.org\/pontiff\/2004\/11\/19\/spinning-darwin-in-his-grave\/","title":{"rendered":"Spinning Darwin in his Grave"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my never ceasing effort to increase stereotyping, I present, for you, a recent Gallup poll about American views on the theory of evolution:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Subgroup<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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% Who Believe that Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
Is a Scientific Theory Well Supported by the Evidence<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Postgraduate education<\/td>\n65%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Liberal<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
College graduate<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seldom, never attend church<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Catholics<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50- to 64-year-olds<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Men<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18- to 29-year-olds<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Independent<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Democrat<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moderate<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SAMPLE AVERAGE<\/strong><\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nearly weekly church attendance<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30- to 49-year-olds<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Some college<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Women<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Republican<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Midwest<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Protestant<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Conservative<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weekly church attendance<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Age 65+<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
High school or less<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

This data makes me think maybe we need another 1960s cultural revolution. Well, truthfully I always think that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my never ceasing effort to increase stereotyping, I present, for you, a recent Gallup poll about American views on the theory of evolution: Subgroup % Who Believe that Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Is a Scientific Theory Well Supported by the Evidence Postgraduate education 65% Liberal 56 College graduate 52 West 47 Seldom, never attend … <\/p>\n

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