11-05-2004, 03:26 AM
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Originally posted by Johny Traffic
When my American friend was trying to explain to me about the obsesion with church in politics, he showed me some stuff that we found amazing.
This is NOT a have a go at the Americans thread, just some interesting stuff I found amazing.
In a Gallup poll
About half of Canadians and Americans above age eighteen reject evolution as a valid scientific concept (Sonderstrom 2000). Almost 80 percent of Americans want creationism taught in public schools, and significant percentages want to ban the teaching of evolution (see Moore 2000).
A poll in early 2000 indicated that half of Americans believe that evolution is "far from being proven scientifically" (Finn and Kanstoroom 2000).
Even the biology teachers dont always teach it. In Oklahoma, 33 percent of high school biology teachers place little or no emphasis on evolution. In Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee, 23 percent of high school biology teachers have the same view (Weld and McNew 1999).
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That sounds pretty far fetched. I'd have to see some convincing poll numbers from groups that I would be willing to believe. Polls funded by people like Kent Hovind don't count.
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