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that all living species were created 6,000 years ago in their current form.

that all living species were created 6,000 years ago in their current form.

that all living species were created 6,000 years ago in their current form.

I'm not aware of Muslim nations believing that science should be rejected when it comes to creation theory - certainly not the 50+% Chomsky quotes.

So, what is the latest proportion of your fellow Americans that believe the Bible's version of creation is true and science is wrong?

Are you ashamed to look up this figure and compare it with other nations?

shafique wrote:What's the matter eh - can't handle the truth?

So, what is the latest proportion of your fellow Americans that believe the Bible's version of creation is true and science is wrong?

Are you ashamed to look up this figure and compare it with other nations?

That's the criterion used by Chomsky and disputed by you - nothing to do with Pakistan and capital punishment (happy to compare relative rates in a separate thread - but as the Quran doesn't say adulterers should be stoned, I'm not sure what you're carping on about now)

Cheers,
Shafique

event horizon wrote:What part of assuming Chomsky's claim to be correct (which it isn't) did you not understand?

Half of Americans who supposedly believe in Creationism is a lower % than the % of Pakistanis who support stoning for adulterers.

We should compare like with like - capital punishment that is not in the Quran is not related to Americans believing the Bible's story of creation above that of science.

So, again - what is the latest proportion of Americans who reject science and believe the Bible's account that man was created a few thousand years ago?

that all living species were created 6,000 years ago in their current form.

This belief is based on a literal interpretation of the Bible and hence he makes the case that the US is more fundamentalist than Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan.

I'm still waiting to hear from you what the latest % of Americans who believe the Bible's version over Science is.

that all living species were created 6,000 years ago in their current form.

shafique wrote:So, what is the % of Americans who believe

that all living species were created 6,000 years ago in their current form.

Is it still above 50%?

Cheers,
Shafique

Noam Chomsky: We must bear in mind that the US is a very fundamentalist society, perhaps more than any other society in the world – even more fundamentalist than Saudi Arabia* or the Taliban**. That's very surprising. About half of the [US] population believes that all living species were created 6,000 years ago in their current form.

In September 2005, Gallup slightly altered the wording of this question as follows:

Which of the following statements comes closest to your views on the origin and development of human beings -- : human beings have evolved over millions of years from other forms of life and God guided this process, human beings have evolved over millions of years from other forms of life, but God had no part in this process, or God created human beings in their present form exactly the way the Bible describes it]?

The basic pattern of responses between these two ways of asking the question is quite similar. The minor wording changes appear to have resulted in a slight increase in the percentage of Americans choosing the literal biblical alternative rather than the "evolution with God's help" alternative.

Definitely
True Probably
True Probably
False Definitely
False Unsure
% % % % %

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"Evolution -- that is, the idea that human beings developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life"


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Young Earth creationism (YEC) is a form of creationism that asserts the Heavens, Earth, and all life were created by direct acts of the Abrahamic God during a relatively short period, sometime between c. 5,700[1] and 10,000 years ago.[2] Its adherents are those Christians and Jews[3] who believe that God created the Earth in six 24-hour days, taking a literal interpretation of the Genesis creation narrative as a basis for their beliefs,[4][5] and include around 10-45% of American adults, depending on various polls.

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YECs regard the Bible as a historically accurate, factually inerrant record of natural history. They accept its authority as the central organizing text for human life — the sole indisputable source of knowledge on every topic with which it deals. As Henry Morris, a leading YEC, explained it, Christians who flirt with less-than-literal readings of biblical texts are also flirting with theological disaster.[36][37] For the vast majority of YECs, an allegorical reading of the Genesis creation myth, the Fall of man, the deluge myth, and the Tower of Babel would undermine core Christian doctrines like the birth and resurrection of Jesus Christ. According to Morris, Christians must "either ... believe God's Word all the way, or not at all."[36] Therefore, YECs consider the Genesis creation myth as an historical account of the origin of the Earth and life, and that Bible-believing Christians must regard the Genesis 1-11 as historically accurate.

event horizon wrote:Yes, for anyone who actually lives in the US, touting claims that half of Americans believe the earth is six thousand years old is pretty funny.

I fully understand you want to keep your head in the sand and deny the evidence that 73% of your fellow republican church going brethren believe that the Bible's account of creation trumps science (and they believe that man was created less than 10,000 years ago).