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Title: How Many Americans Actually Believe The Earth Is Only 6,000 Years Old?
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RawStory
URL Source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/ ... -earth-is-only-6000-years-old/
Published: Nov 11, 2013
Author: By Tony Ortega
Post Date: 2013-11-11 12:38:05 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 9181
Comments: 21
For thirty years, Gallup has been asking Americans their views about evolution and human beings, and the results have been remarkably consistent and stable.
Last year, Gallup once again reported that nearly half of the country believe the Biblical version of events: “Forty-six percent of Americans believe in the creationist view that God created humans in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years.”
The Bible doesn’t actually say how long ago the account of creation in the book of Genesis was supposed to have taken place. But in 1650, Church of Ireland Archbishop James Ussher used the stories of the Old Testament to calculate that the world had been created on Sunday, October 23, 4004 BC. His wasn’t the only calculus based on the Bible, but it became the most popular and is still influential with creationists today.
And according to Gallup, that calculation is still so popular, nearly half of America believes it describes the age of the earth.
But Josh Rosenau, with the National Center for Science Education, wrote this week that very different results emerge when slight changes are made to the questions that Gallup asks, and the actual number of “young-earth creationists” in the U.S. is probably much lower than Gallup claims.
Rosenau points out that the Gallup poll specifically asks about human origins, and does so in a religious context. But if Americans are asked if they believe whether plants and animals have evolved over millions of years (regardless of the reason why), a substantially higher number say yes — 60 percent did in a 2009 Pew poll, for example.
Removing religious context and human origins, people are much less likely to say that we’re living on a young earth. In another 2009 survey, only 18 percent agreed with the statement that “the earth is less than 10,000 years old,” for example.
But Rosenau thinks the number of truly committed young-earth creationists is even smaller than that.
Since the early 1980s, the National Science Board has asked Americans if they accept the idea that the continents have been moving for millions of years — and 80 percent agree. Ten percent say they don’t know, and only another ten percent firmly reject it.
“In short, then, the hard core of young-earth creationists represents at most one in ten Americans — maybe about 31 million people — with another quarter favoring creationism but not necessarily committed to a young earth,” Rosenau concludes. “One or two in ten seem firmly committed to evolution, and another third leans heavily toward evolution. About a third of the public in the middle are open to evolution, but feel strongly that a god or gods must have been involved somehow, and wind up in different camps depending how a given poll is worded.”
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Our web site host, Taliban A K A Stoned, is one of the believers in a 6K old earth. LOL!
#2. To: Fred Mertz (#1)
Our web site host, Taliban A K A Stoned, is one of the believers in a 6K old earth. LOL!
Yup.
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
#3. To: Brian S (#0) (Edited)
TO Stone: Don't worry about it, Stone. Many of us believe in a young earth vs the earth of millions of years ago. Believing God is a smarter move than believing scientists who are routinely proven wrong in many areas of knowledge. Where is the missing link, etc etc.?
#4. To: Don (#3)
Where is the missing link
Apparently the good Christian Stone believes the missing link may be my recently deceased mother.
We used to be a land where we gave up our lives to protect our freedom. Now we give up our freedom to protect our lives.
#5. To: We The People (#4)
Apparently ...
It isn't apparent. The poor chap is convinced that some Bible thumper had a hand in all of science. Yet, stone can't argue for the author at all.
#6. To: We The People (#4)
Of course she isn't. May she RIP. Just contrasting reactions.
#7. To: buck, Fred Mertz (#5)
The age of the earth is whatever all those geneologies add up to. Which is apparently several thousand years old.
Why do you think God is a liar. Fred you go to church but you don't believe. What is the point of going if you think the Bible is a lie? Must just be a social gathering for you as your values don't reflect a regular church goer. Only fake christians vote for Obama the faggot.
#8. To: buck (#5)
Bible thumper had a hand in all of science. Yet, stone can't argue for the author at all.
What is that gibberish supposed to mean?
Do you think we evolved from apes? If so that isn't science. That is a fairy tale. Frogs don't turn into princes when you kiss them or over millions of years. It don't happen Buch. You're welcome to try to show some real life examples.
#9. To: A K A Stone, *Yukon neo-Progressive Vermin* (#7)
Mitt is the missing link between Mexican Chihuahuas and Barney Frank.
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote Third Party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#10. To: Fred Mertz (#1)
I believe the world doesn't even exist !
We're just cyber junk on the motherboard !
All the trash is going out on disk clean up - delete !
If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons - question marks are for girlie boys !
#11. To: A K A Stone (#6)
You're an idiot.
We used to be a land where we gave up our lives to protect our freedom. Now we give up our freedom to protect our lives.
#12. To: We The People (#4)
Apparently the good Christian Stone believes the missing link may be my recently deceased mother.
Sorry about your mother.
It's too bad Stone has so many unresolved mommy issues and can't be trusted to act like normal people who don't politicize every event.
#13. To: mininggold (#12)
Good to see you on your drive by. Stone is his own worst enemy...and ours too.
#14. To: We The People (#4)
My condolences and deepest sympathy on the passing of your loved mother. You will be in my prayers. If there are any other prayers I can offer please let me know.
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct[a] your paths.(Proverbs 3:5-6)
#15. To: We The People (#4)
Hey bro...My heartfelt condolences and prayers for you and yours regarding your mother. I just read of the circumstances....so sorry.
#16. To: Liberator, mininggold, redleghunter (#15)
Thank you all.
We used to be a land where we gave up our lives to protect our freedom. Now we give up our freedom to protect our lives.
#17. To: A K A Stone (#8)
What is this intellectual commentary intended to reveal?
You figure it out. I wrote it. You read it. Deal with it.
#18. To: buck (#17)
The poor chap is convinced that some Bible thumper had a hand in all of science.
What an inaccurate stupid statement. You can't even explain what it means.
#19. To: buck (#17)
#20. To: A K A Stone (#19)
I don't carry out requests for mere cretins. Do yourself a favor, pal ... become responsible about yourself. You let this forum go to HELL with your "requests" in the publick domain.
#21. To: buck (#20)
So you are embarrassed about your drunk gibberish. Got ya moron.
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