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June 12, 2007

Evolution in God's Own Party (Part II)

Earlier this month we discussed scientific literacy and the GOP's partial abandonment of it. The best comment, I thought, came from Jonathon Potts:
That scientific illiteracy is no obstacle is scary enough. That it might be a prerequisite is even scarier.
What's even scarier than that, is found here.
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.
It also correlates to the amount of time one spends in Church. The more time you spend in God's house the more likely you are of being skeptical of Evolution.

2 comments:

Rob Carr said...

"Bad theology," says the biochemist youth group leader and Praise Team musician and newsletter editor and church photographer and....

I just bought a mug for my office at church. It says "Note to self: Stop volunteering for stuff."

Anonymous said...

I haven't seen any numbers on this, but I'll be most Democrats also disbelieve evolution -- at least those south of the Mason-Dixon line and west of the Mississippi.