Here's a link that shows on a state by state level, the percentage of Americans that believe that evolution is true.
http://subnormalnumbers.blogspot.com/2010/04/acceptance-of-evolution-by-state.html
Here's a link that shows a nation by nation breakdown of the acceptance of evolution. Take note of where the United States falls.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/acceptance-of-evolution-by-country
For those on this board that think Creationism has any merit, why is it that no atheist ever says that Creationism has any credibility? Why should religious beliefs, that are grounded in nothing, have any relevance on a purely scientific field?
Use to be they did not allow evolution to be caught in school. So the argument then was why not allow more than one theory?
Now they are still teaching one theory, evolution this time.
The problem is the lack of tolerance of other people's beliefs and freedom to choose.
I'm sure there will be yet another theory in the future. But only one. On that you can be sure.
God woke up in the niddle of the night
He decided to make the Light
For two long days he made the Heavens
Trillions of planets, only one Mars
His reach extended beyond the Stars
On the third day, God had a plan
Conjured up Earth with water galore
The winds started churning with a loud uproar
He slept through the night wanting much more
On the fourth day he invented the Fly
They flew from the clouds high in the sky
Flies explored all over the Earth
Their excretement soaking the rock
With high winds and wetness some turned to dirt
On the fifth day God was still bored
He made the jungles and banana trees
He thought to himself there must be more
He took two flies, changed them to monkeys
He named them Willy and Pri
They swung from the trees
Up high in the sky
On the sixth day God thought to himself
I need someone to talk to me
He looked at his monkeys in the tall trees
He gave them a voice,
The monkeys were pleased
All through the day and longer nights
The Monkeys would scream for attention
Look at me over here said Willy,
No look over here said Pri
They slobbered on each other like pigs in mud
Willy and Pri truly best Buds
Though they still felt neglected
God had no time to feel their rejection
He thought to himself
I need a correction
On the seventh day six thousand years ago
God thought of a better plan
The monkeys are starting to stink
And get on my nerves
He sat down to think
I will make two humans
One that is strong
And one with curves
Suddenly he made everything right
In the flash of a light
God made Adam and Eve
Renamed his monkeys Missing and Link
signed Neptune
evolved from a monkey-----
...but it's slow as hell at the office.
And since we're at the level now of exchanging poems, I figured I'd throw this in the pot.
Full disclosure, this is copied from Dawkins' The God Delusion.
1) The creation of the world is the most marvellous achievement imaginable.
2) The merit of an achievement is the product of
a) its intrinsic quality, and
b) the ability of its creator
3) The greater the disability (or handicap) of the creator, the more impressive the achievement.
4) The most formidable handicap for a creator would be non-existence.
5) Therefore if we suppose that the universe is the product of an existent creator we can conceive a greater being - namely, one who created everything while not existing.
6) An existing God therefore would not be a being greater than which a greater cannot be conceived because an even more formidable and incredible creator would be a God which did not exist.
Ergo:
7) God does not exist.
Happy Holidays to Charlie the commie, wherever you are!
The primacy of existence over consciousness rules.
That is, people inherit artifacts the evolutionary process whether they believe in it or not.
But the existence of evolution doesn't automatically contradict the existence of a creator who created the laws of physics as they are.
If you'd like some fun, read Sir Isaac Newton's work on what is even now known as Newtonian Physics. A very brilliant mind, and he accepted the premise of a creator whose work was accomplished through the creation of rules.