Father Heathen
Veteran Member
Yeah. People need to realize that the concept of god and the theory of evolution aren't mutually exclusive, nor is literally interpreting creation myths a prerequisite for belief in god.
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Where Does Your Religious Community Stand on Evolution?
- Thread starter SalixIncendium
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☆Dreamwind☆
Active Member
That's embarrassing
exchemist
Veteran Member
I suspect it will be the Bible Belt that does it. There does seem to be more Protestant fundamentalism in the USA than elsewhere. It certainly surprised me when I lived in Houston.
exchemist
Veteran Member
Women priests?
What is your problem with religion? These comments are not very nice and are extremely unhelpful.
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☆Dreamwind☆
Active Member
Trust me I know which region was doing it, but was trying to be tactful for a change. The percentage doesn't make it any less embarrassing.
There is no specific precept in Taoism about evolution, but the idea that everything is oart of nature acting in accordance to natural mechanisms, and form complicated push and pull relationships, seems to suit both evolution and Taoism.
Audie
Veteran Member
I dunno.
But that "pemission to think" thing
really made an impression on me.
A facetious response is hardly adequate
for something so horrendous.
I hope its not typical of religions.
Me, too!
If it is, it might cause you to post derogatory one-liners about religion or something!
☆Dreamwind☆
Active Member
I'll second that there is nothing inherently wrong with taking both a spiritual and practical approach to what we discover about this wonderful planet we inhabit. My issue is when people vehemently refuse to acknowledge science and fact, and then demand that future generations be dumbed down and denied education. That makes me angry.
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Mines down there at 24. I'm one of the 24%. Yah!Here is a graph showing percentages of followers of individual religions' stance on evolution in the US.
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Religious Differences on the Question of Evolution
In advance of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birthday on Feb. 12, 2009, the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life recentlywww.pewresearch.org
Nothing here that I think would warrant any debate, I think, but I posted it in a debate forum anyway, because...well...this is RF.
I just found it interesting that, in the 21st century, less than half of the US religious population support the theory of evolution.
I sort of find the fact that 8% of JW's consider it valid. Based on what I've seen, I would have thought it was near 0. I suppose the case is the usual where the loudest voices lend to giving the wrong impression of the whole.
That's pretty astounding where I come from. I don't think Evangelicals offer that much latitude in my experience.
At least the theory of evolution seems to fair better in the US with this breakdown.
At least the theory of evolution seems to fair better in the US with this breakdown.
Viker
Your beloved eccentric Auntie Cristal
Once again, another list that leaves things like modern Satanism and even my group off from. We'd likely be close to if not outright 100%.Here is a graph showing percentages of followers of individual religions' stance on evolution in the US.
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Religious Differences on the Question of Evolution
In advance of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birthday on Feb. 12, 2009, the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life recently
Nothing here that I think would warrant any debate, I think, but I posted it in a debate forum anyway, because...well...this is RF.
I just found it interesting that, in the 21st century, less than half of the US religious population support the theory of evolution.
PEW has discussed why they do not track small minority religious demographics.
Why Pew Research Center typically can’t report the views of smaller U.S. religious groups
While the largest Christian traditions and religious “nones” can be consistently analyzed, smaller groups produce a large margin of error.
www.pewresearch.org
Viker
Your beloved eccentric Auntie Cristal
Okay. That makes some sense. We clearly don't represent a broader social norm. Kinda why we're into what we're into.PEW has discussed why they do not track small minority religious demographics.
Why Pew Research Center typically can’t report the views of smaller U.S. religious groups
While the largest Christian traditions and religious “nones” can be consistently analyzed, smaller groups produce a large margin of error.
It's more of a methodology thing - one of the reasons PEW is respected is they follow proper methodology. They'd need to do a focus study on small minority demographics to avoid having massive margins of error. Sometimes they do that, though it doesn't seem to be common for them. They're more interested in tracking broad trends. I also like how they're mindful of how framing is impactful.
For everybody, here's one of their run downs a few years back on why the way a question about evolution is asked matters:
The Evolution of Pew Research Center’s Survey Questions About the Origins and Development of Life on Earth
Measuring public opinion on evolution has never been an easy task for survey researchers.
www.pewresearch.org
"Put more simply, our estimate of the share of Americans who reject evolution and express a creationist view drops considerably (from 31% to 18% of U.S. adults) when respondents are immediately given the opportunity to say God played a role in human evolution."
Astrophile
Active Member
I find it alarming that 12% of people in the United Kingdom are creationists and 11% of people don't know.