Quote:The people responsible for this shift are the young. According to a recent Pew Research Center report, 73 percent of American adults younger than 30 expressed some sort of belief in evolution, a jump from 61 percent in 2009, the first year in which the question was asked. The number who believed in purely secular evolution (that is, not directed by any divine power) jumped from 40 percent to a majority of 51 percent. In other words, if you ask a younger American how humans arose, you’re likely to get an answer that has nothing to do with God.

Quote:It’s not just the young who are moving in favor of secular evolution. The overall proportion of Americans who believe in secular evolution has doubled since 1999, from 9 percent to 19 percent, according to a 2014 Gallup poll. But it’s important to note that the jump in secular evolution does not necessarily correspond to an increase in the total number who believe in evolution. Instead, most of that increase has been drawn from the pool of Americans who previously reported that they believed in evolution guided by God, which simultaneously dropped from 40 percent to 31 percent.

Quote:The fight matters because we’re talking about the most fundamental tenet of modern biology. Origin of Species was just voted the most influential academic book of all time. As biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky wrote in 1973: “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.” Shared ancestry and adaptation by natural selection are what tie the biological sciences together, give them shape and meaning, and explain why life on Earth became the way it is. Trying to teach biology without evolution would be like trying to teach chemistry without the periodic table of elements: It just doesn’t work.

(12-09-2015 04:28 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  There is a debate about this?

(12-09-2015 04:24 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  Those under 30 are the smartest and most experienced people in the country.

(12-09-2015 04:22 PM)HarmonOliphantOberlanderDevine Wrote:  I can imagine it stems from how it is taught in schools. I know my Catholic taught evolution.

(12-09-2015 04:45 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(12-09-2015 04:22 PM)HarmonOliphantOberlanderDevine Wrote:  I can imagine it stems from how it is taught in schools. I know my Catholic taught evolution.

This

I was taught evolution in Catholic school.

(12-09-2015 04:44 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  I'm sure a lot of it may have to do with what is going on over at "[split] Something something no true Pope....." lol.

Religion makes people fight, not the other way around. Maybe people would rather believe that it all happened by accident, thus not having to worry about which God is correct.

(12-09-2015 04:48 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(12-09-2015 04:44 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  I'm sure a lot of it may have to do with what is going on over at "[split] Something something no true Pope....." lol.

Religion makes people fight, not the other way around. Maybe people would rather believe that it all happened by accident, thus not having to worry about which God is correct.

So people are too lazy to believe in God?

(12-09-2015 04:45 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  Depends on how you define "smart". You probably define it as someone who is good at academic tests. I define it as someone who can support a family.

(12-09-2015 04:46 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(12-09-2015 04:45 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(12-09-2015 04:22 PM)HarmonOliphantOberlanderDevine Wrote:  I can imagine it stems from how it is taught in schools. I know my Catholic taught evolution.

This

I was taught evolution in Catholic school.

You were taught in Catholic school that we came from monkeys? That is hard to believe.

(12-09-2015 04:51 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(12-09-2015 04:48 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(12-09-2015 04:44 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  I'm sure a lot of it may have to do with what is going on over at "[split] Something something no true Pope....." lol.

Religion makes people fight, not the other way around. Maybe people would rather believe that it all happened by accident, thus not having to worry about which God is correct.

So people are too lazy to believe in God?

How would I know the answer to that?

Scientific proof is also tough to go against.

You'll have to ask them.

(12-09-2015 05:01 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(12-09-2015 04:51 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(12-09-2015 04:48 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(12-09-2015 04:44 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  I'm sure a lot of it may have to do with what is going on over at "[split] Something something no true Pope....." lol.

Religion makes people fight, not the other way around. Maybe people would rather believe that it all happened by accident, thus not having to worry about which God is correct.

So people are too lazy to believe in God?

How would I know the answer to that?

Scientific proof is also tough to go against.

You'll have to ask them.

When did science disprove God?

(12-09-2015 04:46 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(12-09-2015 04:45 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(12-09-2015 04:22 PM)HarmonOliphantOberlanderDevine Wrote:  I can imagine it stems from how it is taught in schools. I know my Catholic taught evolution.

This

I was taught evolution in Catholic school.

You were taught in Catholic school that we came from monkeys? That is hard to believe.

(12-09-2015 05:01 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(12-09-2015 05:01 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(12-09-2015 04:51 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(12-09-2015 04:48 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(12-09-2015 04:44 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  I'm sure a lot of it may have to do with what is going on over at "[split] Something something no true Pope....." lol.

Religion makes people fight, not the other way around. Maybe people would rather believe that it all happened by accident, thus not having to worry about which God is correct.

So people are too lazy to believe in God?

How would I know the answer to that?

Scientific proof is also tough to go against.

You'll have to ask them.

When did science disprove God?

It hasn't, but it certainly has proved evolution takes place.