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Gallup - 46% of Americans mentally impaired.
Posted by: Spock
Date: June 01, 2012 02:16PM
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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 prevalence of this creationist view of the origin of humans is essentially unchanged from 30 years ago, when Gallup first asked the question. About a third of Americans believe that humans evolved, but with God's guidance; 15% say humans evolved, but that God had no part in the process.

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Re: Gallup - 46% of Americans mentally impaired.
Posted by: cbelt3
Date: June 01, 2012 02:25PM
Poor education is not mental impairment. And before the teacher's union reps go all postal, education still begins and continues in the home.

Final note:
"Gallup has asked Americans to choose among these three explanations for the origin and development of human beings 11 times since 1982. Although the percentages choosing each view have varied from survey to survey, the 46% who today choose the creationist explanation is virtually the same as the 45% average over that period -- and very similar to the 44% who chose that explanation in 1982"

In other words, no change in the last two generations either.
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Re: Gallup - 46% of Americans mentally impaired.
Posted by: Grateful11
Date: June 01, 2012 03:50PM
I consider myself a person of the Christain faith but when I read this this came to mind.





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Re: Gallup - 46% of Americans mentally impaired.
Posted by: Uncle Wig
Date: June 01, 2012 04:16PM
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cbelt3
Poor education is not mental impairment. And before the teacher's union reps go all postal, education still begins and continues in the home.

That's not poor education. I'm certain that the majority of the 46% have had decent schooling. They are simply choosing not to accept the facts, and that is just plain stupid to a level that rises to mental impairment.




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Re: Gallup - 46% of Americans mentally impaired.
Posted by: August West
Date: June 01, 2012 04:29PM
Life is hard.
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Re: Gallup - 46% of Americans mentally impaired.
Posted by: Acer
Date: June 01, 2012 05:50PM
What do you expect after 30 years of forcing schools to avoid the subject of human evolution?
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Re: Gallup - 46% of Americans mentally impaired.
Posted by: wave rider
Date: June 01, 2012 09:16PM
One thing that has remained constant since the founding of our nation: Half of our citizens are below average...

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Re: Gallup - 46% of Americans mentally impaired.
Posted by: RgrF
Date: June 02, 2012 01:26AM
Explains a lot of posts here.
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Re: Gallup - 46% of Americans mentally impaired.
Posted by: Black
Date: June 02, 2012 02:05AM
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RgrF
Explains a lot of posts here.

And not just yours.



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Re: Gallup - 46% of Americans mentally impaired.
Posted by: Black
Date: June 02, 2012 02:08AM
Spock, if belief in creationism implies "mental impairment," then why was Einstein a creationist?
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Re: Gallup - 46% of Americans mentally impaired.
Posted by: RgrF
Date: June 02, 2012 03:01AM
He was a man of his time, nothing to do with the debate today.
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Re: Gallup - 46% of Americans mentally impaired.
Posted by: Black
Date: June 02, 2012 03:05AM
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RgrF
He was a man of his time, nothing to do with the debate today.


^^^LOL^^^



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Re: Gallup - 46% of Americans mentally impaired.
Posted by: rjmacs
Date: June 02, 2012 03:05AM
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Black
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RgrF
He was a man of his time, nothing to do with the debate today.


^^^LOL^^^

agree smiley



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Re: Gallup - 46% of Americans mentally impaired.
Posted by: Black
Date: June 02, 2012 03:09AM
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rjmacs
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Black
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RgrF
He was a man of his time, nothing to do with the debate today.


^^^LOL^^^

agree smiley

Apologies, LOL wasn't quite accurate-- it was really more of a "snickers behind hand."



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Re: Gallup - 46% of Americans mentally impaired.
Posted by: decay
Date: June 06, 2012 10:28AM
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