Comments on: Gosh Darned Christian Fundys… http://listics.com/200412062364 Frank Paynter's Voice and Vision... Sat, 27 Oct 2024 13:13:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: fp http://listics.com/200412062364#comment-47913 fp Mon, 13 Dec 2024 04:10:34 +0000 http://listics.com/200412062364#comment-47913 Thanks Bob. Thanks Bob.

]]> By: ICTHUS http://listics.com/200412062364#comment-47914 ICTHUS Sun, 12 Dec 2024 23:50:06 +0000 http://listics.com/200412062364#comment-47914 <strong>Creation, Evolution, & the Culture Wars</strong> As a follow up to the post below, I thought I would post a letter that I found (via Frank Paynter). It is a letter written by clergy to a school board in Wisconsin where teaching of "Creationism" is mandatory. Upon reading the letter, I remembered that... Creation, Evolution, & the Culture Wars

As a follow up to the post below, I thought I would post a letter that I found (via Frank Paynter). It is a letter written by clergy to a school board in Wisconsin where teaching of “Creationism” is mandatory. Upon reading the letter, I remembered that…

]]> By: Bob Park http://listics.com/200412062364#comment-47912 Bob Park Sun, 12 Dec 2024 23:07:18 +0000 http://listics.com/200412062364#comment-47912 Evolution, creationism and intelligent design are topics biology prof. Galen Smith will take on when he leads our Darwin Day humanist discussion in February. (See http://humanist.madisonwi.us) Evolution, creationism and intelligent design are topics biology prof. Galen Smith will take on when he leads our Darwin Day humanist discussion in February. (See http://humanist.madisonwi.us)

]]> By: probitus http://listics.com/200412062364#comment-47911 probitus Sat, 11 Dec 2024 17:48:27 +0000 http://listics.com/200412062364#comment-47911 Well spoken. I only wish that my pleasure over your eloquence weren't superceded by my deep, deep fear over the steady and significant gains this willful ignorance has made within our once great nation. Over the last decades, Gallup has periodically polled the American populace, asking people if they believe that the book of Genesis is the full and correct account of the physical history of the universe. The results: 1981 - 41% (believed in a literal 'creationism') 1987 - 47% 2004 - (drum roll...) 55%! Your eyes do not deceive. And these numbers *do not* include those who espouse 'intelligent design', a phenomenal misnomer of a theory that purports to be kindler, gentler creationism. Gallup's most recent results are corroborated by a NY Times/CBS poll: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/22/opinion/polls/main657083.shtml For more on the battle bewteen those in search of true separation of church and state and those who would see us become a captal-G God-based society, keep tabs on Scott Pilutik's fabulous blog RealityBasedCommunity.net at http://www.realitybasedcommunity.net . For more on a wide range of issues facing those who would reinvigorate liberalism in our country before it's too late, I humbly offer blog probitus at http://probitus.obrien4.net . Keep up the good work. - Brendan Well spoken. I only wish that my pleasure over your eloquence weren’t superceded by my deep, deep fear over the steady and significant gains this willful ignorance has made within our once great nation.

Over the last decades, Gallup has periodically polled the American populace, asking people if they believe that the book of Genesis is the full and correct account of the physical history of the universe. The results:

1981 - 41% (believed in a literal ‘creationism’)
1987 - 47%
2004 - (drum roll…) 55%!

Your eyes do not deceive. And these numbers *do not* include those who espouse ‘intelligent design’, a phenomenal misnomer of a theory that purports to be kindler, gentler creationism. Gallup’s most recent results are corroborated by a NY Times/CBS poll:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/22/opinion/polls/main657083.shtml

For more on the battle bewteen those in search of true separation of church and state and those who would see us become a captal-G God-based society, keep tabs on Scott Pilutik’s fabulous blog RealityBasedCommunity.net at http://www.realitybasedcommunity.net .

For more on a wide range of issues facing those who would reinvigorate liberalism in our country before it’s too late, I humbly offer blog probitus at http://probitus.obrien4.net .

Keep up the good work.
- Brendan

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