Re: American Idiocy, Part 34
- From: Alfonzo <alfonzo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:45:44 +0200
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 05:51:46 -0700, saroman wrote:
> OR: Why Americans are among the dumbest people on the planet.
>
> Aug. 31, 2005, 1:38AM
>
> Poll: 64% favor teaching both creationism, evolution
> By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
> New York Times
>
> In a finding that is likely to intensify the debate over what to teach
> students about the origins of life, a poll released Tuesday found that
> nearly two-thirds of Americans say that creationism should be taught
> alongside evolution in public schools. The poll found that 42 percent
> of respondents hold strict creationist views, agreeing that "living
> things have existed in their present form since the beginning of time."
> In contrast, 48 percent said they believed that humans had evolved over
> time; but of those, 18 percent said that evolution was "guided by a
> supreme being," and 26 percent said that evolution occurred through
> natural selection. In all, 64 percent said they were open to the idea
> of teaching creationism in addition to evolution, while 38 percent
> favored replacing evolution with creationism.
It's such ignorance from the USA that frightens the rest of the world.
I didn't know such teachings occured outside the Pakistani madrasas.
Religious beliefs and ignorance form a deadly combination : We've seen it
in Afganistan and now we see it in the USA.
Must be hard on the 26% of Americans who have some understanding about the
world in which they live, to be surounded by such a crowd of fanatic
religious zealots.
Many of us in France, wish to send you our best wishes and moral support,
for we know that the battle against ignorance it a tough one to win,
especially when it reaches the highest levels of a country's
administration.
Good luck to all of you that try to shed some enlightment on your medieval
type educated citizens.
.
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- American Idiocy, Part 34
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