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panzerfaust

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80. This shows not stupidity, but simply that critical thinking is denigrated in American society

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Fri May 10, 2013, 05:03 PM

May 2013

A 2009 Harris Poll is reported by author Michael Shermer as showing that of our fellow citizens:

82% believe in God
76% believe in miracles
75% believe in Heaven
73% believe in Jesus is God or the Son of God
72% believe in angels
71% believe in survival of the soul after death
70% believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ
61% believe in hell
61% believe in the virgin birth (of Jesus)
60% believe in the devil
45% believe in Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
42% believe in ghosts
40% believe in creationism
32% believe in UFOs
26% believe in astrology
23% believe in witches
20% believe in reincarnation

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41% Americans Believe Dinosaurs And Humans Lived Together - Now I Know We Are Stupid [View all] TheMastersNemesis May 2013 OP

Wha???? pipi_k May 2013 #1

You took my joke. n/t BeeBee May 2013 #43

The Flintstones was obviously just a cartoon LondonReign2 May 2013 #74

We do! Javaman May 2013 #2

But Ken Ham says the did live together... SidDithers May 2013 #3

I love that quote about the invisible and the non existent. mmonk May 2013 #5

He Is Of An Age To Have Studied This Text, Sir, As A Child.... The Magistrate May 2013 #24

Interesting way of phrasing things. Rex May 2013 #50

And those fossils Lithos May 2013 #51

I've read that Ligyron May 2013 #4

I know quite a few educated people who think humans still live with dinosaurs... HereSince1628 May 2013 #6

In The Sense That Birds Are Dinosaurs' Descendants In A Certain Line You Could Say Man And Dinos TheMastersNemesis May 2013 #10

I need more 5th grade level creation introduction... HereSince1628 May 2013 #13

this AngryAmish May 2013 #23

... completely misses the point? nt. Hosnon May 2013 #67

well, these are a very small percentage... JackN415 May 2013 #41

we do hfojvt May 2013 #47

Long ago, when Cladistic analysis was still being debated HereSince1628 May 2013 #54

Didn't Adam name the dinosaurs? BillStein May 2013 #7

Yes, he named them Fred, Wilma and Bam-Bam flamingdem May 2013 #42

"fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom." pangaia May 2013 #8

That figure probably represents burnodo May 2013 #9

Once all those pipi_k May 2013 #16

I guess people need their beliefs burnodo May 2013 #64

Paleontologists brought to tears, laughter by Creation Museum Loup Garou May 2013 #11

Didn't you know we still live with them? telclaven May 2013 #12

and ostrich, emu, extinct moa,... n/t JackN415 May 2013 #40

therefore, our tradition of eating Thanksgiving dinosaur! kwassa May 2013 #49

With stuffing! telclaven May 2013 #68

Crocs 'n' gators, too. Arugula Latte May 2013 #70

It's not stupidity, it's religous brainwashing killbotfactory May 2013 #14

hehehe... Maine-ah May 2013 #15

Ridiculous pipi_k May 2013 #17

it is one of my all time favorites... Maine-ah May 2013 #19

Meet Joe, chervilant May 2013 #18

AH YES, SOYLENT GREEN HowHasItComeToThis May 2013 #44

Funny... chervilant May 2013 #61

there's a lot of money in keeping people stupid datasuspect May 2013 #20

Ugh abelenkpe May 2013 #21

But, but, it's true....... marmar May 2013 #22

I've never known anyone that believes this BS. ileus May 2013 #25

You must not watch the Duggars then trixie May 2013 #81

What took you so long, LOL. BootinUp May 2013 #26

I'm skeptical of that number fishwax May 2013 #27

I want to agree with you, but... Orrex May 2013 #34

Remarkably, 41% is also the floor for the Republican party. nt geek tragedy May 2013 #28

Cheap oil is the only thing keeping this pathetic nation kestrel91316 May 2013 #29

Fun With Biblical Patriarchs And Velociraptors Vogon_Glory May 2013 #30

I know someone who is homeschooling their kids and teaching this very idea. I don't know what the Pisces May 2013 #31

Imagine that gopiscrap May 2013 #32

Two words: CARL BAUGH derby378 May 2013 #33

My mom died believing that was proof OriginalGeek May 2013 #38

That happened to a co-worker of mine a long time ago derby378 May 2013 #48

I went all 4 years of high school to a christian school OriginalGeek May 2013 #53

What are you implying? Don't tell me Santa Claus isn't real. JackN415 May 2013 #35

"WiiiiilllllMAAAAAA...." sibelian May 2013 #36

I blame William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for this..... wandy May 2013 #37

I bet most of them live in Texas and Alabama. OregonBlue May 2013 #39

Not the mama! KamaAina May 2013 #45

Where are you getting that number? A poll of Texans was only 30% SpartanDem May 2013 #46

Thats pretty much the exact number of Republicans in the country. DCBob May 2013 #52

I visit dinosaurs at the nursing home 2 towns over Riftaxe May 2013 #55

41%???? 41%????? Initech May 2013 #56

How do you explain these: sarisataka May 2013 #57

Of course they existed together. Didn't you see "One Million Years B.C."? badtoworse May 2013 #58

Then why are they no longer with us? Incitatus May 2013 #59

Naw, Jesus killed them. nt LisaLynne May 2013 #60

Here is Jesus lovingly cradling a cute lil' dino ... right before He snapped its neck like a twig. Arugula Latte May 2013 #71

How dinosaurs went extinct pintobean May 2013 #62

or... sarisataka May 2013 #75

Obviously if so many believe supposed surveys! whistler162 May 2013 #63

well, I saw a movie with onethatcares May 2013 #65

There is stupid, and there is ignorant. They aren't the same thing. kwassa May 2013 #66

once the shock of utter hopelessness wears off datasuspect May 2013 #69

You didn't grow up watching this show... undeterred May 2013 #72

"Lived together"? You mean without the benefit of marriage? Hardly Biblical morals if you ask me. Bucky May 2013 #73

Well you know how that goes... pipi_k May 2013 #79

Faith and Religon trunp HockeyMom May 2013 #76

Maybe not dinosaurs, but we do have some throwbacks. Just look at the last CPAC! ck4829 May 2013 #77

I believe it was Abraham Lincoln who said, Separation May 2013 #78

This shows not stupidity, but simply that critical thinking is denigrated in American society panzerfaust May 2013 #80