Four in 10 Americans Believe in Strict Creationism (And we wonder why progress is so slow)

[LuckyTheDog]

Gallup poll:

Four in 10 Americans, slightly fewer today than in years past, believe God created humans in their present form about 10,000 years ago. Thirty-eight percent believe God guided a process by which humans developed over millions of years from less advanced life forms, while 16%, up slightly from years past, believe humans developed over millions of years, without God's involvement.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/145286/Four-Americans-Believe-Strict-Creationism.aspx?utm_source=add+this&utm_medium=addthis.com&utm_campaign=sharing&utm_term=Four-Americans-Believe-Strict-Creationism

Wow. Just wow.

[Arugula Latte]

1. Seriously, how f@#$ing stupid do you have to be to convince yourself of the Bible version?

[mindwalker_i]

5. Voluntary retardation

For some reason, the republican and religious nutjobs have had a much bigger influence on this country than on other countries. That means that we still have a lot more people clinging to the tooth fairy than elsewhere. I wonder why they've had so much success here, actually. Is it just that America had so much success early on that we became mentally lazy as a culture?

[Arugula Latte]

6. I think about that sometimes...

You might be onto something about the laziness. Europe went through two major wars and that sort of shook people out of a lot of delusions.

[prodigals0n]

2. KO got it right with this line in reference to Lonesome Rhodes Beck the other night

And it applies perfectly in this instance to:

"This is what happens when you let stupid people out of their homes." -- KO

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Someone on another thread referred to the "buy bull" belt.

I thought that was pretty apt.

[HughBeaumont]

4. There aren't enough facepalms for these people.

But I'll try.

[the redcoat]

7. Oh how persecuted and rare Christians are!