Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.
Not in my experience.
That’s true but; the % Man develop, with God guiding and % God created man in present form, is still at 72%. It looks like the decline is a Creationist view is from gains for the theistic evolutionist view. It's pretty clear the majority of people are not willing to make naturalistic assumptions that are mutually exclusive with God getting involved.There is an error margin with respect to the poll numbers so point-to-point isn't necessarily as useful to see a trend. I did a 3-point moving average (non-weighted) of that Gallup data between 1993 and 2017 and that more clearly shows a downward trend in creationist beliefs.
Coupled with some of the other data (like the Pew Research data) and creationist beliefs seem to be the on the decline.
I think it has more to do with the nature of Christian conviction, creationism is consistent with averages for Christians in the US who would identify themselves as 'evangelical' or 'born again'.If we're talking averages though, education (or lack thereof) does seem to play a significant factor in adoption of creationist beliefs. Just the difference between those who haven't graduated high school versus those with College educations is stark.
I'd be curious how much of that could be attributed to correlation versus how much is causation.
My pastor says even independent Baptists are dropping the word "Baptist" from their name.Well religion itself is on the decline, at least numberically. With the full court press at every level of education it's remarkable that over 1/3 of Americans still maintain evangelical conviction.
Sounds about right, these things ebb and flow. I remember J. Vernon Mcgee mentioned that prior to WW2 church attendance was way down, most churches didn't have a Wednesday service and many didn't meet Sunday evening. The trend is disappointing but hardly disturbing.My pastor says even independent Baptists are dropping the word "Baptist" from their name.
I'd say it reflects religious conviction.
Traditional American creationist beliefs have always been in the 40-50% range.
Evolution Is Finally Winning Out Over Creationism, Especially Among the Young
Sounds about right, these things ebb and flow. I remember J. Vernon Mcgee mentioned that prior to WW2 church attendance was way down, most churches didn't have a Wednesday service and many didn't meet Sunday evening. The trend is disappointing but hardly disturbing.
If we're talking averages though, education (or lack thereof) does seem to play a significant factor in adoption of creationist beliefs. Just the difference between those who haven't graduated high school versus those with College educations is stark.
I'd be curious how much of that could be attributed to correlation versus how much is causation.
Viewpoint discrimination is nothing new in Science or Theology.Being known as creationist in a scientific field could harm one's career.
The highly educated are a minority.Beyond this though, Christians tend to be fewer in number, as educational levels progress.
Don't see the corrolation and it comes off as a slam. A good church has a mix proportional to the population. If they are divided by education, race etc then that is not a healthy sign. His comment is divisive.Or as one evangelical pastor noted, one call tell a church where a sermon on the devil might be heard by the number of pick-up trucks in the parking lot.
Luke 18:8b Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?The correlation is crystal clear. Now, IMO, when you see groups dwindling in numbers like this, those who are left, tend to get louder and dig in.
Young people's minds will be shown God's Truth in spite of the force teaching of the False Theory of Evolution they have endured since they first entered School.
Uh huh.
Except what you don't appear to realize is that evolutionary biology is a useful science with real-world implications for its understanding and application. That is why it is taught.
Amen, but I am speaking of the False THEORY of Evolution which goes beyond descent with modification and enters the Religious world of "belief". A good example is the "belief" that Humans evolved from the common ancestor of Apes. That is the most provable satanic lie ever told.
We used sequence comparisons of an extensive set of Old World and New World monkeys and hominoids to identify functional regions in the human genome. Analysis of these data enabled the discovery of primate-specific gene regulatory elements and the demarcation of the exons of multiple genes. Much of the information content of the comprehensive primate sequence comparisons could be captured with a small subset of phylogenetically close primates.
Here, we report the sequencing and comparative analysis of 29 eutherian genomes. We confirm that at least 5.5% of the human genome has undergone purifying selection, and report constrained elements covering ~4.2% of the genome. We use evolutionary signatures and comparison with experimental datasets to suggest candidate functions for ~60% of constrained bases. These elements reveal a small number of new coding exons, candidate stop codon readthrough events, and over 10,000 regions of overlapping synonymous constraint within protein-coding exons. We find 220 candidate RNA structural families, and nearly a million elements overlapping potential promoter, enhancer and insulator regions. We report specific amino acid residues that have undergone positive selection, 280,000 non-coding elements exapted from mobile elements, and ~1,000 primate- and human-accelerated elements. Overlap with disease-associated variants suggests our findings will be relevant for studies of human biology and health.
Jacques Cartier would be mortified, wouldn't he?I just did a little research into the situation in Canada --- creationist beliefs run at about 22%.
I just did a little research into the situation in Canada --- creationist beliefs run at about 22%. This, to me, is not surprising since creationist beliefs are really only common in the USA and usually stronger in the South.
I'd be interested to know what the provincial breakdown is.
It has zero application. It is imposed on public education via court decisions which are slowly being undermined by state legislatures. The case is overstated by true believers. It is not even considered science by those in more exacting fields. All it amounts to is an atheistic interpretation of history. Its appeals to science is simply propoganda for legitimacy purposes.Uh huh.
Except what you don't appear to realize is that evolutionary biology is a useful science with real-world implications for its understanding and application. That is why it is taught.
Appeals to authority absent empirical evidence is not science in the first place.The sooner creationists wrap their head around this concept, the sooner they'll realize why they can't counter legitimate science with religious beliefs.
I don't know. Appeals to the majority in science has not worked out so well.Historically, that hasn't worked out so well.
What creationists need to realize is this is what you're up against. Not some fantasy about some atheistic conspiracy to corrupt the world's youth... but rather real-world science being done around the world in laboratories as we speak.
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?