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Where? In what context?Regardless of what you would like to believe,Jimmy Carter has publically stated that he is a creationists.He is also a scientist,and a Southern Baptist.He claims not to be a fundamentalist. Maybe you should let Jimmy Carter know that he is not a creationist in spite of what he believes.
Usually people who say such things don't call themselves creationists.Jimmy Carter on Creationism
"I believe there's a supreme being, God, who created the entire universe, yes. And I am a scientist, as a matter of fact, as you may know, I studied nuclear physics. I helped to develop nuclear submarines. So, I believe in science. I believe we ought to explore the far outreaches of space. We ought to make sure we understand everything we can about the particles that make up the atoms. "
There are a lot of creationists that believe in evolution.Regardless of what sub titles they gave been given,they are creationsts.
To me, the only use of the word "evolutionist" that makes any degree of sense is somebody who works in the field of evolution. Evolution is not, after all, a belief for somebody to believe in. Instead it's a scientific fact and a theory. We don't use this kind of terminology for any other scientific facts or theories, so it makes no sense to use it here.I suppose that you assume an evolutionist is someone who believes in evolution?
When LiveScience asked the senator if he thought creationism should be taught in public schools, Gravel replied, ""Oh God, no. Oh, Jesus. We thought we had made a big advance with the Scopes monkey trial....My God, evolution is a fact, and if these people are disturbed by being the descendants of monkeys and fishes, they've got a mental problem. We can't afford the psychiatric bill for them. That ends the story as far as I'm concerned."
I have no idea what the OP believes...
Creationism is fine if it stays in the Faith Department. Once Creationism is allowed to rear its head in the education department then we can conclude that mankind has learned nothing from the evils of the Dark Ages!
That's the intention.yes, but, what could possibly be LEARNED from a creation class other than religious doctrine?
True. But in universities you can.in public school, you cant teach religious doctrine.
That's why offer the class as an elective and not as a required to graduate course.the argument mostly is that teaching religion at the secondary school level simply doesnt adhere to the ciriculla of most standardized tests, ie, the SATs, the ACTs, etc. There are never religion based-questions within those tests, which means, any informtion learned in a religon class won't have an impact on later education UNLESS one goes into religious studies at a university level.
I would love to agree with you on this point, but the sad but true fact is this:tax payers just don't want to deal with the nonsense. Also, at the econdary education level, one has few choices to select 'elective' classes and people view other subjects as having more educational value than religious courses.
Oh well.now, HISTORY of religion is not a religion course; that might qualify. But simply "Garden of Eden 101" is just unacceptable.
That piece of statistics was conducted back on January 23rd, 2007. So that's pretty recent. Population's opinion won't change that quick.I think that if you did a study now, that it'd be over 40 percent of people who believe in evolution. and that number I'm sure grows everyday.
TrueIn most public schools, however, religious courses are not offered as electives. whatever one learns about religion in public schools, its usually through some kind of history course.
AgreedI think religious courses are great at university level bc the professors generally know alot more about the subject than a highschool level teacher would.
Its always been my opinion that religious studies should be restricted to university level.
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=581A majority of U.S. adults (54%) do not think human beings developed from earlier species, up from 46 percent in 1994.
Forty-nine percent of adults believe plants and animals have evolved from some other species while 45 percent do not believe that.
Adults are evenly divided about whether or not apes and man have a common ancestry (46 percent believe we do and 47 percent believe we do not).
Again divided, 46 percent of adults agree that "Darwin’s theory of evolution is proven by fossil discoveries," while 48 percent disagree.
Depends on how you look at it. Imagine if we had those kind of numbers on any other scientific theory. It would seem absolutely pathetic, wouldn't it?its, almost half...
which is good.
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