Nearly 70 percent of evangelicals do not view religion, science as being in conflict

[Panich52]

Nearly 70 percent of evangelicals do not view religion, science as being in conflict

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Media and popular culture might portray religion and science as being at
odds, but new research suggests just the opposite.

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Then they need to speak up more often, and louder, to shout down the vocal theocrats who are giving the impression that vast majority of evangelicals are willfully ignorant and thoroughly anti-science.

[enlightenment]

1. Broad statistics

say nothing without knowing what questions were asked - and as far as I can tell, the researcher, Eckland, apparently does not feel the need to post that information (probably because she's planning on writing a book).

[old guy]

2. This poll doesn't really say much at all to me.

There is no real context. They may believe in science but what about gay marriage, contraception, abortion, and other real life issues that affect real peoples lives.

[MisterP]

3. hey, we need to take whatever "in" to not acting like one's incontinent we can get

[rock]

4. Now would a large portion of Evangelicals

Be mostly those (typical Republicans) who believe in woo and disbelieve science? See where I'm headed with this?

[geek tragedy]

5. same people don't believe in evolution or climate change, they're just ignorant and think science

rubber stamps whatever their primitive belief system tells them about the universe.

http://publicreligion.org/newsroom/2011/09/poll-finds-evangelicals-stand-apart-on-evolution-climate-change/

On evolution, a third (32 percent) of white evangelicals affirm a belief in evolution, compared to two-thirds of white mainline Protestants, six in 10 Catholics and three-quarters of the unaffiliated.

On climate change, though strong majorities in every religious group say they believe the earth is getting warmer, white evangelicals (31 percent) are significantly less likely to believe the change is caused by human activity. That compares to 43 percent of white mainline Protestants, 50 percent of Catholics and 52 percent of the unaffiliated.

The poll reveals an unusual political schism on climate change. Typically, Republicans come down on one side of a question, Democrats on the other, and independents in the middle, said Dan Cox, PRRI’s research director.

On climate change, Republicans (49 percent) cluster with Tea Party members (41 percent) on whether there is solid evidence that the earth is warming. That compares to 81 percent of Democrats and seven in 10 independents.

“There is no reason for climate change to be a partisan issue,” said Cox. “But the political leadership on the issue has led to a polarization of opinion, with Democrats and independents on one side and Republicans on the other.”

[Populist_Prole]

6. The study seems to "this way or that way" in nature

The RW christio-fascists I know, which includes a creationist or two among them, don't really say they're anti-science as such. I never really hear it as "science vs religion". To them religion = science. It's just their bizarre interpretation of "science", since they simply claim it as their own, as they see it.

[ND-Dem]

7. kr.