35% of Americans believe in evolution.

[Hieronymus]

Randi Rhodes reported this today. I haven't seen the article.
This makes me ashamed of my country.:eyes:

P.S. Here is a piece from gallup:

November 19, 2004
Third of Americans Say Evidence Has Supported Darwin's Evolution Theory
Almost half of Americans believe God created humans 10,000 years ago


by Frank Newport

Only about a third of Americans believe that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is a scientific theory that has been well supported by the evidence, while just as many say that it is just one of many theories and has not been supported by the evidence. The rest say they don't know enough to say. Forty-five percent of Americans also believe that God created human beings pretty much in their present form about 10,000 years ago. A third of Americans are biblical literalists who believe that the Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word.

[trotsky]

1. It doesn't matter how many people "believe" in evolution.

It happened anyway.

[Doctor_J]

2. and about 65% believe Saddam was behind 9/11

it's a dangerous time to not be an ignoramus.

[Guaranteed]

3. Yeah. Fucking sad. nt

[BattyDem]

4. You've got to be kidding me

They may not believe in evolution, but I think the evidence of de-evolution among Americans is pretty solid!

[DrWeird]

5. That goes a long way to explaining Nov. 2nd.

Fucking morans.

[MichiganVote]

8. My thoughts exactly

[djeseru]

6. Is it me?

Or is this kinda scary? :scared:

Gee-zu, the third-world is more intelligent than the average American...

[eleonora]

7. nation of dumbasses

dumbing down, dumbing down...we'll be a third world country in a generation or two.

[Nevernose]

9. I can hear the dueling banjos warming up as I write...

[Doctor_J]

10. Maybe this points to deep introspection among * voters

maybe they are thinking, "If evolution were really true, someone like me would have gone the way of the stegasaurus a million years ago".

Nah. :-)

[GoBlue]

11. Gallup poll ... for what it's worth

http://www.gallup.com/poll/content/login.aspx?ci=14107

And I am sure those who don't believe in evolution have carefully weighed the evidence of the truly creative and ingenious process of evolution vs the uninspired and lame process of creationism.