46% of Americans believe in Creationism

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dsgrue3 said:

Screamapillar said:

dsgrue3 said:

They are mutually exclusive concepts. 

We don't need a god for evolution to take place, and it has taken place. So why are you putting god in where it isn't needed? 

Creationism is, as described in the OP, the belief that god placed humans in their current form on Earth. In other words, no evolution involved.

The debate about evolution is in the minutia of what each component does - natural selection, random mutation, and what role the environment plays. There is no dispute about its occurrance. 

I am not putting God in anywhere, I am merely arguing on behalf of people of faith.  I don't believe in ridiculing others for not believing the exact same thing I believe.   As I stated originally, neither of us have all the answers, and so it is disingenuous at best to pretend as though we do and claim that large groups of people are ignorant simply because we disagree with them.  I take your point about the narrow definition of Creationism in the OP, yet I guarantee you that most people's definition of Creationism is not so narrow.  Most people of faith do not take the story of Adam and Eve as literal, it is taken as metaphorical.  It has been that way for some time now. 

What the hell are you babbling about dude? I don't need ALL the answers to notice that all the evidence is for one scientific theory and there is no evidence for a religious one.

You are ignorant if you claim the Earth is flat or the Sun orbits it. That's patently absurd. Do you know why? Because of the mountain of evidence to the contrary of this position. Evolution is no different.

Well, dude, it's 46% of the US and that's totally disgusting to me. If the other % accept evolution I'm okay with that. It's the science denialists that piss me off.

Someone you've never met not agreeing with you about evolution pisses you off?  That's your argument?  Here I thought I was having a discussion with an adult...

I'm sorry that people not agreeing with you upsets you so much, but perhaps it would be a better use of your time or talents to focus on something else. 

Until you yourself have all of the answers (and of course you don't), then writing off an entire population of people simply because they believe something you don't believe is equally as absurb as anything you believe.

I'm sorry you can't see that.