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To: koan who wrote (668)	9/3/2011 12:43:53 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

Over 50% of conservatives do not believe in evolution (which blows my mind). It is like not believeing the earth is round. The vast majority of liberals do believe in evolution. Why scientists are liberal. People are divided between those who live by fact and reason and those who live by myth and script. Scientists are trained in fact and reason. Darwin discovered how we got here and published it in 1859. Yet 99% of the people on earth today still do not seem to understand evolution or believe in it? So how do we survive if people cannot grasp something so simple? I keep on addressing this and it keeps on getting ignored. first, I don't believe the 50% of conservatives number to start with. I'd love to see the survey and how the question was asked. I'd also like to see the profile of the sample set. But not believing in the theory of evolution as described by Darwin is not the same as not believing in "evolution". There are many theories of evolution. You can believe in one and not believe in another. One theory is of natural selection of small variations of traits that are then passed on to subsequent generations. The variations that allow the organism to compete better in the environment, give those organisms that have that trait a better chance to pass it along to the next generation allowing for gradual changes in the species. Not everyone believes this!! and they still believe in evolution. Another is that major mutations happen due to either by chance or by environmental forcing. The belief is that the evolution is not gradual at all but happens in fits and starts. Some people believe that it is likely a combination of evolutionary forces. Another is that God breathed the spark of life into the first organisms and started and planned the process that has brought us to where we are today. Others believe that God started the process and has let chance bring us to where we are today (through unplanned evolution). Believing in God and that God created everything is not the same as not believing in the theory of evolution as defined by Darwin. As a side note, my son goes to a Catholic school. They teach evolution there. It was one of the things that I asked up front. It was also a requirement for me to send my son to the school.