A few 'scientific' polls to compare OOT to the rest of the US

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I think OP was leveling us to make a point that every scientific survey is significantly skewed depending on the person in charge.

EDIT: And by person in charge, I of course mean God, who influenced everyone to pick their answer.

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OP might try and cover like that now.

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All I know is that we have an awful lot of athiests around here.
Interesting.

[wacki]

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All I know is that we have an awful lot of athiests around here.
Interesting.

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So the "not a good pole" is "interesting" now?

Honestly I think I spent an entire 30 seconds developing the questions for this poll. All I wanted to know is what percentage of people thought the earth started at the big bang vs 6K years ago. Who believes in evolution in general, evolution of man, ID of man, etc. Who supports the consensus on CFC's and CO2. That is all I wanted to know.

I agree I phrased the genesis question poorly and I edited the original post. The athiest/faith question is a little too vague but whatever I don't really care. It serves my purpose of getting a general feel of OTT even if it pisses a few people off. Despite fierce criticism, nobody has yet to come up with a better way of phrasing the other questions.

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All I know is that we have an awful lot of athiests around here.
Interesting.

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The general US has 6% athiest and 16% agnostic. It seems OOT is 54% and 28%. OOT is truly a different breed than the rest of the US. OOT numbers are very close to those in Sweden.

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Yes, well, how did he answer the first part? Did the elephant materialize after the weight went off to the right? Did God put it there, or did it somehow evolve in that spot?

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Ok, Im fine with that, but YOU MENTION INTELLIGENT DESIGN IN THE ANSWER and go on to say that evolution stops at ID, MOST PEOPLE DO NOT BELIEVE THIS, I dont know how to make this much clearer.

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Most people can believe whatever the [censored] they want. Popular opinion does not make something true. ID is an alternative to evolution as a matter of fact no matter what you, 51%, or 99% of the world think.

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no its not.

[Inso0]

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Most people can believe whatever the [censored] they want. Popular opinion does not make something true. ID is an alternative to evolution as a matter of fact no matter what you, 51%, or 99% of the world think.

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Sort of.

It really boils down to one of two realities:


1: Man got here by a nigh-infinite number of amazing rolls of the dice. Where did the building blocks for life as we know it come from? We don't know... all these elements were "just there." We are accountable only to ourselves and by definition, make our own rules. Obviously, this is a very appealing option to many.

2: God (Aliens, whatever) put us here. This "Intelligent Designer" created the universe and all that is in it. Under this scenario, we are patrons of this world and as such are accountable to the rules of whoever made it. This scares the [censored] out of a lot of people because someday, they might have to explain themselves to someone.



Now you might say to me: "No, we don't believe God made the world because that's the most ridiculous idea I've ever heard. There is no proof for "God"."

I will say to you that Cosmic/Chemical/Macro Evolution is no different. It cannot be tested or demonstrated. Anyone who claims to have evidence of evolution will most assuredly be referring to Micro Evolution, which many (most?) Creationists fully agree with.


I don't sit here and pretend to have undeniable proof for all of my creationist views. But don't sit there and tell me that you have a single iota of proof for the Theory of Evolution (The Tree of Life) as it is widely spread on the backs of taxpayers today. It's a government subsidized religion. Admit it and move on.

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It's a government subsidized religion. Admit it and move on.

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No, It's a falsifiable theory.

[Inso0]

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It's a government subsidized religion. Admit it and move on.

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No, It's a falsifiable theory.

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Which is being taught as fact in public schools.

[Hume]

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It's a government subsidized religion. Admit it and move on.

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No, It's a falsifiable theory.

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Which is being taught as fact in public schools.

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Along with plenty of other falsifiable theories.