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In response to "Poll: Rank the following in order of highest to lowest: % of Americans who believe in UFOs, evolution, angels, ghosts, anthropogenic global warming" by Roger More

Answers are: angels 55%, evolution 39%, human-caused global warming 36% ghosts and UFOs tied at 34%

Posted by Roger More (aka RogerMore) Dec 9 '09, 08:20

And I hereby declare anthropogenic to be an acceptable word for use in ST discussions

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/12/07/food_for_thought (blog.foreignpolicy.com)

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I'm surprised less than 50% believe in evolution... -- nm - Guigue Dec 9, 08:31 21
- I'm surprised it's as high as it is. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 08:38
- Well, when 55% believe in unprovable angels, it's hard to show them something that is proven. - JaxSean Dec 9, 08:34 19
  - "Belief" is not about whether something can be proved. Faith plays a big role. -- nm - con_carne Dec 9, 08:35 18
    - The problem is that Faith in an unprovable God is in direct opposition of Evolution of man. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 9, 08:39 17
      - there are many ways of reconciling that. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 08:46
      - I don't believe that. I have no problem reconciling my belief in God and evolution -- nm - oblique Dec 9, 08:45 5
        
        So do you believe in Adam and Eve (and such), and that God created "man" in the form we currently are? - JaxSean Dec 9, 08:50 4
        
        I don't believe in Adam and Eve as literal people, no. I take much of the origin stories in the bible to be metephorical (is that the right word)? - oblique Dec 9, 08:53 1
        
        Interesting, thanks. - JaxSean Dec 9, 08:55
        
        You are describing religious funamentalists, who believe the Bible word for word. Mos religious people are not fundametalist. -- nm - con_carne Dec 9, 08:51 1
        
        yes, the literalists are a small subset. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 08:52
      - That's debatable -- nm - con_carne Dec 9, 08:44
      - It used to be, but now I think they claim that god created evolution. nm - Dignan Dec 9, 08:43 8
        
        Nothing new about that. -- nm - mara Dec 9, 08:44 7
        
        see: Teilhard de Chardin. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 08:48
        
        Is this part of accepted established religious dogma though? Or something that individuals accept so their belief and faith don't directly contradict? - musubi Dec 9, 08:47 5
        
        depends on the religion. The Catholic Church has no official dogma regarding evolution. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 08:47 4
        
        Seriously? Why not? nm - Dignan Dec 9, 08:48 3
        
        because they learned their lesson from past fiascos like Copernicus. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 08:50 2
        
        Isn't that the same as admitting that they're full of crap? - Dignan Dec 9, 08:53 1
        
        they're admitting they were wrong. that's a good thing. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 08:56
well that gives me a little more hope. But I would have bet billions that Angels was the number 1 answer -- nm - Jovian Dec 9, 08:26
Wow, no one got it correct. Do people *want* to believe in angels, or do they actually think angels interact with them on a daily basis? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 9, 08:22 9
- If we know people believe in God, is angels really a stretch? - con_carne Dec 9, 08:26 6
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  - This is my thought too - if you believe in God, it's no stretch to believe there are angels in Earth doing God's work -- nm - Roger More Dec 9, 08:28 3
    - I would think (hope) that there are a lot of people that believe in "a god," but doesn't interact with humans on a daily basis. - JaxSean Dec 9, 08:43
    - You wouldn't even need to believe that, just that they exist. -- nm - mara Dec 9, 08:32
    - I was thinking more of how people view the afterlife, but I could be wrong. -- nm - con_carne Dec 9, 08:32
  - I wonder if there would have been a different percentage between "believe in God" and "believe in Angels," though I see your point. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 9, 08:28
- Like, more than one in two people? Really? nm - Dignan Dec 9, 08:25 1
  - they must watch Supernatural -- nm - Beaker Dec 9, 08:26

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