I hope this wasn't a well done poll.........

[truegrit44]

if so it is pretty scarey! The comments are pretty good too.

One in 4 Americans thinks God helps decide outcome of football games

[link:http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2013/01/31/one-in-four-americans-think-god-helps-decide-the-outcome-of-football-games/related/|

[Phillip McCleod]

1. weird that is about the same % who believe jesus is *definitely* coming by 2050

23%. tack on another 18% for 'probably' show up in the heavens with angels and trumpets and broken vials.. that's a total of 41% or almost half of the u.s. who believe jesus will return by 2050. ignore that he probably never existed at all, plz.

the number in u.s. who 'believe in evolution'? 39%.

or 2 points short of a majority of sanity.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/114544/Darwin-Birthday-Believe-Evolution.aspx

[truegrit44]

2. It just really bothers me to think that we live

in a country with this many low effort thinkers. I mean it is totally childish to think that if there really is a God that he would give a shit about a damn football game!

I really wish Jesus would come sooner than that and take all his "followers" with him to wherever he resides.

[Curmudgeoness]

4. Very interesting poll results, and frightening.

What is really bothersome to me is that only 74% of people with postgrad degrees believe in evolution.

There is a strong relationship between education and belief in Darwin's theory, as might be expected, ranging from 21% of those with high-school educations or less to 74% of those with postgraduate degrees.

And in every category, I am shocked at the numbers who have no opinion whether they believe or not....which probably means that they do not know enough about it to form an opinion.

Even if I did believe in god, I can't see how that would mean I could not believe in evolution----in the sense that I could see a god starting this whole thing and letting it "evolve". But there is just too much evidence to ignore the whole theory.

[Phillip McCleod]

8. don't worry 'postgraduate' could mean anything.

mba for example is a postgraduate degree and we all know what *that* means.

[Lordquinton]

10. I don't believe in Evolution

I accept it. Belief if for things that aren't real.

[orleans]

14. that gallup poll is shocking

i wonder what the percentages would be in other countries

[Phillip McCleod]

15. well only 3% of brits think jesus will come back by 2050

http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/2011/will-jesus-christ-return-to-earth/

so that's a pretty big difference.

[orleans]

16. it's a huge difference - and slightly comforting to know

there is at least *some* sanity out there

[Mr.Bill]

3. When I hear people who think this

I ask them if Loyola plays Notre Dame, whose side is god on?

[awoke_in_2003]

12. Duh...

whoever prays the hardest

[Curmudgeoness]

5. So why would Tebow's team EVER lose?

I wonder if this is a Tebow effect. Or if it has always been this high. I am very uncomfortable with this whole thing.

[truegrit44]

6. It was totally unsettling to me also.....

reason I couldn't resist sharing it, misery loves company I guess

[awoke_in_2003]

13. God's plan. nt

[progressoid]

7. 76% of Americans agree that public high schools should be allowed to sponsor prayer before football

More than three-quarters (76%) of Americans agree that public high schools should be allowed to sponsor prayer before football games.

[deucemagnet]

9. Does God do point spreads?

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Not that I'm going to become a believer or anything, but hey, Omnipotent Creator, Baltimore +4.5. And if the total points are more than 48, that would be good, too.

On edit: The over/under is 48. You have your work cut out for you, God!

[deucemagnet]

11. Clearly, I have earned the favor of the Almighty,

who has seen fit to not only bless my chosen football team, but also a small parlay bet that has netted me the princely sum of $31.18! Money that I will use to further my ultimate goal of carrying water for the right wing and denying the voluminous subjective evidence of a supernatural deity. Either that or a nice case of beer, I haven't decided yet. Suck on that, Churchies!