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baldguy

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2. Because powerful people with a lot of money have a vested interest in keeping the masses ignorant.

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Sat Aug 4, 2012, 07:58 AM

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Why do creationists still have such pull? [View all] Archae Aug 2012 OP

To be fair, evolution has a monopoly over science in schools. And it is 'just a theory.' onehandle Aug 2012 #1

Gravity is "just a theory." Archae Aug 2012 #3

Sarcasm is sometimes hard to get sakabatou Aug 2012 #7

Because powerful people with a lot of money have a vested interest in keeping the masses ignorant. baldguy Aug 2012 #2

The world's still young, only 6,000 years old. Dinosaurs were on the ark. The Bible says so! HopeHoops Aug 2012 #4

OMG SkepticLI Aug 2012 #6

Oh, you're going to go to hell for that one! HopeHoops Aug 2012 #14

Hi hi! annabanana Aug 2012 #15

because there is a huge amount of $ to be made Johonny Aug 2012 #5

Because there are still lots of stupid people Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #8

Because thinking is hard, complex things are difficult to understand, the actual size, scope and Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #9

"God created everything" has nothing to do with either evolution or creationism eridani Aug 2012 #10

People want to believe they were put here for a reason not just by accident because of a particle Raine Aug 2012 #11

Stupidity B Calm Aug 2012 #12

Ignorant fearful people are easier to control ChickFullofHate Aug 2012 #13

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