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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 10:55 PM Original message |
Only 22% in Florida poll think that evolution alone should be taught in science classes. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. are they counting on being raptured, before they find themselves underwater? |
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PghTiny (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
82. "I was created outa uh piece of dirt... |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. They've been disadvantaged by historical social forces. |
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SecularNATION (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. I disagree |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
59. Exactly... |
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margotb822 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. This is terrifying |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
52. Yes it is. A lot of ignorance out there, apparently. |
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margotb822 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. One more thing |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I have many friends in Europe, Denmark and Sweden. I am constantly defending.... |
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margotb822 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. I also have a friend with family in Europe |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
32. 19th Century? |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. Yes well I remember when I was in the Navy in Spain back in 73. |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
51. Perhaps, but I bet most of them could read, write and think coherently. |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
68. Dear Chicken |
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ladym55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
62. Actually I think that is too far advanced |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
77. Hell, the 19th century |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
78. Why defend something so undefendable? end of comment |
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MikeNearMcChord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. Perhaps NASA should consider relocating |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. Wow and great job putting this together. I have some questions. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I think the board will pass it, but it will not go down easy. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. And now you are an activist. Good for you. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Not ready for change in our area. Not yet. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
56. I've been to a couple of public meetings on this. |
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ladym55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
64. I think the creationists stayed quiet until they got political power |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. Last year I went to a Board of Ed meeting a couple of towns to the east: |
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Jeffro40 (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. 54% of people surveyed make crap up |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. Anyone who wants to argue against evolution can use themselves as proof. |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. you have GOT to watch the video on this page |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. Evolution is not an attack on faith. |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
69. Amen brother |
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PearliePoo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. The dumbing -down of America |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
63. brainwashing by religion |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #63 |
70. Not to mention ... |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. James Dobson: Chidren are the prize to the winners |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:31 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. isn't he the guy who wants daddy's to shower with their sons to show them their penises? |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
18. Well, this is a democracy after all, and if... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
19. I posted the video in the Video forum. Needs to be viewed to be believed. |
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Blecht (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-17-08 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. Look at the phrasing of those questions |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Exactly, You can manipulate any poll with loaded language. |
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ladym55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
65. Not really |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:26 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I thought polls should be like that....ask the question objectively |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
25. 50% of Americans are, unfortunately, below average. |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
26. Polls are very deceiving and if the questioner of the poll has an agenda, well the poll swings that |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:04 AM Response to Original message |
27. This state is a lost cause man. |
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TheUniverse (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
28. The poll is biased. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. It described each view pretty clearly. I am not sure I agree it is biased |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:37 AM Response to Original message |
30. I don't know where you are, but we have more "big scaries" per |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
31. Susan Jacoby was speaking directly to these morons |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
34. Now the editorial push to teach all 3 as a compromise. |
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Creideiki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Maybe they should spend extra time on what a "Theory" means in science. |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
35. It is because of such as this that the term "Tyranny of the Majority" was coined. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
37. More information is needed on this "poll". |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Contact the source...it is on the poll. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
39. I think 702 polled individuals makes for a poor evaluation. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
40. Here is a study on religiosity and social problems |
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pingzing58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
55. This analysis reminds me of the effect the Black Plague had on the Socio-Political Religious systems |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
41. Ignorant fools. |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. I pity us. |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
71. a minority in America ... |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:56 AM Response to Reply #71 |
74. When do you stop running though? |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
43. A national embarassment...one of several, sadly. |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
44. Very frightening indeed. When science is outlawed, only outlaws will practice science. |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
45. The repukes need stupid people to vote for them. |
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Dudley_DUright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
46. PZ Myers of Pharyngula (a Bio Blog) had a great comment about the "orange" guy |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #46 |
61. Brilliant. |
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bagimin (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
47. I'm sooo proud |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
81. South Florida needs to secede!! |
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DetlefK (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
49. What's the problem???????? |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
50. North Florida is a 3rd world country, or maybe 4th. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
53. so fucking spooky. got kids? time to get the fuck out of dodge. |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
54. I get angry every time I read about this kind of crap. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. You are right. It is dangerous to have so much power in the hands of fools. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
58. We should dig a canal and make Florida an island. |
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pingzing58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Don't worry Global Warming and Rising Sea Levels will take care of that. |
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jaybeat (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
66. Any other scientific theory is also welcome in science class |
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hulklogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
67. I don't mind if they teach ID or creationism in school if they teach how stupid both ideas are n/t |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
72. we are doomed |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. make that extinct |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
75. Florida is officially a GOOFY state... |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
76. Only 9% in Jackpine poll think |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
79. They don't even base it on the Bible, it's just what they "believe in" |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
80. I hate this state. |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
83. Absolutely horrible. Such ignorance in this country, totally unlike other developed |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
84. The high price of ignorance . . .. !!! |
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Fedja (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 08:19 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Well the world looks on.. |
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