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68 %

Yes, I do

32 %

No, I don't

@Nov '12 c 721 comments V 825 votes

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5 hr
Mobandy voted

v Yes, I do
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13 hr
RandPaul4Pres endorsed ir0nw0lfe

v No, I don't
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21 hr
Outnumbered voted

v Yes, I do
Thu
warwil630 voted

v Yes, I do
Thu
silentrunning endorsed Vila_Restal

v Yes, I do
u

May 22
Brogan voted

v No, I don't
May 20

Middle0road

v No, I don't

I think some of the discoveries of "evolution" ARE valid and that species CAN Evolve by modified body characteristics based upon generational changes in climate, environment, and species culture. However, I am a firm believer in the Book of Genesis and in Christ who was with God in the beginning. I believe generally in scientific discovery but have grown skeptical of Carbon Dating methodologies and their accuracy the further back you try to date something in the Historical timeline. I also believe there may be "other" plausible explanations that may explain prehistoric and Pre human life and earth and artifacts dating. For instance; perhaps God simply created a 200...

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u

May 20
DesignerLM voted

v No, I don't
May 20
ccchhhrrriiiss endorsed ir0nw0lfe

v No, I don't
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May 20

llDayo

v Yes, I do

I voted yes but there's no belief involved. Acceptance of it as the best explanation of the scientific data is the way to describe it. Belief implies it is something supernatural.

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May 20
Bob72370 voted

v Yes, I do
May 19
CoreyBairre voted

v Yes, I do
u

May 19
DotsonB endorsed Keyjo

v Yes, I do
May 18
tomtheterrible endorsed Keyjo

v Yes, I do
u

May 18
farmer_bruce endorsed Keyjo

v Yes, I do
May 18

Smart3

v Yes, I do

It's not a belief.

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May 18
LossforWRDS707 endorsed ir0nw0lfe

v No, I don't
u

May 17
DrSilicon voted

v Yes, I do
u

May 17

Gatnos

v No, I don't

Theory is not fact until proven. Evolution has not been proven, nor will it ever be. If we were to take a model T Ford and park next to it the next year's production model and then the next and so on to the latest model, we would have a line of cars that, in step wise fashion would have appeared to have "evolved" from a very simple design to a very complicated design. However, what we would be looking at is intelligent creativity at work. Recorded human history is fact and it specifically states that what Darwin called "evolution" is in fact intelligent design, not an accident.

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May 17

Zach

v Yes, I do

They are mixing belief with fact. The fact is that animals evolve. The theory is that they evolved from nothing. I do not believe that living beings just came into existence. It makes more sense that there was a designer. If you think about it like a computer, 0s and 1s mean nothing, unless there is something that decided that it means something. It seems only natural that DNA is the same, for a strand of DNA means nothing unless it is decoded. Plus the odds of all of that falling into place on its own too astronomical to be a coincident

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May 16

Aftermath

v No, I don't

I just clicked No I don't, but now, after thinking a minute, that may be where democrats come from.

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u

May 16
Obsidion endorsed ir0nw0lfe

v No, I don't
May 16
littlewolf8469 voted

v No, I don't
May 16

jorgy

v No, I don't

I don't have enough faith to believe in evolution. No evidence at all. Isn't really science since it breaks the laws of thermodynamics and can't be observed, tested or recreated in a lab. Evolutionists are the prime environmentalists who want to save the earth. Their designed efforts to preserve species, save trees, protect the environment and change the air quality, is either hypocrisy of their belief in evolution or their subconscious conviction that design is how it all began. If they believed evolution, they would do nothing about the air and birds and butterflies or water since it is evolving as it should and doesn't need their help. Adaptation and mutation ...

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u

May 16
SamSpade endorsed Vila_Restal

v Yes, I do
May 14
TheWatcher endorsed Keyjo

v Yes, I do
u

May 14
fayban voted

v No, I don't
May 13
hankf68 voted

v Yes, I do
May 12

PaulUK2901

v Yes, I do

32% of the US doesn't believe in science. Lmao!! You couldn't make it up. Cars, electricity, and transistors must really confuse them!!

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May 12
smbiz voted

v Yes, I do
May 12

Bill2E

v No, I don't

The earth was here before creation and the bible acknowledges this fact. I don't believe the bible tells everything about creation only the story of Adam and Eve forward. We don't know what was here 2 million years before creation, and I would not hazard a guess. Evolution is a theory, not a fact and people don't look at other alternatives for the explanation of dinosaurs or other phenomena that predate creation.

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May 12
Fyi1957 endorsed Roger

v Yes, I do
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May 12

gherlone

v No, I don't

not as an explanation of the diversity of species or origin of humanity or other species. it is well documented in scientific fact as a mechanism for adaptation, but has failed every test as a mechanism of origin. the large gaps in evidence that exist all center on the transition from one species to another which has never been observed (which is the basis for science). that said, the various creationist and intelligent design theories are at least as lacking. I do not 'believe in' any of these theories, as they all require faith, vice documented scientific evidence.

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May 11

falco_alba

v Yes, I do

It's not so much a belief as it is scientific proof.

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May 10
jamie91 endorsed Vila_Restal

v Yes, I do
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May 10
captbigtime endorsed Keyjo

v Yes, I do
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May 9
LilliB voted

v Yes, I do
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May 9
Bill voted

v Yes, I do
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May 9
Brian567899 voted

v Yes, I do
May 9

PayThatCEO

v Yes, I do

It's the only thing that makes sense.

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May 9

tomincali

v No, I don't

i do believe however that this twisted gov we now has is trying to evolve us every so slowing into the nau and then to one world gov.look at my state and new york,citizenship means nothing to when other than citizens are allowed to vote,we are screwed.

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May 9
buckilaked voted

v Yes, I do
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May 9

CaryNickel

v Yes, I do

Evolution within a species is fact. Evolution from one species to another is not. A species can evolve to become more accustomed to it's surrounding, for example. But did humans evolve from primates? No. Do fish become elephants? No. Do elk become snakes? No.

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May 8

whatheheck

v Yes, I do

The alternative is just a fairy tale.

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u

May 8
DemonsAngel13 endorsed ir0nw0lfe

v No, I don't
May 7
JoshH voted

v Yes, I do
May 7
oldtimer2 endorsed Lobster01

v No, I don't
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May 6
Petergriffin21 voted

v No, I don't
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May 6
LibertyWolf voted

v No, I don't
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May 5

URBS

v Yes, I do

I believe it but I also believe that it does not answer all questions and it does not eliminate the possibility of Intelligent Design.

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May 20

Middle0road

v No, I don't

I think some of the discoveries of "evolution" ARE valid and that species CAN Evolve by modified body characteristics based upon generational changes in climate, environment, and species culture. However, I am a firm believer in the Book of Genesis and in Christ who was with God in the beginning. I believe generally in scientific discovery but have grown skeptical of Carbon Dating methodologies and their accuracy the further back you try to date something in the Historical timeline. I also believe there may be "other" plausible explanations that may explain prehistoric and Pre human life and earth and artifacts dating. For instance; perhaps God simply created a 200...

Post
u

May 20

llDayo

v Yes, I do

I voted yes but there's no belief involved. Acceptance of it as the best explanation of the scientific data is the way to describe it. Belief implies it is something supernatural.

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May 18

Smart3

v Yes, I do

It's not a belief.

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u

May 17

Gatnos

v No, I don't

Theory is not fact until proven. Evolution has not been proven, nor will it ever be. If we were to take a model T Ford and park next to it the next year's production model and then the next and so on to the latest model, we would have a line of cars that, in step wise fashion would have appeared to have "evolved" from a very simple design to a very complicated design. However, what we would be looking at is intelligent creativity at work. Recorded human history is fact and it specifically states that what Darwin called "evolution" is in fact intelligent design, not an accident.

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May 17

Zach

v Yes, I do

They are mixing belief with fact. The fact is that animals evolve. The theory is that they evolved from nothing. I do not believe that living beings just came into existence. It makes more sense that there was a designer. If you think about it like a computer, 0s and 1s mean nothing, unless there is something that decided that it means something. It seems only natural that DNA is the same, for a strand of DNA means nothing unless it is decoded. Plus the odds of all of that falling into place on its own too astronomical to be a coincident

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May 16

Aftermath

v No, I don't

I just clicked No I don't, but now, after thinking a minute, that may be where democrats come from.

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May 16

jorgy

v No, I don't

I don't have enough faith to believe in evolution. No evidence at all. Isn't really science since it breaks the laws of thermodynamics and can't be observed, tested or recreated in a lab. Evolutionists are the prime environmentalists who want to save the earth. Their designed efforts to preserve species, save trees, protect the environment and change the air quality, is either hypocrisy of their belief in evolution or their subconscious conviction that design is how it all began. If they believed evolution, they would do nothing about the air and birds and butterflies or water since it is evolving as it should and doesn't need their help. Adaptation and mutation ...

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May 12

PaulUK2901

v Yes, I do

32% of the US doesn't believe in science. Lmao!! You couldn't make it up. Cars, electricity, and transistors must really confuse them!!

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May 12

Bill2E

v No, I don't

The earth was here before creation and the bible acknowledges this fact. I don't believe the bible tells everything about creation only the story of Adam and Eve forward. We don't know what was here 2 million years before creation, and I would not hazard a guess. Evolution is a theory, not a fact and people don't look at other alternatives for the explanation of dinosaurs or other phenomena that predate creation.

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May 12

gherlone

v No, I don't

not as an explanation of the diversity of species or origin of humanity or other species. it is well documented in scientific fact as a mechanism for adaptation, but has failed every test as a mechanism of origin. the large gaps in evidence that exist all center on the transition from one species to another which has never been observed (which is the basis for science). that said, the various creationist and intelligent design theories are at least as lacking. I do not 'believe in' any of these theories, as they all require faith, vice documented scientific evidence.

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May 11

falco_alba

v Yes, I do

It's not so much a belief as it is scientific proof.

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May 9

PayThatCEO

v Yes, I do

It's the only thing that makes sense.

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May 9

tomincali

v No, I don't

i do believe however that this twisted gov we now has is trying to evolve us every so slowing into the nau and then to one world gov.look at my state and new york,citizenship means nothing to when other than citizens are allowed to vote,we are screwed.

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May 12

tomincali

@PaulUK2901 any chance of you not being the grammar police or is that the lib way to try and make themselves look good only in their own eyes?

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May 12

PaulUK2901

@tomincali Didn't think so.

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May 9

CaryNickel

v Yes, I do

Evolution within a species is fact. Evolution from one species to another is not. A species can evolve to become more accustomed to it's surrounding, for example. But did humans evolve from primates? No. Do fish become elephants? No. Do elk become snakes? No.

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May 8

whatheheck

v Yes, I do

The alternative is just a fairy tale.

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May 5

URBS

v Yes, I do

I believe it but I also believe that it does not answer all questions and it does not eliminate the possibility of Intelligent Design.

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May 5

BossTweed

v Yes, I do

It's called "Theory" for a reason. No one knows.

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May 4

WallStreet

v Yes, I do

These non believers should learn a little science. If they were capable of comprehending the photographs on the origin of the universe taken by Hubble they'd be dismayed

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May 3

oldman75

v Yes, I do

Evolution is a fact. Creationism (unintelligent design ) is a myth perpetrated by those who believe a fear of a supreme being is the only way to control society .

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May 3

NoAmnestyEVER

v No, I don't

If we evolved from monkies, why are there still monkies? LOL

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May 7

JoshH

Because there are different species of the same animal group

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Aug '12

Vila_Restal

v Yes, I do

Whats belief got to do with it? Its a scientific fact. Stubbornly disbelieving it won't make it any less true. If you choose not to 'believe' Newton's Laws of Gravity and think you can fly - you'll still end up on your ass.

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Aug '12

Keyjo

v Yes, I do

Yes, I believe in evolution. I also think that evolution and the Bible can cohabitate amicably. God could have created the world by means of evolution: in fact it appears that's just what He did.

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Aug '12

ir0nw0lfe

v No, I don't

Evolutionary records had huge gaps in its evidence. There are too many educated guesses filling in those gaps. It would be like handing someone a dicitionary with a word or two on every other page and expecting them to be fully fluent in the language. I believe in adaptations within a species but not that men evolved from apes. Furthermore, explain why neanderthals who have a 20% larger brain cavity died out? Following evolutionary theory they should have been smarter and evolved to survive. I wish @laserwhite would chime in here. He does a very good job of explaining the flaws of evolution. I believe in intelligent design.

B5

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Aug '12

Lobster01

v No, I don't

If you belive in God the answer is No.

B1

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Aug '12

NormalFlora

v Yes, I do

Evolution is the only reasonable explanation for the data. Evolution has been tested and confirmed by millions of graduate students in genetics, biology, zoology, primatology, immunology, comparative anatomy, physiology, paleogeology, radiometrics, embryology, physical anthropology, and DNA tracking. To ignore the evidence is to refute all reason.

B5

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Aug '12

soldier-1980

v No, I don't

The bible is God's word,there is where to find the truth and answers to how creation started.

B1

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Aug '12

DABurroughs

v No, I don't

Evolution within a species is clear cut and observable. The theory that species can evolve into another species is a leap of faith that makes the most die hard religious people look scientific.

B3

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Aug '12

Wilberhum

v Yes, I do

Of course I believe in evolution. The facts are so obvious. You have to be waring 'Faith Blinders' to deny it. It is sad when religion is used to stop knowledge.

B1

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Aug '12

Roger

v Yes, I do

It is a terrifying reflection of the state of American culture and politics that this poll even exists.

B2

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Aug '12

JimCO55

Of course there are huge gaps, all living creatures return their bodies to the earth after they die, it is only in a few situations and under the right circumstances that fossil evidence is left behind. Yet, just like solving a murder case, a fingerprint here, a blood drop there can still be used to find a murderer when read correctly. As for neanderthal brain size, that may not be a definitive way to look at it, the sperm whale has the largest brain mass while the shrew has the largest brain to weight ratio. The difference may come down to the fact that at birth, our brains and those of Neanderthals are elongated, afterwards ours became rounder while there's stayed el...

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