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About The Author
BooMan
Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
Errg. My gmail is down.
Maybe it just needs to be perked back up?? 🙂
Mine too… 🙁
Mine appears to be ok, are you guys still having problems?
thanks for pacifying the gnomes. 🙂
De nada 🙂
Won’t be back up until the NSA is done reading your e-mails.
Earthlink was down in NYC for about 14 hours yesterday. Maddening.
Did anyone see this item yet?
http://medianeedle.blogspot.com/2006/03/biotheology.html
“A Gallup report released today reveals that more than half of all Americans, rejecting evolution theory and scientific evidence, agree with the statement, “God created man exactly how Bible describes it.”
Another 31% says that man did evolve, but “God guided.” Only 12% back evolution and say “God had no part.”
Gallup summarized it this way: “Surveys repeatedly show that a substantial portion of Americans do not believe that the theory of evolution best explains where life came from.” They are “not so quick to agree with the preponderance of scientific evidence.” “
Well I must live a very sheltered life because I know no one…well, let me put it this way…everyone I know must be part of that 12%.
We would be wise to understand what this is saying to us.
(no, not “most people are stupid”)
These people are asked to choose between two positions
The most vocal adherents of either position are often completely dismissive of the other position.
One side has religion, which is long, boring, complicated, and irrelevant to their daily lives.
The other side has science, which is long, boring, complicated, and irrelevant to their daily lives.
Most Americans identify themselves as spiritual, if not religious.
So given that, I’m not too surprised at the poll’s results. Its a false choice.
For a lot of respondents, their “trusted sources” tell them that evolution precludes spirituality. That accounts for why the pure science explanation is so low. Those that reconcile the two create the mixed compromise position. Those that trust their religious sources over their science sources (or simply choose the most ‘acceptable’ answer) account for the biblical view.
The problem isn’t having the wrong answer. The problem is deeper:
We can get worked up about evolution, and that’s important too. But its those deeper problems that are going to kill us in the long run unless we start countering them.
J.D. Hayworth is gearing up for an audition to play Howie Long in a made-for-tv movie that no one will ever watch. Blech, I would rather him be back on tv than on the floor of the House.
jd is a big dufus.
My husbund’s lung isn’t punctured (hockey related) so that’s good and on the drive back we stopped and got some DVD’s some used… some long sought.
My mind is racing, trying to find words… (thanks to Booman and if anything happens, I’m taking you with me, baby :))
We got
Mystery Men 🙂
Fall of the House of Usher (with V. Price)
Ultimate Godzilla Collection:
Then through the rain I saw a rainbow… and I kept it to myself.
Godzilla vs. Mothra is my favorite.
MY daughter is a big Godzilla fan. But when she was little the little … fairies?.. the 2 little women… scared her. Not the monsters. Those two women 🙂
I made out like a bandit. Had to walk out before we saw more we “had to have”.
Books, music and movies are our soft spots.
Went to Powells last week… it’s like crack for a junkie!
Hasn’t been shown on TV in many years – at least where I live.
I do not have a link for the story. I just got it in an email.
I love Ann Richards and am sending her warm thoughts of love and healing.
Hi all,
I would your opinion on my first diary entry:
Free Will – Regaining the Democratic Soul
I am trying to see if this fits within the context of this site’s mission.
Thanks for the feedback!
Another PR stunt!!! The Medicare Rx Bus Is Coming!!
Did you guys see this? Its hilarious!
Don’t see anywhere else to put this, but, after our discussion on Obama (yesterday?), I noticed this article in the NYT, and thought I’d direct you to it , BooMan, in case you missed it.
Fight Looms on Lawmakers’ Use of Corporate Jets
Needless to say, I find this more impressive than the speech. 😉
Our local embedded paper has reached new lows in the art of propaganda asserting the bizzarre notion asserting the destruction of Falluja as a reason to continue in Iraq. How crazy can they get?!