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- drum_bum, on 10/12/2007, -126/+805FTA: "Nearly half (48 percent) of the public rejects the scientific theory of evolution"
In other news, 48% of Americans are retarded. - Yoshi39, on 10/12/2007, -36/+447Actually not all diggers are americans and here in sweden 50% of people are atheist.
- radicaldementia, on 10/12/2007, -28/+401@Akaji
If you understood what a theory is, you'd realize that is doesn't have anything to do with "proof", it has to do with evidence. A theory is a well-formed explanation for observable phenomenon. A theory can never be proven because the concept of a proof does not apply to a theory. However, a theory can be verified, adjusted, or dismissed based on conclusive empirical evidence. In the case of evolution, there is an overwhelming amount of evidence that supports its claims. Sure, it's not perfect and there's still a lot to understand, but the general concepts have been experimentally verified many times.
Can you prove to me that gravity exists? Gravity is just a theory after all. Can you, right now, send me a picture of gravity to prove it exists? You can drop an apple in front of me, but that doesn't prove that gravity exists, it just illustrates that the current theory of gravity can accurately explain why the apple fell. No doubt in the future we will gain a better understanding of what exactly gravity is and what causes it. The same goes for evolution. - nixfu, on 10/12/2007, -68/+426Shows just how totally out of the mainstream many people here on Digg are.
- mv10, on 10/12/2007, -32/+28391% of Americans believe in God, yet id say about 80% of Atheist-type comments are dugg up
- UnknownCzar, on 10/12/2007, -33/+209Top five athiest/agnostic countries:
Sweden 46 - 85%
Vietnam 81%
Denmark 43 - 80%
Norway 31 - 72%
Japan 64 - 65%
And in at number 44
USA 9%
according to:
http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html
Seriously, why are scandinavians so smart? - thefirstenemy, on 10/12/2007, -39/+203I'm sure a majority of those who believe in God are more along the lines of agnostics/deist than actual Christians.
- Artifez, on 10/12/2007, -17/+172If by "mainstream" you mean outside a group of 1008 adults that are willing to participate in a phone poll then sure.
- dbounds, on 10/12/2007, -19/+147The fear of death and the futility of life can be pretty overwelming to a lot of people.
- whiteboy, on 10/12/2007, -16/+141Oh my Science!
- Junkyarddawg, on 10/12/2007, -9/+121Atheists obviously have many friends.
- neggbird, on 10/12/2007, -18/+108Future generations are going to look back and wonder how we accomplished so much being so backwards.
- UGM2099, on 10/12/2007, -41/+123"shows how out of the mainstream diggers are"
Conform! Conform! Robots! React emotionally. Do not think for yourself. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -10/+84Tom Cruise is my co-pilot.
- Konrad9, on 10/12/2007, -12/+81Just because you think there might be a big guy in the sky doesn't mean you're devoutly religious or anything.
You can believe in a God(s) and still believe in evolution, whatever. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -16/+82These people can't all be Christians, though. The Christian Bible says "Love thy neighbor," yet you see so many murders and violent crimes. Even gay bashers can't truly be Christian.
Jesus said "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another."
Until I see 82% of American following that quote above me, 82% of Americans are not Christians. - hoppdawg, on 10/12/2007, -9/+73What was the sample size? Where the ***** was the poll taken? Does it represent an accurate cross section of America? Why didn't they ask people if they were agnostic? How were the questions asked?
"There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know. " -rumy - an0nymous, on 10/12/2007, -16/+77This is not intended to be a troll comment.
In my experience smarter people tend to be atheists. - Ulisses, on 10/12/2007, -5/+63They are to me and I'm still non-religious.
- drum_bum, on 10/12/2007, -13/+60I think it's about 3% who are willing to identify themselves as atheists. Many more probably are atheists by definition but they don't like the word because of all the historic negative connotations attached to the word "atheist." I would guess around 10%-15% of Americans are nonbelievers, including agnostics. The rough 20% atheist claim that you have heard is probably an slight exaggeration of the number of atheist, agnostics, and other non-theists in this country.
- Darkhacker, on 10/12/2007, -9/+56It's not so much the belief in god that makes me have doubts in these people and this country but the complete lack of intelligent thought that goes along with it. The truth is that most people are afraid of the unknown. They want desperately to believe that they will in some way continue to exist after death. After all, not existing is a scary idea. Some people are just comforted by the belief that someone is handling everything and that a kind of order is in place. However, to go so far as to deny observable evidence is just down right ignorant and counter-productive to society. Believing that one religion is correct over another is also stupid considering that 99% of the people who claim to have "found Jesus" had Christianity forced upon them as children. If they had lived in the middle east they would have probably become Muslim or Hindu or some other religion and would probably claim to have "found Allah" or some other god. My heart would rest MUCH easier if the religious who claim to be speak the truth would at the very least claim "there is a possibility that I am wrong".
I am an atheist and have been my whole life and I'll go as far to say that maybe I am wrong and there might be a god. Maybe not necessarily from a particular religion but _A_ god. A good scientist would never completely dismiss this possibility. If we did completely dismiss these possibilities, we might still be sitting here today thinking that the earth is flat. Keep in mind that thousands of years ago, intellectuals thought that the earth was flat because it appears so (observable evidence) and it took balls for someone to say "hey, maybe it isn't flat". Fair enough, so I will grant the possibility (though unlikely) that a god or gods might exist. It would just be nice for the religious zealots to admit to the possibility that they might also be wrong. Many of them refuse this however which is why they are ignorant and are brining as back to the dark ages in a counter-productive society. - noamsml, on 10/12/2007, -4/+49You say that as if it were a bad thing. In the words of Mark Twain: "Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time
to reform." - moman, on 10/12/2007, -50/+93"Shows just how totally out of the mainstream many people here on Digg are."
Not neccessarily
I believe in God because I believe it is most logical to do so (afterall, based on our current understanding of the universe, matter and energy just doesn't appear out of nothing). I am agnostic though, because I don't KNOW whether God exists or not, and recognize that human being are specs of matter of a small rock floating in a small part of space, and thus NOONE KNOWS the answer to whether God exists or not. (rather both athiests and theists BELIEVE in their viewpoints, as it is impossible to know with the Human Race's limited understanding of the universe)
Before everyone starts bashing how theists are "dumb and stupid and retarded", recognize that most of the people you meet (if you are living in America) believe in God, and are good people. If they wish to continue to do so, you should respect that (freedom of religion is in the first amendment remember) just like you want them to respect your beliefs of God not existing.
Agnostics / Athiests should show the world our views through logic, kindness, and spreading our beliefs in a peaceful fashion; whether they believe as we do or not. Namecalling an whining does not get us anywhere. - Scott802, on 10/12/2007, -9/+47At one time 99%+ believed the earth was flat. Just because xx percent of people believe in something doesn't necessarily make it true.
- samssf, on 10/12/2007, -12/+49"one-third (34 percent) of college graduates say they accept the Biblical account of creation as fact."
This makes me sad. - uptown, on 10/12/2007, -7/+43Is that you Katie?
- twtmc, on 10/12/2007, -11/+46ya, 3% of americans = 9,000,000 people. That's in America alone.
- GordonV, on 10/12/2007, -8/+42When do the atheists get a chance to ask the questions?
- IMustBeEmo, on 10/12/2007, -11/+45@akaji
If there was an option to tell why you block people a la burying stories, I would choose "Block as ignorant" - Artifez, on 10/12/2007, -4/+37The Devil put them there to sow doubt or some such crap.
- an0nymous, on 10/12/2007, -2/+35Pascal's wager.
Problem: If you pretend to believe out of fear, you're still *****.
Intellectual honesty FTW.
edit. damn, y'all are fast. - xoxuxox, on 10/12/2007, -5/+37http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17875540/site/newsweek/
16. Would you describe yourself as an atheist?
96% said no.
15. People who don't believe in God are called atheists. Do you personally know any atheists, or not?
49% said yes.
The NEWSWEEK Poll, conducted March 28-March 29, has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points for questions based on all registered voters and plus or minus 6 percentage points for results based on registered Republicans and Republican leaners. In conducting the poll, Princeton Survey Research Associates International interviewed 1,004 adults aged 18 and older. - Artifez, on 10/12/2007, -16/+48Weakness is defined by needing lies to protect you from reality.
- KostasZ, on 10/12/2007, -6/+38Bill Hicks comes to mind: "If you believe that the Earth is 10,000 years old, I have two words for you: Dinosaur fossils..."
- veggiemoore, on 10/12/2007, -4/+32Think about how much more we'll accomplish once we're forwards!
- Chewie67, on 10/12/2007, -5/+33This number is bull.
There's a stigma about being an atheist, and a lot of people wouldn't admit it. Some unenlightened people think that if you don't believe in god, then you must be evil. It's moronic.
I bet if you took a poll in 1960 about how many Americans were gay, you'd get the same number. Today it would be 3 times that much. Why? Not because there was some major increase in gay people, but because it's not as damning to admit it.
3% is way low... - LaughingMan11, on 10/12/2007, -9/+35@moman
You said,
"Before everyone starts bashing how theists are "dumb and stupid and retarded", recognize that most of the people you meet (if you are living in America) believe in God, and are good people. If they wish to continue to do so, you should respect that (freedom of religion is in the first amendment remember) just like you want them to respect your beliefs of God not existing."
That's great, but there are a heck of a lot of believers out there who believe that belief in God == being good people.
And they assert that no belief in god = being immoral.
I agree with your sentiment. I'm an aethist, and I'm kind, patient, and I consider myself moral, but I come under attack by believers who accuse me of being immoral simply because I don't subscribe to their flavor of deism more often than I'd like. - Junkyarddawg, on 10/12/2007, -9/+34When we hit 20% of the population. That's the magical breaking point when fringe phenomena become mainstream.
- wonkavsn, on 10/12/2007, -7/+31Woah.. you've.. you've just totally opened my eyes with that incredibly profound statement...
So many wasted years... From now on, I'll live my life according your standards! - Artifez, on 10/12/2007, -9/+33Yeah all those Easters and funerals wasted. Most "Christians" I know have spent less time worshipping then cutting their fingernails. Half of them don't know even the basics of their favorite mythos. They're just making sure no one thinks less of them for being different and have very little if any spirituality.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+28people generally don't know the difference between athism and agnotism
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+27This is called "Pascal's wager", and it ignores the fact there are more than one God concepts out there, so believers equally "at risk".
- Masterbaiter, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23Simple: Logic chip automagically shuts off if you ask about God.
- Anthem26, on 10/12/2007, -5/+26"Religions are all like - founded upon fables and mythologies." -Thomas Jefferson
- nathanlandis, on 10/12/2007, -11/+32@thefirstenemy
Actually, if you would have looked at the numbers you would realize that your statement is completely wrong.
91% Believe in God
82% Christian
.82 / .91 = .9010989
Therefore, 90% of Americans who believe in God identify themselves as Christians. I don't believe that the other 9.99% classifies as a majority... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23Yeah it sure makes more sense to say that a magic man did it, amirite?
Tool. - djsputnik, on 10/12/2007, -7/+27there are two great lies that i have heard:
1. that if you eat of this fruit you truly will not die
2. that jesus christ was a white, middle class republician - Artifez, on 10/12/2007, -10/+30The funny thing is if you ask people if they believe in god they say yes but if you ask them if they believe in magic they scoff.
What's the difference? - jodokast, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23You silly goose, everyone knows that Satan put those there to instill doubt.
- epiccollision, on 10/12/2007, -3/+22@POTTERSQUASH
have you seen jesus camp...that ***** made me wanna vomit -
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