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Posted by BrooklynBus on Mon Nov 16 23:35:16 2015, in response to Re: Today is fifty years since the big northeast blackout, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Nov 16 20:51:40 2015. It depends how you define "popular". if you mean majority, I would say probably yes. In this case 46 percent is high but not a majority.The point of my post is that I am not convinced as to the accuracy of the survey because I do not think 18 was the proper cut off age and is rather arbitrary, since there is such a high correlation between education and opinion in this case. Also since we do not know who is sponsoring the study, we do not know if the results are fair or have been manipulated. For example, if the study was paid for by churches, they would have had a vested interest in showing a high belief in creationism. They could have have purposely chosen 18 as the cutoff age after doing prior studies with a higher cutoff age that showed a lower belief in creationism. Doesn't it strike you a bit odd that the difference in the belief of creationism between the general population and those going to church often is so small? Only I think 8%. The implication is that most people tend to go to church when I do not believe that is at all the case. Most people I know are non-religious. I have good reason to be skeptical of this survey just as I would not trust a survey regarding drugs without knowing which drug company sponsored it, if it was sponsored by a drug company. If a company making aspirin sponsors a study, don't you think they would conclude that aspirin is the most effective pain reliever? Do you really think there is a chance in hell that they would conclude another company's product were better, even if it were a Gallup survey? Do you think if Atheists sponsored a survey, the conclusion would be that a high percentage of people believe in creationism? Not on your life. |
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