[WikiEN-l] Re: Wikipedia is *already* written from a scientific POV

[Nathan J. Yoder]

>         # 45% believe that God created human beings pretty much in their
>           present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so
>         # 37% believe that human beings have developed over millions of
>           years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided the
>           process.
> 
> That's 82%, which I call "most".

#2 is not the same as a belief in creation science.  Plenty of people
believe that God helped guide evolution in the same sense that God
helps guide everything else, but that's not the same as creation
science.   I agree with alphax, the way that you're interpreting these
statistics is a bit off.

>         When asked by name whether they believe in or lean more towards
>         the "theory of creationism" or the "theory of evolution", 57%
>         indicated creationism, 33% indicated evolution, and 10%
>         responded "not sure."
> 
> Again, 57% I call "most".

57% is just a simple majority, it would be misleading to refer to it
as most.  You're also pulling more meaning out of that statistic than
there is.  That question is asking which one they lean more towards,
which is different from accepting a belief wholesale.  It's clear from
the statistic you cited before that the majority aren't accepting
creation science wholesale.

> Nathan, may I suggest you reply to the list only, and not to people
> privately? It can be seen as intrusive.

People have been doing that to me, so  I've just been hitting 'reply
all' since it's easier as well.  I'll just do it directly to the list
then.


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