From: Max More (max@maxmore.com)
Date: Sat Feb 27 1999 - 13:01:31 MST
At 10:19 AM 2/27/99 -0800, you wrote:
>
>>
>> WELLINGTON -- Ten per cent of people surveyed by Massey University believe
>> the Bible is the actual word of God, to be taken literally word
>
> Tim, I suspect NZers are practically indistinguishable from U.S.
genetically,
>
> and the numbers given for religioners sound similar to our numbers.
> The difference in belief in evolution can be explained by our educational
> system. I am amazed the biology professors can find enough students
> by the time they go thru our public school system. {8-[ spike
I can tell you from teaching a Philosophy of Religion class many times, that
almost none of my college students have studied any evolutionary theory.
Out of
a class of 30-35, maybe one or two, if any, have studied it. I find this a
staggering and frightening thing! It means that I have to explain some basic
science before I can even begin the philosophical discussion of the Design
Argument.
Max
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<max@maxmore.com> or <more@extropy.org>
Implications of Advanced Technologies
President, Extropy Institute: http://www.extropy.org
EXTRO 4 Conference: Biotech Futures. See http://www.extropy.org/ex4/e4main.htm
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