Are creationists ignorant, stupid, or both?

Question by khard: Are creationists ignorant, stupid, or both?

Evolution does exist, and to say it does not shows tremendous ignorance to scientific evidence. Not only does it exist, but after a general understanding of genetics and simple reasoning, it’s obvious. Not only is it obvious, but evidence in the form of fossils, comparitive anatomy, embriology, etc is overwhelming. It is “only a theory,” but so is all of science, and a theory is HEAVILY BACKED explanation that has withstood time. Evolution is FACT among the scientific community, who do a poor job of communicating to the general public.

I have nothing against Christianity. But just because a book says everything was created in six days does not mean it was literally created in six days. And evolution does not oppose religion.

So my questions is why. Why do so many people (more than half of Americans) disagree with evolution, and embrace its pseudoscience alternatives – creationism and Intelligent Design? Are they stupid, or have they been poorly educated about the topic?
First off, ignorance and stupidity are not the same thing. Ignorance is lacking knowledge (education), whereas stupidity is lacking intelligence.

Of course you do not see macroevolution at play, because it takes a tremendous amount of time. If you want a current example of evolution, however, look no further than bacteria. Why do you think new antibiotics must constantly be made? Because the bacteria immune to it live and therefore reproduce more than the other bacteria. Your result is a population who is now almost entirely immune to the antibiotics.

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Answer by chiquita-banana
AH come on! That question cannot be answered. It will vary from person to person. Yes,evolution is heavily backed, but that’s what faith is- FAITH because you may not always have palpable evidence that humans arent alone and yet people believe. There are two types of people. People who need to be able to see and touch evidence to believe and those who feel it in their vertebrae when they know something cant just be a coincidence. The real question is what person are YOU? Well ,that my two cents. =)

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RE: Toy Recalls, Why are North Amercian Corporations & Manufacturers so Ignorant to the CYCLE OF ECONOMICS?

Question by Utopian Friend: RE: Toy Recalls, Why are North Amercian Corporations & Manufacturers so Ignorant to the CYCLE OF ECONOMICS?

TIP: If you eliminate jobs through OUTSOURCING them to places like China, not only is the Safety Standards different to appalling, but these import products are targeting consumers that are the very people you made unemployed by outsourcing! How the heck are these people suppose to buy the very products they once made without the level of income they once enjoyed when they had a job with these corporations?
Logic isn’t their strong suit, but greed is their main motivator. Perhaps these RECALLS are coming back to bite the Corportations in the a**?
SIDE NOTE: The recalls are based on dangerous production from other countries, similar to Import FOOD/ Liquids/ or other personal products that all North Americans consumne. What’s to stop those who wish to Harm Westerners from contaminating any of these imported produce or products? Doesn’t this come under War Safety Strategies the way we responded to in WWII or the Cold War? Are Corporations putting their nations at risk for terrorism in a different form? This may not be just about economics & cost effectiveness.
Thought I’d throw that one out to you to ponder, as our food seems to be in the news a lot lately… EG: Bovine TB in AB. Canada, British bird flu outbreak (H5N1 virus), American E.coli in Spinach last year & many many more!

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Answer by Bargain Girl of Yore
Agreed!

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