{"id":82,"date":"2005-11-07T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2005-11-07T21:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/?p=82"},"modified":"2022-10-24T17:41:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T21:41:32","slug":"willfully-ignorant-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/willfully-ignorant-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Willfully Ignorant Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A profoundly depressing statistic from today’s New York Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“According to a CBS News poll last month, 51 percent of Americans reject the theory of evolution, saying that God created humans in their present form. And reflecting a longstanding sentiment, 38 percent of Americans believe that creationism should be taught instead of evolution, according to an August poll by the Pew Research Center in Washington.”<\/p>The New York Times<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Fifty. One. Percent. And yet, a voice of reason from the least expected source:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Vatican has issued a stout defence of Charles Darwin, voicing strong criticism of Christian fundamentalists who reject his theory of evolution and interpret the biblical account of creation literally.”<\/p>News.com.au<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

My head is spinning. It used to be so easy to blame the old Italian guys in silk dresses for Western fundamentalism. We’re now officially living in an age when the Vatican is more rational than Bush, who believes “both sides” should be taught in schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A profoundly depressing statistic from today’s New York Times: “According to a CBS News poll last month, 51 percent of Americans reject the theory of evolution, saying that God created humans in their present form. And reflecting a longstanding sentiment, 38 percent of Americans believe that creationism should be taught instead of evolution, according to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1353,1352,1351],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","tag-charles-darwin","tag-creationism","tag-evolution"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa9lhB-1k","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1236,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/happening\/","url_meta":{"origin":82,"position":0},"title":"Thinning the Herd: M. 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