Survey Questions

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Survey Questions

• Do you believe in Darwins theory of evolution?

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Survey Questions

• Do you believe in Darwins theory of evolution?

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Survey Questions

• If Darwins theory of evolution is taught in
  public schools, should other views (including the
  divine origin of life through special creation)
  be taught too?

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Survey Questions

• If Darwins theory of evolution is taught in
  public schools, should other views (including the
  divine origin of life through special creation)
  be taught too?

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Survey Questions

• Do you think that scientists are right in their
  argument that by giving creationism equal time
  they are allowing religion into the public
  schools?

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Survey Questions

• Do you think that scientists are right in their
  argument that by giving creationism equal time
  they are allowing religion into the public
  schools?

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Survey Questions

• Were you taught about evolution in your high
  school biology course?

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Survey Questions

• Were you taught about evolution in your high
  school biology course?

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Survey Questions

• Is it your impression that most scientists now
  believe that the Modern Theory of Evolution is
  NOT a valid scientific theory?

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Survey Questions

• Is it your impression that most scientists now
  believe that the Modern Theory of Evolution is
  NOT a valid scientific theory?

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Survey Questions

• Do you believe that the teaching of concepts
  which rely on a purely naturalistic explanation
  of the world, such as that used in the Modern
  Theory of Evolution, might eventually lead to a
  decay of American Society?

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Survey Questions

• Do you believe that the teaching of concepts
  which rely on a purely naturalistic explanation
  of the world, such as that used in the Modern
  Theory of Evolution, might eventually lead to a
  decay of American Society?

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Bishop Ussher

• James Ussher (1581-1656), Archbishop of Armagh,
  Primate of All Ireland, and Vice-Chancellor of
  Trinity College in Dublin
• Chronology work was incorporated into an
  authorized version of the Bible printed in 1701
• Established the first day of creation as Sunday
  23 October 4004 BC
• Adam and Eve were driven from Paradise on Monday
  10 November 4004 BC
• Ark touched down on Mt Ararat on 5 May 1491 BC
  on a Wednesday'.

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Challenges to Evolution

• Evolution is not scientific because it cannot be
  observed.
• Evolution cannot be proven (only a theory).
• Evolution is not a testable theory because it
  could not be ruled out by any possible
  observation.
• Evolution is a religion, because it is based on
  unobservable assumptions and hidden concepts of
  ethical values and the "meaning" of life.

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Challenges to Evolution

• The order of the universe, and the adaptation of
  organisms to their environments, are clear
  evidence of intelligent design and purpose.
• Evolution violates the second law of
  thermodynamics, which states that entropy
  increases over time.
• It is infinitely improbable that even the
  simplest life forms could arise from nonliving
  matter.

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Challenges to Evolution

• Mutations are harmful, and cannot give rise to
  adaptive characteristics.
• Chance cannot be responsible for the development
  of complex organisms.
• Natural selection is a tautology. It is defined
  by "survival of the fittest," and the fittest are
  simply those who survive.
• A new structure would not have any adaptive
  advantage when it is first developed in a
  rudimentary form, and therefore could not evolve
  by natural selection. (The Eye argument)

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Challenges to Evolution

• Transitional intermediates between ancestral
  species and their presumed descendants are not
  found in the fossil record.
• The fossil record is not a valid time sequence,
  because evolution is already assumed, and only
  then are the rock strata "dated" according to
  their fossil contents.
• Radioactive dating is unreliable because there is
  no proof that radioactive decay occurs at a
  constant rate.

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Challenges to Evolution

• Biologists themselves have abandoned the concept
  of gradual evolution by natural selection.
• Evolutionary theory leads to a philosophy that is
  materialistic and amoral, and therefore should
  not be taught to our children.