beecee Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 https://phys.org/news/2018-08-year-australian-reveals-steep-decline.html 32-year Australian study reveals steep decline in student belief that God created humans August 21, 2018, University of New South Wales The top figure shows the percentage of students who, between 1986 and 2017, choose one of four options in relation to the human evolution: (1) humans were created by God within the last 10,000 years (green); (2) humans evolved over millions of years with the whole process guided by God (blue); (3) humans evolved over millions of years but God had no part in this process (red); or (4) they are uncertain what they think (yellow). Figures include lines of best fit from linear and quadratic regressions with 95% confidence intervals. The bottom figure shows the percentage of the wider Australian public who have declared in national censuses between the years 1986 and 2016 that they have no religion. Credit: UNSW Australian university students give far more credit than the previous generation to the science of human evolution and far less to creationism or divine guidance, according to a landmark new study. In an overview of the last 32 years of annually-assessed student opinions, it is clear that belief among students that a god is the ultimate or contributing cause of human origins has steeply declined from being a majority view in 1986 to being a small minority view in 2017. Conversely, conviction that humans evolved without divine involvement of any kind rose steeply over the same period to become the dominant view among students. Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-08-year-australian-reveals-steep-decline.html#jCp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 That is not great news. God loves us all and he wants us to be with him. Turn back to God! -3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 4 minutes ago, Achilles said: That is not great news. God loves us all and he wants us to be with him. Turn back to God! It only took you 50 posts to give up on science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I believe in God and I believe in science, but I also believe in the limitations of science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, Achilles said: I believe in God and I believe in science, but I also believe in the limitations of science. It's nice that your god has no limits. Very convenient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Just now, Phi for All said: It's nice that your god has no limits. Very convenient. It's his Achilles Heel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, StringJunky said: It's his Achilles Heel. Dude, I was working on something EXACTLY like that! It seemed appropriate after reading a study detailing the decline of belief in a divine creator among smart folks over the last 32 years. Gaps in a person's knowledge are blind spots, and shouldn't be further spackled over with god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, Phi for All said: Dude, I was working on something EXACTLY like that! It seemed appropriate after reading a study detailing the decline of belief in a divine creator among smart folks over the last 32 years. Gaps in a person's knowledge are blind spots, and shouldn't be further spackled over with god. God is Polyfilla for the ignorant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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