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Jun 12, 2012 10:44 PM
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/12/pew-survey-doubt-of-god-growing-quickly-among-millennials/?hpt=hp_c2
[LEFT]The percentage of Americans 30 and younger who harbor some doubts about God’s existence appears to be growing quickly, according to [/LEFT]a recent Pew Research Center survey[LEFT]. While most young Americans, 68%, told Pew they never doubt God’s existence, that’s a 15-point drop in just five years.
In 2007, 83% of American millennials said they never doubted God’s existence.[/LEFT]
No doubt that this has to do with information being more readily available and people are able to see the obvious BS promoted by religious institutions. Information cures ignorance and when you think about religion nothing could be more ignorant. The pursuit of ultimate knowledge scored a victory today and for that we can be thankful.
Jun 12, 2012 10:44pm
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Jun 12, 2012 10:49 PM
How do you feel about religion? I'm a little unclear.
Jun 12, 2012 10:49pm
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Sonofanump

Jun 12, 2012 10:53 PM
sleeper;1197530 wrote:and for that we can be thankful.
Exactly who are you thankful to?
Jun 12, 2012 10:53pm
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Jun 12, 2012 10:55 PM
Sonofanump;1197555 wrote:Exactly who are you thankful to?
The human race.
Jun 12, 2012 10:55pm
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Jun 12, 2012 10:56 PM
fish82;1197545 wrote:How do you feel about religion? I'm a little unclear.
i lol'd.
Jun 12, 2012 10:56pm
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Jun 12, 2012 11:00 PM
Yawn.
Jun 12, 2012 11:00pm
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Jun 12, 2012 11:14 PM
Did you cream your pants when you read this, sleeper?
Jun 12, 2012 11:14pm
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Jun 12, 2012 11:16 PM
DeadliestWarrior34;1197631 wrote:Did you cream your pants when you read this, sleeper?
It certainly made me happy since I don't know any young people that actually believe in god. This correlates well with my belief that religion is on its way out.
Jun 12, 2012 11:16pm
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Jun 12, 2012 11:40 PM
fish82;1197545 wrote:How do you feel about religion? I'm a little unclear.
How do you feel about religion, as you don't follow sleeper around enough to make it clear.
Jun 12, 2012 11:40pm
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Jun 13, 2012 12:04 AM
I'm under 30 for 8 more months. I'm going to start believing in god that day.
Jun 13, 2012 12:04am
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I Wear Pants

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Jun 13, 2012 12:07 AM
Still 68% of young people never even doubting the existence of a god. That's way too damn high.
Jun 13, 2012 12:07am
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Jun 13, 2012 12:14 AM
Religous threads need to be in the basement or with politics....there is no room here for this conversation.

That is all.
Jun 13, 2012 12:14am
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Steel Valley Football

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Jun 13, 2012 12:21 AM
Then, what made us? Or, who, or what, rather altered our genes to their present form? Either one, if you know, sleeper. Or anyone else.
Jun 13, 2012 12:21am
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Jun 13, 2012 12:24 AM
Steel Valley Football;1197894 wrote:Then, what made us? Or, who, or what, rather altered our genes to their present form? Either one, if you know, sleeper. Or anyone else.
Monkeys....Duh!
Jun 13, 2012 12:24am
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Jun 13, 2012 12:25 AM
I Wear Pants;1197844 wrote:Still 68% of young people never even doubting the existence of a god. That's way too damn high.
Baby steps IWP. Ignorance isn't cured over night.
Jun 13, 2012 12:25am
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Jun 13, 2012 12:27 AM
Steel Valley Football;1197894 wrote:Then, what made us? Or, who, or what, rather altered our genes to their present form? Either one, if you know, sleeper. Or anyone else.
I don't know the answer to that question. No one does.

Evolution isn't really disputed by any credible scientist anymore; although evolution does NOT try to explain how we got here.
Jun 13, 2012 12:27am
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Jun 13, 2012 12:28 AM
1_beast;1197867 wrote:Religous threads need to be in the basement or with politics....there is no room here for this conversation.

That is all.
I agree.
Jun 13, 2012 12:28am
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Jun 13, 2012 12:45 AM
Steel Valley Football;1197894 wrote:Then, what made us? Or, who, or what, rather altered our genes to their present form? Either one, if you know, sleeper. Or anyone else.
Did you skip all of your science classes?
Jun 13, 2012 12:45am
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Jun 13, 2012 1:21 AM
I Wear Pants;1197984 wrote:Did you skip all of your science classes?
That and other classes as well.
Jun 13, 2012 1:21am
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Jun 13, 2012 1:25 AM
sleeper;1197914 wrote:I don't know the answer to that question. No one does.

Evolution isn't really disputed by any credible scientist anymore; although evolution does NOT try to explain how we got here.
That is if by "we" you mean life in general. That's not something that Darwinian evolution is concerned with.
Jun 13, 2012 1:25am
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Jun 13, 2012 2:16 AM
I was totally blindsided from this thread from Sleeper, of all people...WOW:o
Jun 13, 2012 2:16am
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Jun 13, 2012 2:25 AM
Was gonna post something of substance, but ... eh ... what's the point?
Jun 13, 2012 2:25am
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Jun 13, 2012 2:43 AM
I'll do it, if by "how'd we get here?" you were questioning how evolution would have resulted in humans and not how life in general got here then the following charts should be handy.




This one wouldn't embed properly (minor league): http://i.minus.com/ifGJKcXOso8h4.png

Edit: To embiggify the top image you could right-click and "copy image location" and open it in a new tab.
Jun 13, 2012 2:43am
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Jun 13, 2012 6:22 AM
O-Trap;1198041 wrote:Was gonna post something of substance, but ... eh ... what's the point?
Precisely
Jun 13, 2012 6:22am
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Jun 13, 2012 7:00 AM
Someday many of you unbeliever will rethink your opinion
Jun 13, 2012 7:00am