A few stats about Amecian beliefs:

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[dug up by Ixa]

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1.) 79% of Americans believe in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ.
2.) 77% of Americans believe the entire story of Christmas—the Virgin Birth, the angelic proclamation to the shepherds, the Star of Bethlehem and the Wise Men from the East—is historically accurate.
3.) 55% of Americans believe every word of the Bible is literally accurate.
4.) 82% of American believe Jesus Christ was God or the Son of God.
5.) 52% of Americans believe Jesus will return to earth.
6.) 15% of Americans believe Jesus will come back within their lifetime.
7.) 62% of Americans believe creationism should be taught in schools.
8.) 43% of Americans believe the teaching evolution in public schools should be replaced with the teaching of creationism.

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1.) 40% of Americans are unaware that the sperm of a man determines the sex of a child.
2.) 22% of Americans don’t think the centre of the earth is very hot.
3.) 65% of Americans don’t believe the universe began in the Big Bang.
4.) 23% of Americans don’t believe in continental drift.
5.) 45% of Americans think antibiotics kill viruses.
6.) 55% of Americans are unaware that electrons are smaller than atoms.
7.) 25% of Americans are geocentrists.
8.) 55% of Americans reject evolution.
9.) 42% of Americans believe in ESP.
10.) 38% of Americans believe in haunted houses.
11.) 33% of Americans believe in ghosts.
12.) 32% of Americans believe in telepathy.
13.) 27% of Americans believe in clairvoyance.
14.) 22% of Americans believe it is possible to commuicate with the dead.
15.) 25% of Americans believe in astrology.
16.) 21% of Americans believe in witches.
17.) 20% of Americans believe in reincarnation.
18.) 9% of Americans believe spirits can be channeled and take possess of individuals in a trance.
19.) 16% of Americans believe science has done more harm than good.
20.) 9% of Americans do not believe science and technology has made our lives more comfortable.
21.) 5% of Americans don’t believe scientists want to improve our lives.
22.) 14% of Americans don’t believe science and technology expands opportunity for future generations.
23.) 65% of Americans believe science is changing our lives too fast.
24.) 83% of Americans don’t believe science is relevant to their daily lives.
25.) 56% of Americans believe we depend too much on science and not enough on faith.
26.) 61% of Americans don’t believe science pays enough attention to their moral values.
27.) 51% of Americans believe science has created as many problems as solutions.
28.) 17% of Americans do not believe scientific research should be supported by the federal government.
29.) 95% of Americans are unaware the NIH is the government agency that funds most subsidized medical research.
30.) 97% of Americans are unaware that the NSF funds most subsidized research science, mathematics and engineering.
31.) 32% of Americans are unaware that the FDA is the “government agency that conducts the review and approval of new drugs and devices before they can be put on the market in this country.”
33.) 68% of Americans are unable to name the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as the “government agency whose primary mission is disease prevention and health promotion in this country.”
34.) 13% of Americans believe we are spending too much money on scientific research.
35.) 34% of Americans do not care about the quality of the environment.
36.) 30% of Americans say they do not understand global warming.
37.) 31% of Americans believe global warming is exaggerated.
38.) 40% of Americans oppose genetically engineered crops.
39.) 28% of Americans oppose nuclear energy.
40.) 13% of Americans believe biotechnology is making our lives worse.
41.) 34% of Americans say they are ignorant of biotechnology.
42.) 22% of Americans oppose the use of biotechnology.
43.) 57% of Americans oppose genetically modifying animals.
44.) 36% of Americans oppose embryonic stem cell research.
45.) 66% of Americans are strongly opposed to human cloning. 17% of Americans are somewhat opposed.
46.) 90% of Americans believe human cloning is morally wrong.
47.) 64% of Americans oppose the cloning of animals.
48.) 38% of Americans oppose therapeutic cloning. 18% are somewhat opposed.

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the IQ posts are probably correct. But if you were a responsible sociologist you would also state some quantifyable reason for this discrepancy, like culture of jewish americans, also numbers on how property tax funding effects schools, and that being the number one reason that african american neighboorhood schools are funded considerably less, and therefore keeps the cycle of african americans less educated.

It has only been 40 years since the civil rights movement, for christ sake. that is the reason why this african vs. eupropen discrepancy is still so large. I think you should it is wise to post some numbers on property taxes and its relation to schools, b/c some people who don’t understand that and other basic sociology social problem stuff may assume that those IQ things are inhearant . . . and they are clearly not.

I think my point is made.

Great post though, interesting read.

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06.05.06.1313

Great post of statistics Dan… I too enjoyed it… but it’s missing something!

9.) 100% of Non-Christian American Freethinkers, Spiritualists, etc. believe that there is no hope for a Jeffersonian vision of America; 82% thereof believe that the poor education system and lack of good parenting has resulted in the prominence of American Christiandom.

The world is sleeping with the fishes, but only two.

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100% of Americans believe lists that list American beliefs

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hmmm where does it state anything about African-Americans? I only see stats for Americans.

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do you honestly believe there is a difference (beyond the skin tone i mean)

last time i checked african-americans are just americans that had ancestors in africa, they’ve been here for almost as long as (white?)-americans have.

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Lol @ détrop!
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Sirswedishmike: It has only been 40 years since the civil rights movement, for christ sake. that is the reason why this african vs. eupropen discrepancy is still so large. I think you should it is wise to post some numbers on property taxes and its relation to schools, b/c some people who don’t understand that and other basic sociology social problem stuff may assume that those IQ things are inhearant . . . and they are clearly not.

My question was in respond to this Glider, I was stating that I did not see any discrepancy regarding ethnicity within the results.