$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SeaGypsy', 'B')loody hell mate. Do a synonym search for 'free'. The word 'regulation' will not be there. The only free market is the black market.
You just don't get the fact that growth virtually always occurs in some areas, while decline happens in others. Nobody compels investment, with the sole exception of mandated retirement funds, 401k, Aus Super etc. investment is at the discretion of the investor. Most of the economy can go down the toilet, overall growth can vanish, without at all affecting capitalism as the mainstay of the economic system.
Sick of this crap. Have fun anyone who can be bothered.
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Creationism
Re: Creationism
by wildbourgman » Tue 09 Dec 2014, 01:19:51
I agree and I think I've said all I have to say unless someone re-directs the conversation. I'm going to be real busy for the next few days. No rest for the wicked!
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Re: Creationism
by Newfie » Tue 09 Dec 2014, 18:45:38
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('DesuMaiden', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wildbourgman', 'H')ere's a better question what percentage of the American population know what oil is ?
I am pretty sure everyone knows what oil is.
OK then, lets go back to the OP shall we.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Earth_creationism
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'Y')oung Earth creationism (YEC) is the religious belief[1] that the Universe, Earth and all life on Earth were created by direct acts of God during a relatively short period, between 5,700 and 10,000 years ago.[2] Its primary adherents are those Christians and Jews[3] who, using a literal interpretation of the Genesis creation narrative as a basis, believe that God created the Earth in six 24-hour days.[4][5] Young Earth creationists differ from other creationists in that they believe in a strict literal interpretation of the Bible regarding the age of the Earth. This contrasts with old Earth creationists, who believe that the six creation days of the Book of Genesis may be interpreted metaphorically and who accept the scientifically determined age of Earth and the universe.[6]
Since the mid-20th century, young Earth creationists starting with Henry M. Morris have devised and promoted a pseudoscientific explanation called "creation science" as a basis for a religious belief in a supernatural, geologically recent creation.[7] Young Earth creationism is contradicted by scientific evidence from numerous scientific disciplines that shows the age of the universe is 13.798±0.037 billion years, the formation of the Earth was 4.5 billion years ago, and life first appeared on Earth at least 2.5 billion years ago.[8][9][10][11]
Since 1982, between 40% and 50% of adults in the United States say they hold the view that "God created humans in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years" when Gallup asked for their views on the origin and development of human beings.[12] A 2011 Gallup survey reports that 30% of U.S. adults say they interpret the Bible literally.[13] These beliefs are often contradictory. A 2009 poll by Harris Interactive found that 39% of Americans agreed with the statement that "God created the universe, the earth, the sun, moon, stars, plants, animals, and the first two people within the past 10 000 years", yet only 18% of those same Americans agreed with the statement "The earth is less than 10 000 years old".[14]
http://ncse.com/blog/2013/11/just-how-m ... us-0015164
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')round 44% have consistently endorsed that last option, a consistent 37% take the middle option (which could cover beliefs in intelligent design, various forms of old-earth creationisms, or theistic evolution), and about 12% back a nontheistic evolutionary account. This breakdown has been remarkably consistent over the decades......................
...............In short, then, the hard core of young-earth creationists represents at most one in ten Americans—maybe about 31 million people—with another quarter favoring creationism but not necessarily committed to a young earth. One or two in ten seem firmly committed to evolution, and another third leans heavily toward evolution. About a third of the public in the middle are open to evolution, but feel strongly that a god or gods must have been involved somehow, and wind up in different camps depending how a given poll is worded.
So it sounds like about 20% understand evolution enough to understand where oil comes from. Then there are about 30% who may well have an idea about it but feel God guided things. The rest lean strongly toward some type of Young Earth doctrine.
Of the 50% who have a mind set open to the scientific concept of oil developing over millions of years what percentage actually have some real concept of it and how many have never really considered the question?
But at MOST the answer is something less than 50%. Maybe much less.
