(April 21, 2016 at 12:55 am)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote:I suggest that the reason American Southerners discount evolution is because they are primarily racist. If they were to accept evolution then it means that they are descendants of black people who came out of Africa. By denying evolution they are able to maintain that white people are superior to blacks, therefore they can continue their discriminatory ways.(April 20, 2016 at 10:51 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Based upon your knowledge and observation are American Southerners more likely to be anti-evolution than people from other regions and foreign countries?
I would say yes, due to the high number of people there who are "evangelical" and/or fundamentalist Christians in that region.
However, I do not have the data to tell you how we fare in comparison to other locales.
It may seem simplistic but 99.99% of the social problems in America are really racist based.
Countries with histories of racism and strong ethnic identities are most likely to be anti-evolution. Evolution destroys their idea of being special. [email=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_of_support_for_evolution]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_of_support_for_evolution[/email]
