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One Third (?!) of PA High School Science Teachers Believe in Creationism - And Some Teach It

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Decatur Deb4/28/2013 6:18:10 pm PDT

re: #234 freetoken

Yes, and it is thus a fault that exists in the poll.

However, I really doubt that YEC’s would also check “Intelligent Design”, given the widespread published works of YECs that explicitly call for an OT/NT form of creationism.

Perhaps some would, but expecting all IDers to also check “creationism”, when they know that word is tied to YEC in most people’s minds, is something that I doubt would happen.

If asked in a poorly-defined poll, my biologist/priest mentioned above would probably describe himself as a ‘creationist’. He also would insist that Genesis is figurative language, and that all the work of creation was accomplished setting the Big Bang in motion. Designing a popular polling instrument that measures what it claims to measure is rare and difficult.