Colors of Sounds: If It's Broke, Fix It.

According to Newsweek in 1987:
"By one count there are some 700 scientists with respectable academic credentials (out of a total of 480,000 U.S. earth and life scientists) who give credence to creation-science..."

That would make the support for creation science among those branches of science who deal with the earth and its life forms to be about 0.14%; unfortunately, the American public generally believes quite differently.

In 1991, a gallup pole revealed some interesting facts about Americans' belief in Creationism.

In the pole, Americans were asked if they agreed with the Creationist view of evolution and the origin of man.

Creationist view: "God created man pretty much in his present form at one time within the last 10,000 years."

These are the proportions of different groups within the American public who believe the above statement to be true.

Everyone 47%
Scientists 5%
Men 39%
Women 53%
College graduates 25%
No high school diploma 65%
Income over $50k 29%
Income under $20k 59%
Caucasians 46%
African-Americans 53%

(source:http://www.religioustolerance.org/ev_publi.htm)

So 95% of scientists are going to burn in Hell with.... uh, what's his name... Bush, er, I mean, Satan? Sucks to be them.... and I thought they were actually good for something!

Clearly, education is key. This thing has got to be fixed. Some say the battle is trivial. "It'll just take some time", they say. I disagree.

It is of utmost importance - perhaps the only way to heal this nation is to get everyone up to speed as soon as possible. What lessons of tolerance and the value of knowledge!

I know revolutions take time. How long did it take the masses to "believe" in the heliocentric model of our solar system after Copernicus (in the 16th century) and Kepler (who saw the Comet of 1577 at age six and a lunar eclipse at age nine, which sparked his curiosity in the heavens) provided us with the evidence? Are there still those among us who believe the sun revolves around the earth?

Interestingly, Galileo, who propelled the geocentric model of the universe onto the main stage, is still on currency in Italy (of all places!).

How long will it take for us, as a people, to catch on to this revolution? I'm hoping for next Saturday.

The time is now. It is urgent at this point. Look at the walls we are putting up in America...around churches, around schools, around houses.... while walls are crumbling everywhere else. Isolation solves nothing (unless it's a thought experiment).

In a recent study, out of the 34 countries surveyed, only Turkey had a lower acceptance rate of evolution, when citizens were asked to respond with a straightforward answer to "Is evolution true?" I know the picture is difficult to see, but Blue is "True", Red is "False", and yellow is "Not sure". America is second from the bottom.