Sunday morning, when many Christians would be at church
Don't forget that at that point the atheists are all out at orgies and baby-killing parties. (Seriously: yeah, that would be stupid, and I'm pretty sure they weren't that stupid.)
that Gallup evolution poll
I don't agree with your interpretation of it. The reported numbers (no god : theistic evolution : creationism) go 55:40:5 for scientists and 9:40:46 for the general public; both the no-god and creationism options are very different between those populations.
It's hard to infer anything from only three numbers per distribution, but it looks to me very much like an overall shift, with the similarity of the "theistic evolution" numbers on both sides being basically coincidence.
Don't forget that at that point the atheists are all out at orgies and baby-killing parties.
Really? I would have expected either sleeping late or watching the rugby.
I don't agree with your interpretation of it.
Fair enough. It's only three numbers, that's consistent with thousands of possible reasons.
It's hard to infer anything from only three numbers per distribution, but it looks to me very much like an overall shift, with the similarity of the "theistic evolution" numbers on both sides being basically coincidence.
It's not impossible....
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