USA: Today less Republicans believe in Darwin’s theory of evolution than in 2009.
Republicans are ditching evolution in favor of creationism.
In 2013 just 43% of Republicans believe in Darwin’s theory of evolution. Put another way, 57% believe that humans are the same now as they were at the beginning of time. These are “creationists”.
Democrats are much more likely to believe in human evolution (67%).
Overall 33% of Americans believe that “humans and other living things have existed in their present form since the beginning of time”.
Does this fundamental belief have any impact on cat ownership?
I am surprised at the very high percentage of Americans who disagree totally in Darwin’s theory of evolution. I thought it was common sense.
We don’t know from this survey what creationists believe about the relationship between animal and human. It is likely to be a belief that humans are superior and different to animals. This might encourage a less respectful relationship with cats
Whereas evolutionists are more likely to believe that humans are “human animals” and that we are at one with animals but apart. This should encourage a more respectful attitude towards cats.
Conclusion: Democrats are better cat owners than Republicans! Disagree? There are obviously millions of great Republican cat caretakers and some bad Democrat cat caretakers. However, the general trend points towards Democrats being more sensitive towards cats because of this fundamental belief.
Notes:
- This page is a bit of fun with a slightly serious side to it. Please don’t take it too seriously 😉
- By all means comment on this but PoC is in the middle of a transfer to a dedicated server. This article may have to be recreated in a few days time and the comments may be lost. Update: the transfer is completed so this does not apply anymore.
- Source: figures based poll by Pew Research Center
Fantastic Ruth. It isn’t only cats and PoC who need you. I do too. I want you as a friend. I realised that after I made my comment in response. I respect your beliefs. Each person should respect the beliefs of others provided they don’t harm the planet, animals and people.
As I said in my email, I do believe that it is quite possible that there is a creator of the universe. Perhaps this God is not that different from yours.
‘just using religion to get what they want, to look good in front of others or to “see and be seen” as Ruth puts it’
This is why I stopped going to Church, there are too many people now who use it as a social occasion, not only at Sunday Services but also I am always shocked when attending a funeral and people come in wearing everyday clothes, sometimes carrying shopping, looking around for friends, waving and then gossiping. They talk over the organ music, even the people who regularly go to Church. I may be old fashioned but to me a person’s funeral is to honour their lifetime, quietly reflect on them and say goodbye to them.
I think the problem nowadays is that many people have no respect for others.
My Faith is shaky I know, because of the way the world is and how it’s getting worse, I would now rather go into the country, to a beautiful place and think how wonderful Nature is, than sit in a Church with people who have forgotten the reason they are there.
Ruth I so very much admire you and your unwavering Faith, it must be very difficult and I wish I was as good a person as you are.
Thanks, Michael. I guess my other comment was just lost in cyberspace, but I thought perhaps you pulled it. I should know you better than that, and I’m sorry. It just would have been nice if even one person had remembered that there is a seven day creationist in this group who is a good cat caretaker.
Part of the problem is that the true Church is invisible. No one can tell who really has Christ in his or her heart or who is just using religion to get what they want, to look good in front of others or to “see and be seen” as Ruth puts it.
Today one can call himself a Christian while calling Christ a liar. Jesus spoke of Noah and Adam as being real people and events like the creation and the flood as really happening. It’s frustrating being able to find only a few pastors here and there who actually take Jesus at His Word. If we say He is a liar, then why do we worship Him?
But it was always this way– only a few who believed. There are fewer than ever today. What are the odds that you’ve never actually met a member of Christ’s church except for me (I mean the true, invisible church) but only have had experience with people twisting the Bible to give them permission to do whatever they want? There is a huge difference between a person who has the light of Christ in them and someone who merely claims to for their own ends. Even the demons can quote scripture, but no one will be edified by this.
However, even those with Christ in their hearts still sin, and I did sin against you by getting angry. My pride popped up and said, “Enough already!” when I really don’t have the right to say that. God has obviously called me to be a part of PoC and to be your friend, which all happened through his sending Monty to me. I know that right in the middle of a website hosting change glitches could happen.
I can’t reproduce my comment entirely because that was this morning and I can’t remember what I said. Except for this: Jesus is the only one who has dominion over animals and I believe it was this same Jesus who four years ago told Monty to stay sitting there a moment longer so that he would lose sight of his mom and siblings. He told Monty to run around to the back of the house and get cornered by the stairs while whispering to me that that is what he would do so I could catch him. Because Monty has a sinless soul I learn so much from him. I have no dominion over him, but am lead by him like a little child to know my Savior better. How that happens could fill a book, which maybe one day I’ll get around to writing.
Sorry again that I was crabby. It’s no excuse but my feet are cold. It’s freezing here!
Ruth, I am very sorry you feel insulted. That is not the intention, obviously. Your comments are never deleted. Never. They are always welcome. You are free to write what you want as are other people. If you want to restate the comment that you think was deleted please do so.
Ruth, I don’t want you to go. It is important that you stay for the sake of cat welfare. I am very sorry. We disagree on this basic belief (creationism). It is a fundamental belief but it doesn’t mean you are not welcome and it does not mean we disagree on everything else. We agree on 90% of things.
People are just expressing their opinions on creationism. I think we have a right to do that because as stated it can affect our relationship with animals. I can’t censor myself and pretend something just to please someone. One of the most important aspects of this site is openness and transparency. We can disagree but still help animals and cats and get along just fine. We have done for years.
But as I stated the intention is not to insult. I don’t think you should feel insulted because the discussion is not personal but if you are, once again, I sincerely apologise.
This article and all the comments are deeply insulting to me. I tried to post what Christianity really teaches, and my comment was deleted. Also, there are almost no seven day creationists left and we aren’t even tolerated in our own denominations. The Missouri Synod Lutheran Church, which is my church for now, subscribes to theistic evolution and bans the teaching of seven day creation in their schools, refusing to graduate anyone from their universities who will not accept theistic evolution.
Nevertheless, since the Bible clearly teaches it, that is what I believe. And although almost no humans believe it anymore I am not in the minority. God plus anyone is a majority. For me and my house we will serve The Lord. There is no way believing what the only true God tells us about Himself or how He made this world can make me a bad person or a bad caretaker for Monty.
Believing everything evolved by accident will not lead anyone to respect life. Believing all life was created, is protected and valued by God can only lead to a loving response toward all He has made. That it does not has nothing to do with the revealed Word of God, but with the fact they humans are just as the Bible describes them. Evil.
And though I am evil, I know how to do right by the small black cat given to me as a gift from a loving God. How anyone could believe that my knowledge of my creator (and his) could make me a worse person is beyond me. But since that is how you all feel, I give up. There is no place for me here anymore.
I LOVE this..and I am deeply touched by Marc’s comment. And as a staunch DemoCAT I must heartily agree. The first time President Obama ran for office a group of Dems created a page- Cats for Obama. I did not see anything coming from the RePUPlican side. Not a peep. The “Cats for Obama” was a highly active group – I was disappointed when they didn’t come out again in 2012.
And what about the Dog loving candidate, Romney, who put his dog in a crate on top of his car … while traveling on a trip with his family. On top of his CAR? Excuse me.
It makes me crazy to hear some of Repubicans who are way way way way over to the right expound that we were created 6,000 years ago… sigh..and that the big bang never happened.. With all the new exciting scientific discoveries proving the Big Bang theory, what more will it take to convince them?
As far as cats are concerned, the majority of my friends who are owned by cats are DemoCats. Many of the dog people I know are Republicans.
While there were several cats that owned Republican Presidents,Democratic Presidents Kennedy and Clinton had some very famous kitties living in the While House.
President Lincoln- a Republican whom today would without a doubt have been a Democrat,(after all he freed the slaves) was the first president to bring felines into the White House.
In fact, in my experience the Democrats that I know don’t refer to themselves as “owners”- they consider themselves “guardians” or “staff” to their beloved felines.
Nuff said? LOL
Happy Mew Year to everyone.