A new Gallup poll is out showing that 40 percent of Americans believe that “God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so” while only 16 percent believe evolution happened with guidance from God and 38 percent believe “God guided [the] process” of evolution. Among the poll's findings was that a full 37 percent with a college degree and a full 22 percent with a postgraduate degree believe in creation. Yet today, MSNBC's Chris Matthews sought to seize on another demographic stat from the poll to make the issue a partisan one and to mock Republicans as scientifically illiterate. In doing so he made a gaffe illustrating how behind the times he is when it comes to anthropological discoveries scientists link to human evolution: read more
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Chris Matthews Mocks Republicans Who Believe In Creation, Leaves Out 1/3 of Dems, Independents Believe Same