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→"Many" atheists edit: reply to Order
:You are exaggerate the link between Old Earth beliefs and atheism. [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/313/5788/765 Miller et al] found a negative correlation between belief in evolution and belief in God, but the correlation isn't as strong as you suggest. For example, 78% of all American believe ''Over periods of millions of years, some species of plants and animals adjust and survive while other species die and become extinct.'' which makes them OLD Earthers. Given this number, and according to your logic at most 23% can believe in God, 22% who do not believe in an old earth, plus 1% who believe in God '''and''' an old earth. But we all know that at least 80% of all Americans believes in God. This means that at least more than 50% (close to 60%) must believe in as well God as in an old earth. You probably know some.
:You are exaggerate the link between Old Earth beliefs and atheism. [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/313/5788/765 Miller et al] found a negative correlation between belief in evolution and belief in God, but the correlation isn't as strong as you suggest. For example, 78% of all American believe ''Over periods of millions of years, some species of plants and animals adjust and survive while other species die and become extinct.'' which makes them OLD Earthers. Given this number, and according to your logic at most 23% can believe in God, 22% who do not believe in an old earth, plus 1% who believe in God '''and''' an old earth. But we all know that at least 80% of all Americans believes in God. This means that at least more than 50% (close to 60%) must believe in as well God as in an old earth. You probably know some.
:To complete the picture I should add that according to the study, 62% of all Americans believe "Human beings were created by God as whole persons and did not evolve from earlier forms of life." If we sum this up, this means that at least 40% believe in an old earth, and at the same time that humans were created by God. You might find this all unreasonable, but it is what people apparently believe. [[User:Order|Order]] 11:22, 26 November 2007 (EST)
:To complete the picture I should add that according to the study, 62% of all Americans believe "Human beings were created by God as whole persons and did not evolve from earlier forms of life." If we sum this up, this means that at least 40% believe in an old earth, and at the same time that humans were created by God. You might find this all unreasonable, but it is what people apparently believe. [[User:Order|Order]] 11:22, 26 November 2007 (EST)
:: That's a loaded, vague poll question. The more precise and neutral the question becomes, the lower the percentage of Americans who really believe in what atheists teach about an Old Earth. For example, [[Christians]] almost unanimously believe in one Adam as the father of all mankind, as Jesus atoned for Adam's original sin. Old Earth doctrine rejects that.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 13:02, 26 November 2007 (EST)
==Tides and the earth-moon distance==
==Tides and the earth-moon distance==