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Essay:Motivations for the Theory of Evolution (view source)
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There are several unique incentives or motivations for the [[Theory of Evolution]]. These fall into four categories:
1. Financial incentives.
<br>2. Ideological incentives.
<br>3. Political incentives.
<br>4. Historical incentives.
Despite these significant incentives, belief by the American public in the materialistic evolution taught in public school remains at about 13%, relatively unchanged for at least 20 years.
== Financial ==
While judicial interpretations of the [[Establishment Clause]] prohibit any funding of religious arguments, positions or beliefs, the [[Theory of Evolution]] enjoys millions of dollars in annual funding by government.
This means that millions of persons, from university professors to graduate students to government researchers to public school teachers, receive paychecks funded in whole or in part by continued support for the [[Theory of Evolution]]. If Congress or the President embraced a view that the theory were false, and cut off that funding, then the paychecks of these thousands of persons would decrease or disappear entirely.
In addition, non-profits groups such as the [[ACLU]] rely on private donors to defend and promote the [[Theory of Evolution]]. The Thomas B. Fordham Institute is another non-profit that expends, and presumably raises, substantial monies by promoting the teaching of the [[Theory of Evolution]]. The salaries of individuals such organizations could decline if the theory were declared to be false. In litigation over Intelligent Design in Dover, Pennsylvania, the court ordered a payment of over $2 million to the lawyers who defended the [[Theory of Evolution]], and payments under such order contribute directly to the salaries of attorneys and staff workers at such firms.
In addition, non-profits groups such as the [[ACLU]] rely on private donors to defend and promote the [[Theory of Evolution]]. The Thomas B. Fordham Institute is another non-profit that expends, and presumably raises, substantial monies by promoting the teaching of the [[Theory of Evolution]]. The salaries of individuals such organizations could decline if the theory were declared to be false. In litigation over Intelligent Design in Dover, Pennsylvania, the court ordered a payment of over $2 million to the lawyers who defended the [[Theory of Evolution]], and payments under such order contribute directly to the salaries of attorneys and staff workers at such firms.