# Evolution and the American South? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 4, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-and-the-american-south/781359 "2017-03-04T03:10:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-and-the-american-south/781359/61 "2017-03-09T16:53:29Z")
You were genuinely curious whether even a single individual in the [southern United States](https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/maps/reference/us_regdiv.pdf)believes in evolution? A region that contains, by [US Census figures](https://www.census.gov/popclock/data_tables.php?component=growth), over 1/3 of the US population - some 122+ million people? Seems a bit disingenuous to me as well. It sounds much more like a veiled insult. And no, it would not be a question better suited for GQ. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-and-the-american-south/781359/62 "2017-03-10T00:22:53Z")
> [@Nadnerb](#): > > I was just curious. Relax. I’m a southerner. Only Jesus and his angelsauruses get to tell me to relax. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-and-the-american-south/781359/63 "2017-03-10T00:34:50Z")
> [@Nadnerb](#): > > I was just curious. Relax. You were curious about a question that you already knew the answer too? > [@Nadnerb](#): > > [Adults in the Dallas metro area - Religion in America: U.S. Religious Data, Demographics and Statistics | Pew Research Center](http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/metro-area/dallasfort-worth-metro-area/#social-and-political-views) > > Here are the statistics. In the Dallas metro area, only 40% believe in creationism and 56% accept evolution. ---
**Author:** ![Nadnerb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@Nadnerb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nadnerb)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-and-the-american-south/781359/64 "2017-03-12T01:32:11Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > You were curious about a question that you already knew the answer too? Before somebody cited me the Religious Landscape Study. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-and-the-american-south/781359/65 "2017-03-13T00:00:38Z")
I’ll say this. Most of the (older, Christian) adults here in Tennessee\*\* I know\*\* still refuse to believe in it, will claim “Darwin recanted” and they only believe in this Big Bang: God said it and BANG it was there! They don’t really know what it is even though they’ve been teaching it in every public school at least since I was a kid in the 80s. We were taught the details and still adults will try to pass the “I know we didn’t come from monkeys!” line. Some of the people I know who don’t believe in Creationism still believe in “Intelligent Design”. In my opinion your question is not nearly as far-fetched as some people here are acting like. I know it’s taught in school but most everyone I know rejects it, just like most reject climate change. They don’t WANT to believe it happens because it contradicts their god stories. This seems to be changing with the younger generation but they could slip in to the same mentality as they get older and trust their religious leaders over scientists. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-and-the-american-south/781359/66 "2017-03-13T00:05:10Z")
All I know is in Texas, they’ve not yet developed opposable thumbs. ---
**Author:** ![Nadnerb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@Nadnerb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nadnerb)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-and-the-american-south/781359/67 "2017-12-14T17:40:13Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Brendan, your mum called and asked you to pick up some milk on your way home from being a pain on a messageboard! You need to shut the fuck up. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-and-the-american-south/781359/68 "2017-12-14T17:42:36Z")
> [@Nadnerb](#): > > You need to shut the fuck up. It was worth waiting 9 months to see such a witty response. Reporting it too. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-and-the-american-south/781359/69 "2017-12-14T17:43:39Z")
No need. Already done. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-and-the-american-south/781359/70 "2017-12-14T17:51:05Z")
> [@Nadnerb](#): > > You need to shut the fuck up. A strange choice to revive a months-dormant thread, in which someone else had already been given a warning for a lack of civility towards _you_, in order for you to express this comeback. You’ve been given a warning for being a jerk. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-and-the-american-south/781359.md?page=3)