It is strange that here in the 21st century with all our scientific knowledge as to how this planet and life on it began, our ventures into outer space and our phenomenal technological advances that 46 percent of Americans (58 percent of Republicans) still believe in ancient perceptions of how and when the earth and humans came to be; while 32 percent believe in evolution, only about 15 percent believe no deity controlled the process, up slightly. The number of Republicans believing in evolution is down, a la Paul Broun, who unbelievably served on the House Science Committee. I have no problem with people believing whatever they think is correct but some fundamentalist Christians think the earth and humans are no more than 10,000 years old and were created at the same time.