I’ve been doing a survey about people’s perceptions of the “personality” of evolution. Below is one of the responses I received. I’m glad I got this question because I thought a lot about this and I really don’t know what the “correct” method would be.

gabe - maybe it’s just me but I got all the way to question 25 and then gave up. I just don’t understand your questions.

survey participant

My response:

yeah… Starting with question 25 I attempt to address people’s perceptions of the “evolution alternative.” It’s not supposed to make a whole lot of sense for those of us that agree with evolution as an explanation because our conception of the alternative is usually termed “creationism.” For fundamentalists, “God’s truth in the Bible” is all there is. Evolution is just as wacky to them as “God’s truth in the Bible” might be for you and me.

It’s my modest attempt to control for the nature in which language is used in the internal discourses surrounding these ideas. I’m not as interested in how evolution’s proponents see creationism as I am in how they perceive fundamentalist views. Likewise, I’m curious to see how those that do not believe that humans descended from earlier species of animals view “God’s Truth in the Bible.” My thought is, if you can empathize with someone or something, you can understand them and yourself better.

cheers
gabe