ACCORDING to rece 1S. Gallup polls, 44% of
Americans believe in biblical creationism --- that “God
ceeated man pretty much in ius present form at one
time within the last 10,006 years.” As pointed out on
Sunday by columnist Noel Wright, another 40% or so
believe in “theistic evolution” — God-guided evolu-
fon that finaliy produced mankind. But this type of
thoughtless response fails to consider the meaning of
the word “evolve.” If God is guiding changes in
species, there is no evolution going an. So, at ane
level. it is reasonabic 1o lump both answers together
and state that 84% of pall respondents believe in Creationism. Unfortunately, this
type of over-simplified polling is being used by some religiously conservative U.S.
school boards *9 rejig the basic scientific curriculum in state schools and exclude r
erence to evolution as posited by Darwin. What this type of polling really shows is
that 84% of respondents (and some Gallup pollsters) are not critical thinkers.

NORTH SHORE DEMOGRAPHICS

ve NO DO
YES NO OPINION KNOW

Horseshoe Bay 62% 11S 14% 13% .

Durdarave/Ambleside 57% 13% 17% 13%
~~ British Properties 37% 29% 20% 14%
Norgate/Pemberton Heights 40% 30% 21% 9%
Capilano/Delbrook Highlands 44% 24% 17% 15%
Lower Lonsdale 51% 23% 16% 10%
Central and Upper Lonsdale 32% 31% 21% | 16%

Lyan Valley 48% 24% 24% 4%

___Biueridge/Decp Cove 59% 17% 14% 10%
COMBINED AVERAGE . 48% 22% 18% 12%

Margaret Myring

North Vancouver

There’s ewo ways of looking
at this. Why not teach both
religion and science and let
children make up their own
minds in due course.

Joseph Apollo Cox
Vancouver

Darwin was totally wrong.
God created the apes and he
also created man. There’s a
possibility

from another planct. But
whatever, God created the
universe.

Candice Nikolic

North Vancouver

I believe in evolution. |
don't believe religion
belongs in schools. It
should be taught at home.
You can preach it, but you
can’t teach it.

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DANIELLE Bluestone and her 2 1/2-year-old golden retriever Curly enj

Canoeing canine

NEWS phoce Paul McGrath

jy paddling together around the waters

Grocery robbed
at knifepoint

Katharine Hamer
Contributing Writer

A robber used a popsi-
cle as a ruse in a theft
police are investigating
in North Vancouver.

The suspect, a man
described as a Caucasian in
his mid-20s, is 5°S” tall and
has short brown hair with a
brown moustache

He was wearing a light
green and navy jacket and
denim shorts.

The man hung around
outside the G.H. Grocery
Store at 506 Chesterfield
Ave. on Wednesday for on
hour before committing the
crime.

During this time he went
into the store, purchased a
fruit-flavourcd popsicic, and

returned >» the
entrance.

At 10.40 p.m., when a
second employee went to
take the garbage our, the sus-
Peet re-entered the store and
produced a 12-inch kitchen
knite, demanding that the
contents of the till be handed
over.

The man then fled north-
bound into an alley, got into
a small red vehicle and drove
away.

The suspect appeared to
be the only person in the
vehicle.

Several hundred dollars
was stolen in the robbery, but
no onc was injured.

Anyone with any informa-
tion is asked to contact
RCMP Const. Macpherson
at 985-1311, or Crime
Stoppers at 669-TIPS.

of Deep Cove. Curly likes te ride up front where ha can dive off to retrieve his frisbee.

ALLIANCE