>I believe that you are quite wrong.
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>--- On Wed, 2/11/09, Shane Mage <shmage at pipeline.com> wrote:
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> I believe that a very large majority
> > would turn out to be "evolutionists."
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Sorry to throw a wet towel on another speculation fest but, as I believe Casey Stengel said, you could look it up:
full at: http://www.gallup.com/poll/21811/American-Beliefs-Evolution-vs-Bibles-Explanation-Human-Origins.aspx
Gallup has asked about the origin of humans in several different ways over the years, including this question:
Which of the following statements comes closest to your views on the origin and development of human beings -- [ROTATE 1-3/3-1: 1) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process, 2) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God had no part in this process, 3) God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so]?
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In September 2005, Gallup slightly altered the wording of this question as follows:
Which of the following statements comes closest to your views on the origin and development of human beings -- [ROTATED: human beings have evolved over millions of years from other forms of life and God guided this process, human beings have evolved over millions of years from other forms of life, but God had no part in this process, or God created human beings in their present form exactly the way the Bible describes it]?
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The basic pattern of responses between these two ways of asking the question is quite similar. The minor wording changes appear to have resulted in a slight increase in the percentage of Americans choosing the literal biblical alternative rather than the "evolution with God's help" alternative.
The main objective of the current analysis is to look at the relationship between several characteristics of the population and belief in biblical creationism as measured by this question. Because Gallup has asked this question so many times, the large number of interviews enables us to look with more confidence at smaller subgroups. For the purposes of this analysis, we aggregated the results from the September 2005 survey with the November 2004 and the February 2001 surveys in order to provide a sample size of more than 3,000 interviews.
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According to the aggregated data, 47% of Americans agree that God created humans pretty much in their present form either exactly as the Bible describes it or within the last 10,000 years. That leaves about half of Americans who agree that humans developed or evolved, either with or without God's help in the process.