User:Ed Poor/Evolution poll
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Data for creationism table:
| Evolution | "Creationism" | |
|---|---|---|
| Unguided evolution | Guided evolution | Young-Earth creationism |
| "Evolution" | Creationism | |
| Evolution | Creationism | |
| Unguided evolution | Guided evolution | Young-Earth creationism |
| Evolutionism | Creationism |
To assess public opinion on creationism, Gallup asked:
- Which of the following statements comes closest to your views on the origin and development of human beings?
- Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process,
- Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God had no part in this process,
- God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so?
Polled in November 2004, 38% of respondents chose (1), 13% chose (2), 45% chose (3), and 4% offered a different or no opinion. These results are also similar to those from previous Gallup polls, which extend back to 1982.
- a similar Gallup poll in 1982 showed only 44% believed in a young, created earth. RAE
- According to a 1993 Gallup poll, 47% of the American public adopted the young earth creationist view that humans were created by God around 10,000 years ago. RAE
Guided evolution:
Naturalistic evolution:
- According to a 1993 Gallup poll ... only 11% believe the universe has evolved naturally. RAE
- Gallup, November 2004: 13% chose "Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God had no part in this process"
Other findings:
- March 5, 2001: only about a third of the public say that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution is well supported by evidence. UNL
- Polled in November 2004, 35% of the respondents said that evolution is well-supported by evidence, 35% said that it is not, 29% said that they didn't know enough about it to reply, and 1% expressed no opinion. NCSE 2004)
According to a February 2001 Gallup Poll of Americans:
- 45% of respondents chose "God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so," the statement that most closely describes biblical creationism. (Feb. 2001)
- only about a third of the public say that they "believe in or lean toward the 'theory of evolution'"
- 80% of churchgoers "prefer the theory of creationism". [1]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ "Perhaps most notably, those for whom religion is an important part of life (those who attend religious services every week) are far more likely to prefer the theory of creationism than are those who attend church less often (80% versus 47%, respectively)." (Brooks, Deborah Jordan (2001-03-05). "Substantial Numbers of Americans Continue to Doubt Evolution as Explanation for Origin of Humans". . Gallup News Service Retrieved on 2006-06-05.)
