Gallup's latest poll on Americans and Creationism find that, as it has been for the last 32 years, a healthy chunk of Americans do not believe in evolution.
More than four in 10 Americans continue to believe that God created humans in their present form 10,000 years ago, a view that has changed little over the past three decades. Half of Americans believe humans evolved, with the majority of these saying God guided the evolutionary process. However, the percentage who say God was not involved is rising.
The chart makes it pretty clear that this is not a new phenomenon. But the older, less educated, and more often you go to church, the more likely you are to believe in creationism. However, that too has been the case since the 80's.
It means enough Americans are taught Creationism to replace those that are aging. Today, 46% of 30-49 year olds believe in Creationism. That's going to help keep these numbers stable for some time.
Only 1% of people who attend church weekly believe humanity evolved without God guiding the process.
One percent.
There's some small hope, though. The number of people who believe that God has nothing to do with evolution has doubled since 2000. We'll see.
Back in the day I always thought most Christians were happy to take the Genesis stuff as metaphorical--only in the New Testament material that they really lost their minds. I must have been leading a very sheltered life.
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