The figures range from 9% to 60%. Maybe it has something to do with how the question is phrased ins surveys. For example, if asked if they believe that the world was created 6000 years ago and kangaroos skipped all the way from Noah's Ark to Australia, perhaps only 9% would agree. But if asked if they beleive that the whole Universe is just an accident with no purpose whatsover, and that nothing but blind chance rules the evolution of species, then perhaps only 50% would agree.
Personally, I think that Americans are much more like Europeans in this regard, and that it is the nature of the questions put to them makes it look as if the US is turning its back on science
2007-03-08
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