A Question to Atheists of Western World?

Question

Were There Ever any polls(official) conducted in the Western Countries about how many people believe in Evolution and Creation if so can you give me details.
Also in my opinion, this is just the beggining of the 21st centuary, the future holds a lot of possibility of new research and technologies.So after a few 100 years Christian Belief itself will get
destroyed.(do you agree with me?)
Also want to ask you does cloning(human) contradict their belief.

Answer 1

Yep there have been polls on the public acceptance of evolution (link). And yes, a greater understanding of things like neuroscience and the origin of life are around the corner. But nothing in science can ever disprove God because in the end all someone has to say is oh but God didn't leave any evidence of his existence - he made it seem like it all occurred naturally so belief in him would be a matter of faith. So I think mainstream Christianity will adapt and slowly change their interpretations, eg. most Christians worldwide accept evolution right now. But I don't think they will disappear. Another factor is that the more science advances, the harder it becomes for non-specialists to access and fully understand. So, for example, today you get all these people who hold all these utterly wrong beliefs about the state of science in geology and evolution - it's easy for the fundies to spread propaganda and misinformation. The fundies will get more and more out of step... but whether they whither away or grow I don't know. I think it will have more to do with the health of society, than science. The more misery there is in society, the more fundamentalist religion. Hopefully science will help to improve society for everyone. Yes cloning does contradict their belief.

Answer 2

I know there was done within the past five years that I've seen quoted often enough that placed the USA second to last, only Turkey scored lower, for acceptence of the scientific validity and truth of Evolution vs. Creationism. I cannot seem to find any references to that study though; I'll have to try to keep looking.

Christianity will never fully go away; even today there are groups that follow ancient egyptian religious principles (I have a friend who is Khemitic and consider myself a bastard of Sekhmet though I do not believe in her literal existence). However, it will become a fringe element.

Who knows what the new religion will be? Unfortunately, the theurgic drive in humanity is pretty strong, it's written into our genes, it's wired into our brains. We are built for spirituality, and whenever someone finds their spirituality, someone else makes it a god. So whatever replaces Christianity and Islam as the dominant religions will be just as believed by its followers as modern christians and muslims consider their religions.

And the cycle of fanaticism will start all over again.

Answer 3

I've seen polls done on the evolution vs. creation controversy (most of it being done as a comparison between the US and Europe), but sadly I couldn't tell you where to find them.
I don't think Christianity will be destroyed in the next hundred years, but it will change. Religion has to change to keep up with how society changes (don't believe me, look at how rock music is now passed off for Gospel in some churches). Groups that cannot accept that change will either die off or become isolated groups (like the Amish or the Shakers).
Cloning is supposed to be against Christian views (though obviously the Bible doesn't discuss it). Presumably it is because man is playing God, but I don't know for sure.

Answer 4

To answer your questions:

1) Yes, there have been a few polls. You'll have to Google it for the answers, but the majority of people polled did believe God created everything.

2) Who can really predict the destruction of a belief? I don't believe science will be the cause, because science will NEVER be able to prove or disprove the existence of a god. That isn't its function. That's the function of religion. Science looks for solid explanations of natural phenomena. It does not address the existence of any god. Scientists, as humans, all have their own beliefs. The good scientists don't let their religious or spiritual beliefs influence their work.

3) Human cloning, meaning the cloning of a complete person, is not something I believe should be messed with. It feels wrong to me, right down to the core. Cloning of human tissues and organs I believe is absolutely fine, if not essential to the curing of many diseases.

Answer 5

Evolution & Creation,
not only christian belief
it's also true as per Hindu mythology
BigBang theory - creation of the universe
also similar with Hindu mythology,
with Om or Binduvisphot

and i think,
new research & technology may be
prove all these beliefs & theories
TRUE.
so nobody knows it.
may be, what u r saying
it'll also become............. ?!!!
but this belief is based on strong pillars
so i find, believes are proved.

Answer 6

There was. In the USA, 47% of the population believes in creation by God as per Genesis, 40% believe that evolution happened with God's guidance and only 9% believe that evolution happened naturally.

Answer 7

Cloning has been considered unethical and immoral by Christians. Any belief could be destroyed not by things happening around us but within ourselves. Our greatest enemy is ourselves. No matter what happens around us if we are rooted in our particular religions/beliefs nothing can destroy these. Because religion is a personal relationship with who we consider as our supreme being.

Answer 8

I know of no polls conducted on that direct question.
I think in 100 years time most current religions will be greatly reduced and about on par with Greek and Norse mythology. I think they will be replaced with something else, as long as people have fears to play on, religion of some sort will exist.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Thetre were several, last one was done earlier this year where the USA ranked only above Turkey in a survey of attitudes to evolution. In the rest of the West there were solid majorities of up to 80%.

http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060810_evo_rank.html

Of course what this demonstrates yet again is that the USA is in serious trouble.