what percent of americans do not believe in evolution?

Answer 1

CBS Poll
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/22/opinion/polls/main965223.shtml


Harris Poll
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=581

"A majority of U.S. adults (54%) do not think human beings developed from earlier species, up from 46 percent in 1994.
Forty-nine percent of adults believe plants and animals have evolved from some other species while 45 percent do not believe that. "
"Adults are evenly divided about whether or not apes and man have a common ancestry (46 percent believe we do and 47 percent believe we do not). "
"Again divided, 46 percent of adults agree that "Darwin’s theory of evolution is proven by fossil discoveries," while 48 percent disagree. "

Newsvine Reuters Poll
http://scooterdman.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/01/1135178-report-58-of-americans-do-not-believe-in-evolution

I'm certainly in the minority by statistical studies... however a very large majority of scientists believe in Evolution.

My problem with creationists is that they generally put the date of creation about 6,000 years ago.... that means for less than 2,000 years all knowledge was passed on by word of mouth.

Then written records begin... No stories of dinosaurs are passed down or recorded.... consequently to believe in a literal Biblical version of creation you have to believe dinosaurs cannot exist.

To me that means that the Biblical creation story cannot be true.

an agnostic

Answer 2

I don't know the answer to your question but I honestly would believe that it is a high number. I live in California and never once seen parents not letting their children learn about evolution. It's covered in bio class in high school- although I don't know how much is cuz I got a C one semester and a D the next haha. Also, I would think coastal states are more open to evolution then the "middle states" or bible belt states.

But I don't get why people do not believe it- religion or not. Science pretty much proves where we evolved from and who our common ancestors are. I wonder though how they (religious folk) explain the difference of skin color; all humans came from one group of people in Africa- do they believe in that? Or to them, is it that god plopped us all down, all over earth and decided to make people in the middle of the earth dark, where there is more sun light, and people farther away lighter, where there is less sunlight.

Answer 3

It is ridiculous to think that Creator isn't smart enough to create evolution.

Evolution doesn't go against the Bible. Think about it. If you were an educated person (like Moses, who was a prince of Egypt), how would tell people with no education about the creation of the world?

Wouldn't you make it clear and in concise everyday terms? Would you prattle on about millions of years and natural selection?

I believe that evolution is a process that Creator set in motion with the creation of the world. Time is a linear construct and without it, creation happens every second of every day.

Just my two points worth...

Answer 4

Well a lot of schools in America aren't allowed to talk about it.

In the fifth grade we watched a movie on evolution and half the class's parents wrote in saying that they didn't want their kids learning about it.

I'm a big believer in hearing people out, so it's a shame to me.

Answer 5

As somebody who belielves in God, i detect that statistic quite depressing...if, in fact, it quite is genuine. some people who're believers have not got any situation accepting technological know-how, logic, rational concept, and so on. by ability of me, God would have created the super Bang, the evolutionary technique, existence on different planets, the actual regulations of the universe, and so on. i think of those people who insist that each and every thing became into created 6,000 years in the past and that evolution did no longer ensue are an embarassment. Having non secular ideals and accepting technological know-how does no longer would desire to be an "the two/or" concern.

Answer 6

Depends on how you calculate percent. Do you calculate the percent by only including people who have landlines, not cells or VOIP, who are home between 3pm and 6pm and are not on the do not call list?

Of those people, about 2/3.

Now, are those people representative of "Average" America?

Nope, not at all.

Do we have survey techniques that actually poll "average America?"
Nope, we don't.

Answer 7

I believe the last poll I saw had it at 51%. Fortunately, science is not conducted by poll. Among biologists, the number approaches 100%.

Answer 8

20% do not believe in evolution.

Answer 9

If you believe in God or Jesus you believe in evolution. Its called the growing process.

Answer 10

An ever-shrinking minority, thank goodness. Oh, sure they're growing louder. Increasingly unpopular opinions often do as they slowly die out. Reason will prevail.