A majority of adults support the biblical account of creation according to a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll- the latest in a series of polls reflecting Americans’ tendency to reject secular evolution.
In the poll, 53 percent of adults say “God created human beings in their present form exactly the way the Bible describes it.”
Another 31 percent believe humans “evolved over millions of years from other forms of life and God guided the process.
Twelve percent say humans “have evolved over millions of years from other forms of life, but God has no part.”
The poll of 1,005 adults, conducted Sept. 8-11 and posted on Gallup’s Web site Oct. 13, is but the latest survey showing Americans tend to reject a strictly secular explanation for the existence of life:
A Harris poll of 1,000 adults in June found that 64 percent believe “human beings were created directly by God,” 22 percent say humans “evolved from earlier species” and 10 percent believe humans “are so complex that they required a powerful force or intelligent being to help create them.” In another question, only 38 percent say humans “developed from earlier species.”
An NBC News poll of 800 adults in March found that 44 percent believe in a biblical six-day creation, 13 percent in a “divine presence” in creation and 33 percent in evolution.
The Gallup poll was released amid a trial in Harrisburg, Pa., over whether intelligent design can be taught in a Pennsylvania school district.
Intelligent design holds that patterns in nature are best explained by pointing to a creator – that is, intelligence. Supporters of the theory of Darwinian evolution have opposed intelligent design, saying it is not science.
(BP)
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