Polls Show Change From Evolution to Creation
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According to a 1993 Gallup poll, 47% of the American public adopted the young earth creationist view that humans were created by God around 10,000 years ago. Another 35% were theistic evolutionists, and only 11% believe the universe has evolved naturally. This makes evolutionists who try to portray young-earth creationists as a small fringe group look a bit silly.
Especially when you realize that young-earth creationism is actually growing: a similar Gallup poll in 1982 showed only 44% believed in a young, created earth. Since scientific creationism only dates to the early 1960's, belief in a special creation was probably even less prevalent prior to 1982.
These facts conflict rather badly with the popular myth of evolutionists that creationists are "behind the times" or "throwbacks." Indeed, in a recent debate a non-creationist historian acknowledged that belief in a young, created earth was more prevalent now among Christians than any time since at least 1830.
Another important fact to consider is that this surge in belief in divine creation is not based on religious beliefs so much advances in science. In fact, polls and informal studies suggest that the percentage of scientists who believe in a young, created earth is at least as high and probably higher than the percentage of theologians who believe the same! Certainly, a majority of Christian scientists now accept Genesis literally; yet one informal poll indicated that only around 10% of so-called Christian theologians teach a literal Genesis! We are now literally in a position where scientists are trying to get the theologians to stop compromising and butchering God's Word because of "scientific" objections that have been largely overcome.
(Copyright 1993, 1996 Eric Blievernicht)
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