Contrary to the previous answer that was apparently pulled out of thin air (49%), 25% do not believe in evolution one way or another, while 36% have no opinion on the matter.
39% of Americans believe in evolution, with a majority of them being nonreligious or liberally-leaning.
SOURCE: http://www.gallup.com/poll/114544/darwin-birthday-believe-evolution.aspx
Absolutely. There aren't many scientists today that do not accept the theory of evolution, but yet many, many of them are religious.The group of people 'claiming' that evolution cannot coexist with religion are religious fanatics & evolutionist devotee's. Do not mind them.
It is called being religious (Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, etc according to which higher power you believe in) while, at the same time, accepting the facts of science. Many Christians, for example, do just that - believe in evolution.For more information about religion and evolution, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation
I understand that he did not believe in God/Jesus even thought he was Jewish. I do not recall reading anything about is beliefs on evolution. Does someone have the answer to this question? Thanks
Yes, but they tend to be religious liberals and treat the Genesis stories (there are two of them, actually, back to back) as allegorical rather than literal. Also, the Roman Catholic Church has made peace with the discrepancies between a literal interpretation of Genesis and the evidence of evolution.
Many scientists believe that the first Americans came from Asia, migrating into North America via the Bering land bridge during the last Ice Age. This migration is estimated to have occurred around 15,000-20,000 years ago.
That is somewhat of an over-generalization, because many Americans do believe in Darwin's theory of evolution, but there are certainly a great many who don't. Evotution is seen by some people as competing with the bible. The bible says that God created life (apparently by magic) and evolution describes a different way that life could have come into existence without requiring divine intervention. Fundamentalist Americans prefer the bible to science.
Accept. " Believe in " has connotations that do not fit the rational mind well. I have heard a range of figures. Many fence sitters and theist evolution types here. Anywhere from 14% to 25% of the US population accepts evolutionary theory.
They began to believe that wealth was a sign of "survival of the fittest."
They began to believe that wealth was a sign of "survival of the fittest."
It is not forbidden by Catholicism to believe in evolution. The reason many people who believe in a god do not believe in evolution is that evolution's adversary, Intelligent Design, makes far more sense to one who believes in God that anyone who does not, although you can believe in intelligent design and not believe in God.
The present diversity of life on Earth came about by means of evolution.
Sir Arthur Keith who believes in evolution said, "Evolution is unproved and unprovable. We believe it ONLY because the only alternative is special creation, and that is unthinkable."
The general public in the USA is split roughly three ways: - Those who hold to a more or less literal reading of the Biblical account (some 30%) - Those who accept a naturalistic evolution (another 30%) - Those who believe in a form of theistic evolution (some 20%) (The remaining 20% didn't say.) Note that these figures are completely different if one polls only the higher educated people, or the scientific community, where support for evolution is pretty much complete.
You can believe evolution was caused by God and he controls it.
I believe in evolution because we find so many fossils from the past and still no miracle from God has yet happened. I believe in creation because there is way more proof!!
Atheism is the lack of belief in deities. Evolution is the change in organisms over time. They are two different subject and many of those that accept evolution also believe in deities, so...
The average layman to believe in evolution averages on 60% (about 20% in America). For the expertsin the the field, all across the world, the average is 99.99%.