Friday, June 06, 2014

in the u.s., 42% believe in a creationist view of human origins...,


gallup |  More than four in 10 Americans continue to believe that God created humans in their present form 10,000 years ago, a view that has changed little over the past three decades. Half of Americans believe humans evolved, with the majority of these saying God guided the evolutionary process. However, the percentage who say God was not involved is rising.

This latest update is from Gallup's Values and Beliefs survey conducted May 8-11. Gallup first asked the three-part question about human origins in 1982.

The percentage of the U.S. population choosing the creationist perspective as closest to their own view has fluctuated in a narrow range between 40% and 47% since the question's inception. There is little indication of a sustained downward trend in the proportion of the U.S. population who hold a creationist view of human origins. At the same time, the percentage of Americans who adhere to a strict secularist viewpoint -- that humans evolved over time, with God having no part in this process -- has doubled since 1999.

Religiousness, Age, Education Related to Americans' Views
Historically, Americans' views on the origin of humans have been related to their religiousness, education, and age.
  • Religiousness relates most strongly to these views, which is not surprising, given that this question deals directly with God's role in human origins. The percentage of Americans who accept the creationist viewpoint ranges from 69% among those who attend religious services weekly to 23% among those who seldom or never attend.
  • Educational attainment is also related to these attitudes, with belief in the creationist perspective dropping from 57% among Americans with no more than a high school education to less than half that (27%) among those with a college degree. Those with college degrees are, accordingly, much more likely to choose one of the two evolutionary explanations.
  • Younger Americans -- who are typically less religious than their elders -- are less likely to choose the creationist perspective than are older Americans. Americans aged 65 and older -- the most religious of any age group -- are most likely to choose the creationist perspective.

6 comments:

BigDonOne said...

Campus shooting in Seattle yesterday at private Christian university (SPU). One dead, 4 wounded. And, even though there were dozens of eye witnesses to the whole thing, now, a day later, we still have zero description of the shooter (who is alive and in custody)....

CNu said...

Nonsense http://ktla.com/2014/06/05/at-least-three-shot-in-rampage-on-seattle-college-campus/

makheru bradley said...

"It's so unusual for the culture." "a day later, we still have zero description of the shooter." You were hoping that meant he was not white. His name is of Basque origin if that helps your psyche. Some are claiming that Aaron Ybarra was obsessed with Columbine. We'll have to see what his background reveals. In far too many instances the authorities know someone is mentally ill, and they release them anyway.

http://nydn.us/SgwAxB

BigDonOne said...

Normally, with a lot of witnesses, the shooter description would appear in the very first media reports. For some reason, nothing showed here in Seattle news sites (3 major network affiliates) until the next morning, over 12 hours later.

Speaking of mentally ill on the loose, here's a good one from this morning ---> http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Man-convicted-to-life-in-prison-at-13-to-receive-new-sentence-262187631.html

makheru bradley said...

Man up BDO. You were hoping that the shooter was not white. Otherwise you would never have posted it. OTOH, I know we are facing a crisis, and I don't have a problem admitting it, or with attacking the problem at the grassroots level.

http://on.fb.me/1oJylhG

makheru bradley said...

“It’s so unusual for the culture.”-- BD1 “

[White supremacist couple who killed two cops and an innocent Walmart shopper 'wanted to overthrow the government and liked to dress up as the Slender Man'] -- Daily Mail

http://www.fox5vegas.com/category/208642/news

[A husband and wife in their late 20s stormed a North Las Vegas pizzeria on Sunday morning and shot dead two police officers, one in the head

They then ran to a Walmart where they shot a woman dead before taking their own lives in a suicide pact

Police 'found white supremacist paraphernalia including swastikas and a manifesto in the couple's apartment during a search'

Neighbors described the pair as meth users obsessed with conspiracy theories and said they had talked about overthrowing Obama

They often dressed up as the Joker or Slender Man - the fictional killer who was cited as the motive behind the stabbing of a girl, 12, last week

The slain police officers have been identified as dad-of-three Alyn Beck, 41, and Igor Soldo, 31, who had a newborn baby]-- Daily Mail

“Successful mass murder requires intelligence, planning, and organization combined with good marksmanship.” --BD1

Previously, they were even kicked off the Bundy ranch.

[Ammon Bundy, the son of rancher Cliven Bundy, tells The Associated Press that Jared and Amanda Miller were asked to leave his father's ranch after being there for a few days this spring. Ammon Bundy says that while details are still sketchy, the Millers' conduct was the problem. He calls the couple "very radical" and says they didn't "align themselves" with the protest's main issues. They were told to leave by members of a militia that also had come to the ranch in support of Bundy.]

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