Finally, There Are More Young Americans Who 'Believe' in Evolution Than Creationism [View all]

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https://www.sciencealert.com/finally-there-are-more-young-americans-who-believe-in-evolution-than-creationism

Finally, There Are More Young Americans Who 'Believe' in Evolution Than Creationism
FIONA MACDONALD, 20 NOV 2015

There’s been a long-standing divide between Americans who believe in evolution, and those who think God created humans just as they are. But a recent poll has shown that 51 percent of American adults under the age of 30 now claim to believe purely in secular evolution, which means evolution independent of any divine power – a jump from 40 percent back in 2009, when the research began.

The survey was conducted by the Pew Research Centre back in July, and overall, the results were incredibly positive. Even though just over half the young people said that they believed solely in evolution as a result of natural selection, 73 percent said they expressed some sort of belief in evolution – which is 12 percent more than six years ago – as Rachel E. Gross reports for Slate.

The research showed that around 65 percent of all adults in the US believed that humans have evolved, which sounds like incredible news, but only 35 percent thought it was due to causes independent of a higher power. And another 31 percent said they believed that humans have always existed in their current form since the beginning of time.

Dated, but speaks to the harm of religion.