What Americans believe. Darwin help us all. [View All]

[Lionel Mandrake]

A recent Harris poll includes some startling statistics:

... the great majority (82%) of American adults believe in God ... Large majorities also believe in miracles (76%), heaven (75%), that Jesus is God or the Son of God (73%), in angels (72%), the survival of the soul after death (71%), and in the resurrection of Jesus (70%). ... Less than half (45%) of adults believe in Darwin’s theory of evolution ...

Born-again Christians are much more likely than Catholics or all Protestants to believe in God (97%); heaven (97%); the Resurrection (97%); miracles (95%); angels (95%); the virgin birth (92%); the survival of the soul (91%); hell (89%); and the devil (89%). ... Born-again Christians are also much more likely to believe in creationism (68%), and much less likely to believe in Darwin’s theory of evolution (16%).

The poll results include much more detailed statistics for Protestants, Catholics, and Jews, as well as for Born-again Christians (whom I called "morans" for being least likely to believe in evolution).

Read more: http://www.harrisinteractive.com/vault/Harris_Poll_2009_12_15.pdf