Looks like the Republicans are rejecting evolution, an 11% swing in 4 years. Are we changing minds, or seeing party switching along religions grounds?
Looks to me like a poorly worded survey. I believe man an animals were specifically created by God. And that He did not use evolutionary processes to create us. But I also believe that micro-evolutionary processes such as natural selection, and random mutations have changed us over time.
Human’s jaws have gotten shorter, hence wisdom teeth. I believe we have a lot more genetic diseases than we started out with.
Man started out after the flood with just 7 people (Noah and his sons and their wives) Now we have several different races. That’s evolution. It may not be significant evolution, but it counts.
Same thing with Dogs. Man has used selection and inbreeding to create several breeds of dogs. That’s evolution too.
Thanks for that post. I personally do not find it important what people believe about evolution’s role in the origin of the human race. I have met both wonderful young-earth creationist as well as those who take most of Genesis to be allegorical, or a version of events specifically tailored to people at the time. I always stress the Bible is not a history book, although it contains huge amounts of history in it. It’s purpose is not to provide us with a full, complete version of every event in the relevant history, but to guide us in theological and ethical matters, construct the framework for a Christian worldview, and ultimately I believe, furnish the path to salvation and humbleness before the Lord.
Now, notice this shift doesn’t necessarily mean that Republicans are changing their minds on either side, but it could instead be due to several people who take the evolutionary standpoint adopting Democrat or third party affiliations. I have to admit, the slight uptick in non-evolutionary views among independents is a surprise to me, but it could just be statistic noise or disaffected Republicans.
I’m not at all sure why this matters in politics, other than to of course be used by the left to paint Republicans as ‘uneducated’ and ‘neanderthalish’. It really has no policy implications, unless you have a pubic schooling agenda, but since I advocate for the de-publicizing of schools altogether, it doesn’t much configure into my political beliefs.
Why not do a poll on something meaningful, for instance see if Democrat voter views on abortion have changed year to year? I would be interested to see that.