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To: A0ri
"Really?"

Really.

"I attend a Baptist university. I have attended multiple Churches across the U.S. None of which supported evolution."

Your very limited sample doesn't mean anything. Most people who accept evolution in the USA are also Christians.

"Show me a statistic proving otherwise."

Ok:

http://www.religioustolerance.org/ev_publi.htm

1997-NOV data is little changed. Note the massive differences between the beliefs of the general population and of scientists:

Belief system Creationist view Theistic evolution Naturalistic Evolution
Group of adults God created man pretty much in his present form at one time within the last 10,000 years. Man has developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process, including man's creation. Man has developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life. God had no part in this process.
Everyone 44% 39% 10%
Scientists 5% 40% 55%

http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_prac2.htm

"Polling data from the 2001 ARIS study, described below, indicate that: bullet 81% of American adults identify themselves with a specific religion: bullet 76.5% (159 million) of Americans identify themselves as Christian."

If 76% of Americans identify themselves as Christians, and if about 80% of those who accept evolution believe in God, the only possibility is that a majority of those who accept evolution in the USA are Christian.

135 posted on 07/23/2006 1:53:32 PM PDT by CarolinaGuitarman (Gas up your tanks!!)
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To: CarolinaGuitarman

From a Christian stand-point, calling 70+% of the U.S. population Christian is just untrue.

A more accurate statistic would be Protestant Christian pastors who support evolution, but not ID or Creationism.


143 posted on 07/23/2006 2:00:20 PM PDT by A0ri
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