[LiteKeeper]

The majority of evolutionists are Christian

Your evidence for this is what?

[yonif]

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[Ichneumon]

[The majority of evolutionists are Christian]

Your evidence for this is what?

Every national poll on the topic. For example:

February 2001 Gallup Poll:

Which of the following statements comes closest to your views on the origin and development of human beings -- [ROTATE 1-3/3-1:
1) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process,
2) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God had no part in this process,
3) God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so]?

Responses:
1. 37%
2. 12%
3. 45%
Other/No opinion: 6%

So the "God is involved in evolution" responses outnumber the "God not involved in evolution" responses by a 37:12 ratio.

Since this is a US poll, clearly the great majority of the "God involved in evolution" respondents will be Christians.

So as I said the majority of people who people who accept evolution are Christians (and/or some other kind of believer in God), not atheists. QED.

Even among respondents who specifically chose to identify themselves "evolutionists" over "creationist", the same relationship holds:

	Total	"Evolutionists"	"Creationists"
	%	%	%
Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process	37	51	28
Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God had no part in this process	12	34	1
God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so	45	10	67
OTHER (vol.)	1	1	2
Don’t know	4	3	2
Refused	1	1	0

The "theistic evolutionists" outnumber the "atheistic evolutionists" 51:34.

And just to show how badly the "creation or evolution" false dichotomy is when compared to people's actual beliefs, check out the 10% who identified themselves as "evolutionists" but who chose the response that "God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so". I guess we have some "Young Earth Evolutionists" out there, who believe that God made man 10,000 years ago, but that other Earthly life has evolved.

It really isn't an "either or" thing.

Interestingly, here are the responses for people who identified themselves as scientists:

1. 40% (God-assisted evolution)
2. 55% ("Godless" evolution)
3. 5% (God made man "as is" around 10,000 years ago)

Note that this covers all kinds of scientists, including those working way outside the field of biology. Among scientists actually working in the field of biology, support for evolution rises to over 99%.