[longshadow]

another embarrassing article from Newsmax.

Notice the tell-tale lack of the words "random sample" in reference to the "poll."

I'll leave it to you guys to deconstruct the rest of this tripe...

[Thatcherite]

A quick spot of googling revealed no primary source for the information in this article. I'm not too interested in "science by opinion poll" but the claimed results astound me. Particularly the claimed age bias. Religious belief is almost non-existent amongst young Brits whereas those over 55 are much more likely to be Christian (still not very likely any more though).

Maybe if someone gets the primary information rather than a spun piece of hearsay there might be something worth discussing.

Speaking anecdotally, I've found it rare to come across anyone who doubts evolution in the UK. And most UK citizens won't even have heard of the words "intelligent design" in this context; except for the better informed who read broadsheet news articles about the US controversy.

[Thatcherite]

A little more information in my researches. The only reference to an opinion poll I can find in the BBC's own bumf about the program concerns an opinion poll taken by Gallup in the States in Sep 2005, not in Britain. All of the material in the program appears to be about the US creation/evolution controversy. I'm sceptical that maybe Newsmax has competely got the wrong end of the stick, or it is just sloppy journalism (or agenda-driven of course)