(Photo: Ken Ham Facebook video screencap)Six days of creation slide at Ken Ham's Cedarville University speech on September 15, 2016.
Posted on 09/07/2017 11:58:04 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
(Photo: Ken Ham Facebook video screencap)Six days of creation slide at Ken Ham's Cedarville University speech on September 15, 2016.
Less than 10 percent of British people, and only 15 percent of Canadians believe in the Creationist view that God created humans in their present form, a survey has found.
The Newman University/YouGov survey, released on Tuesday, noted that 71 percent of people in the U.K. and another 60 percent of respondents in Canada accept evolutionary or theistic evolutionary accounts of how species on Earth came to be.
When it came to the Creationist position that "humans and other living things were created by God and have always existed in their current form," only 9 percent of Brits said that they agree with it, along with 15 percent of Canadians.
The study explained that its purpose was to "build a better understanding of public levels of acceptance or rejection of evolutionary science, how members of the general public view the relationship between evolution and religion, and by extension science and religion."
The poll took in answers from 2,129 U.K. adults between May 12–June 6, along with 2,009 Canadians between May 17–June 12.
The survey also found that there was not much conflict in people who identified as religious or spiritual when it comes to reconciling evolutionary science with their personal beliefs, with only 19 percent of Brits and 29 percent of Canadian believers admitting any difficulties.
Professor Fern Elsdon-Baker, Director of the Science and Religion: Exploring the Spectrum project, said it's 'encouraging' that the majority in both countries accept evolution.
"Both religious and non-religious people are more likely than not to find it easy to accept evolutionary science in relation to their own beliefs."
He said that atheists and non-religious adults showed similar levels of doubt when it comes to evolutionary science, however.
"It appears, rejection of or uncertainty about aspects of human evolution is not necessarily an issue of 'religion versus evolutionary science,' but an issue of universal questions around what it is to be human and about the human experience that affect all of us, across those of all faiths and none," he added.
"This fundamentally challenges the way we tend to think about evolution and creationism."
Beliefs about the origin of humankind remain much more split in the U.S., though the Creationist view has also been declining in recent years, a Gallup poll from May showed.
The survey found that 38 percent of Americans believe God created humans in their present form, and the same percentage argued that humans evolved, with God guiding the process.
Nineteen percent said that humans developed over millions of years, without God being part of the process.
Creation groups in the U.S., such as Ken Ham's Answers in Genesis, have been strongly critical of Christians who accept evolution, however.
"Many Christians are no longer allowing God's Word to be the authority, and are exalting man's fallible word over Scripture. We see this clearly when man's beliefs of millions of years and evolution are forced into the book of Genesis — the very foundation of Scripture and doctrine," Ham argued back in January.
"It's no wonder many in this church generation have embraced gay 'marriage,' abortion, premarital sex, and other things Scripture speaks strongly against. Scripture is no longer their authority — man's word is. As a result, we are seeing a generational loss from the Church," he added.
Ask the subjects of the poll if they believe God had ANY hand in creation of the planets or life.
THAT is “creation” belief.
The specifics of days, mechanism, etc are debated but if one believes in god(s) but not God as Creator, then God’s very existence is a mystery. If He “did not” create us then He holds no authority over us. Or He doesn’t exist.
Pushpolling for results gives them a drum to beat.
Looks like the Enlightenment finally crossed the pond.
I don’t have a problem accepting the possibility that something resembling “evolution” can explain the state of the world today...but that “evolution” wouldn’t have been random but,rather,would have been controlled by,driven by,God.
Unlike us, Brits and Canadians are descended from apes.
Or ask how many people think there is no free will, and that they can't make real choices but think they are a determinate mechanical process.
Or ask how many do not believe that moral statements such as "torturing people to death for fun is wrong" can not be either true or false in an objective sense.
Or ask how many people think that a collection of material things can have aseity (after you explain what aseity is of course).
too bad, because macro-evolution is a gigantic hoax punctuated (pun intended) by lots of little hoaxes and hoaxers, as perpetrated by darwin and his cronies from the get go.
And the Progs breathe a sigh of relief. They have finally gotten rid of one of the foundational Christian beliefs. They know they have their work cut out for them to get rid of the rest of Christianity, but they work on it, night and day. Including work on plans for a nationwide crisis in America, to provide cover for action to kill off the “true believers”.
Even though in evolution, those species who cannot adapt to change will die off.
2 Timothy 4:3-4
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
I worry about Atheism destroying the fiber of Britain until I realize that the Muslims are going to cure the British of that sin.
I fear that day is approaching, which is prophesied by Holy Scripture. The “Antifa” movement is especially troubling, and reminds one of the violent brownshirts of 1930’s Germany.
Exactly. Utter hypocrisy.
Depends on your definition of "is..."
I believe God made Creation. I also believe God created evolution and the Big Bang.
You have been informed by the same system that informs concerning global warming, political correctness, promoting communism, feminism, homosexuality and all the rest of their filthy lies. The completely inane theory of evolution was their first victory over the American peoples' hearts and minds, their foundational lie which all of the other of their lies are built upon.
As much and in the same way as you have bought into it, the young people and leftist of today have bought into all of the rest of their filthy lies.
Your questions are right on target.
Their answers have profound implications on their entire foundation of belief.
Which is why they are rarely thoughtful enough to even consider them. It hurts. It may upset their superficial little lives and their snowflake sensibilities.
But they are “Spiritual”.
I do think however, that if this same group were given the choice between; “Life on Earth evolving in the Darwinian sense or by Ancient Aliens?
They would choose Aliens.
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