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Sorry, that Gallop poll that you stated is NOT at ALL what it asked.

It asked scientists whether they were Atheistic evolutionists or theistic evolutionists. NOT whether they believed in evolution or not.

55% of them said that they were ATHEISTIC evolutionists, and 45% stated that they were Theistic evolutionists.

That's it, that's all.

101 posted on 08/14/2003 9:18:45 PM PDT by Aric2000 (If the history of science shows us anything, it is that we get nowhere by labeling our ignorance god)

I believe the poll I'm speaking of compared the general population's belief to scientists and it stated 55% of Scientists believed in naturalistic evolution. Not every evolutionist is a Darwinist, and not every Scientist is an evolutionist. It is not as universally held as one might think was my point. Evolutionary belief is strong in the realm of science, but even within the ranks of scientists it is still theory which is being modified over and over and over again. The only thing that doesn't seem to be safe to modify is one's faith in macroevolution occuring. Everything else seems to be up for grabs.