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Evolution and creation (view source)
Revision as of 02:40, September 16, 2008
, 02:40, September 16, 2008Remove detailed acceptance info from introduction and put in its own section. Improve footnote and remove an unnecessary one.
The [[theory of evolution]] and the [[creation]] model address major aspects of the [[origins debate]].
The [[theory of evolution]] and the [[creation]] model address major aspects of the [[origins debate]].
Surveys display differing measures of origin belief in the USA. Some surveys indicate that about 15% of American adults are [[evolutionists]], 40% are [[Old Earth creationists]], and 45% are [[Young Earth creationists]]. Other surveys show similar figures, such as 13%, 27% and 55%, and 10%, 39% and 49% respectively.<ref>http://www.religioustolerance.org/ev_publi.htm</ref>, but the basic fact remains that roughly half of all Americans currently believe God created Man in his current form within the last 10,000 years. America is unusual internationally in this level of belief in Theistic Origin, with five times fewer people in the UK, for example, believing in such origins. In a survey of 34 countries in 2005, the only country that had more widely held Theistic Origin beliefs was Turkey. In the US, this belief has increased in the last 20 years. <ref>http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/08/060810-evolution.html</ref> <ref>http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html</ref>
Acceptance of evolution in the [[United States]] varies from to survey to survey, but acceptance in the United States is greater than in most other countries.
== Acceptance ==
Surveys display differing measures of origin belief in the USA. Some surveys indicate that about 15% of American adults are [[evolutionists]], 40% are [[Old Earth creationists]], and 45% are [[Young Earth creationists]]. Other surveys show similar figures, such as 13%, 27% and 55%, and 10%, 39% and 49% respectively.<ref>http://www.religioustolerance.org/ev_publi.htm</ref>, but the basic fact remains that roughly half of all Americans currently believe God created Man in his current form within the last 10,000 years. America is unusual internationally in this level of belief in Theistic Origin, with five times fewer people in the UK, for example, believing in such origins. In a survey of 34 countries in 2005, the only country that had more widely held Theistic Origin beliefs was Turkey. In the US, this belief has increased in the last 20 years. <ref>Owen, James, [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/08/060810-evolution.html Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds] ''National Geographic News'', 10th August, 2006.</ref>
==The fossil record==
==The fossil record==