In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood

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1. Many organizations have surveyed public attitudes on the teaching of origins. Results are remarkably consistent, regardless of whether creationist, evolutionist, or another organization conducted the survey. Typically, responses are as follows:

5% I would like only evolution taught.

15% I would like only creation taught.

70% I would like both creation and evolution taught.

10% No opinion, or teach neither.

2. . Six Gallup polls have surveyed beliefs in the United States concerning origins. People were given four choices:

v The Creation Position: God created man in his present form at one time within the last 10,000 years.

v The Theistic Evolution Position: Man has developed over millions of years from less-advanced forms of life, but God guided this process, including man’s creation.

v The Atheistic Evolution Position: Man has developed over millions of years from less-advanced forms of life. No God participated in this process.

v No Opinion

Table 29. Gallup Poll Results
	1982	1991	1993	1997	1999	2001
Creation	44%	47%	47%	44%	47%	45%
Theistic Evolution	38%	40%	35%	39%	40%	37%
Atheistic Evolution	9%	9%	11%	10%	9%	12%
No Opinion	9%	4%	7%	7%	4%	6%
Sampling errors: ±3 %. Data taken from George Gallup Jr., The Gallup Poll (Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources Inc.),1982, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, and 2001.

Notice how few people are atheistic evolutionists, and yet this position dominates the media and most schools. Surprisingly, despite a century of monopolistic teaching of evolution, so many are creationists.

Some incorrectly claim that almost all scientists believe in evolution. The only survey of scientists of which I am aware involved chemists. Fewer than half (48.3%) said that “it was possible that humans evolved in a continuous chain of development from simple elements in a primordial soup.” A slight majority (51.7%) said that “supernatural intervention played a role.” [Murray Saffran, “Why Scientists Shouldn’t Cast Stones,” The Scientist, 5 September 1988, p. 11.]