According to a new Gallup poll, 40% of Americans are, basically, youth earth creationists, i.e. believe the earth is about 10,000 years old.
On the one hand, this is a depressingly large number. On the other hand, it is a number that is in steady decline. It was 47% in 1999. I remember seeing a poll some time ago that estimated the number in 1960 to be about two-thirds.
The next largest group of respondents, only two points behind at 38%, "believe that humans have evolved from more basic organisms but with God playing a role in the process." 16% believe in evolution with no divine influence, up from 9% in 1982.
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