A new CBS poll has found that Americans do not believe that humans evolved. Furthermore, even if they evolved, the majority opine that God guided the process. Only 13 percent of those polled say that God was not involved. The majority would not substitute the teaching of creationism for the teaching of evolution in public schools. According to the CBS study, the support for evolution is greater among those with more education and among those who either did not attend religious services or did so rarely.
It's interesting to note that 47 percent of John Kerry’s voters think God created humans as they are now, compared with 67 percent of Bush voters. Furthermore, more than half of Kerry voters want creationism taught alongside evolution. Bush voters are more willing to want creationism to replace evolution altogether in a curriculum (just under half favor that), and 71 percent want it at least included.
Overall, about two-thirds of Americans want creationism taught along with evolution, while only 37 percent want evolutionism replaced outright.
Sixty percent of Americans who call themselves Evangelical Christians, however, favor replacing evolution with creationism in schools altogether, as do 50 percent of those who attend religious services every week.
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