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Did Humans Evolve? No, Say Americans
Stern Thinker writes "In a 2005 poll covering 33 countries, Americans are the least likely (except for Turkish respondents) to assert that 'humans developed ... from earlier species of animals.' Iceland, meanwhile, has an 85% acceptance rating for evolution." The blurb on the site for Science magazine is less circumspect about the findings: "The acceptance of evolution is lower in the United States than in Japan or Europe, largely because of widespread fundamentalism and the politicization of science in the United States."
This poll is horribly flawed, it was obviously taken from a select group that was not diverse enough. No one I know believes in creationism, and I can't find a person here where I live who would believe it.
I can honestly say I wasn't polled. Nor was anyone I know.
I would check this survey for a sample bias before bemoaning the horrendous state of American scientific understanding.
The book of Revelation says this,
"And then I saw a great white throne, and one seated upon it from whose presence both earth and sky fled and vanished. Then I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne and the books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books concerning what they had done. The sea gave up its dead, and death and the grave gave up the dead which were in them. And men were judged, each according to what he had done. Then death and the grave were themselves hurled into the lake of fire, which is the second death. If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life he was thrown into the lake of fire."
It does not matter how strongly you believe that this is nonsense. It does not matter how strongly you use evolution to prove that this cannot be true and will not happen. You, the one reading this, will stand before that throne and will be judged. The only way your name appears in the book of life is if you believe in Jesus Christ and turn to Him. The whole evolution vs. creation debate is pointless. Whether God spoke it into existence with a word or evolved it over millions of years doesn't change that you will stand before this throne and be judged. There is no way around this reality.