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Thanks for your reply, Ken. Here's how the question was phrased:


An equal number said "no" as "yes" (48% vs. 49%).


53% said that "Evolution, that is, the idea that human beings developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life" was either definitely, or probably, true. Only 18% said "definitely".

66% said that "Creationism, that is, the idea that God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years" was either definitely, or probably, true. 39% said "definitely".

• 43% said "God created man in his present form"
• 38% said "Man evolved with God's guidance"
• 14% said "Man evolved without Divine guidance"

These Gallup folks know what they're doing, Ken. Sometimes their samples are a little bit skewed, but not much. In this survey, they also asked people about their religious and political affiliations. Here's what the results look like with political affiliation as a delimiter:




I agree with you about that, Ken. I think there is a larger, anthropological justification for your "gut feeling". It's a well-established fact that the more educated and technologically advanced a culture becomes, the less religious (or, shall we say, superstitious) they become. The US is an anomaly in that regard.