That 16% figure is up nine percent from 1982, Gallup reports in a new poll.
The poll found that 40% believed " the "creationist" view that God created humans as is 10,000 years ago." That's the lowest percentage since they started polling. IN 1999, 47% believed the creationist theory.
Gallup also reported that t hirty-eight percent believe God guided a process by which humans developed over millions of years from less advanced life forms.
The poll found that 60% of weekly church-goers adhere to the creationist viewpoint that God created humans within the past 10,000. Years. Only 22% of postgraduate study grads held that viewpoint, but 44% of people with some college and 37% of people with college degrees also believed in creationism.
The poll also found that Republicans are more likely to believe in creationism or that God was involved in creating humans, with 52% believing in creationism versus 34% for either Democrats or independents.
See the full Gallup report
here.
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