More than one-fifth prefer creationism or intelligent design, while many others are confused about Darwin's theory
-- From "Half of Britons do not believe in evolution, survey finds" by Riazat Butt, religious affairs correspondent, The Guardian 2/1/09
The poll found that 25% of Britons believe Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is "definitely true", with another quarter saying it is "probably true". Half of the 2,060 people questioned were either strongly opposed to the theory or confused about it.
The Rescuing Darwin survey, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species, found that around 10% of people chose young Earth creationism – the belief that God created the world some time in the last 10,000 years – over evolution.
About 12% preferred intelligent design, the idea that evolution alone is not enough to explain the structures of living organisms. The remainder were unsure, often mixing evolution, intelligent design and creationism together. The survey was conducted by the polling agency ComRes on behalf of the Theos thinktank.
A spokesman for Sense about Science, an independent charitable trust, said it was important for scientists and educators to disentangle religious belief from evidence [sic].
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It looks like the indoctrination effort is failing -- Darwin not only will NOT be rescued, it appears he's lost for eternity.
