Only 39% Believe in Evolution?
According to a Gallop Poll, only 39% of Americans believe in evolution. There’s no number cited for how many, including the Gallop pollsters, don’t understand that evolution is not a belief, not even a theory, but an observable fact. Saying you don’t believe in evolution is like saying you don’t believe the sun came up today.
One can believe that a supreme being exists and, at any point in time (including now), created the known physical universe as we find it. But one can not easily deny that the universe we find is physical, or that it follows laws that we can study and understand.
Evolution is fact. We can observe its effects, and even watch it happen. What is theorized about evolution are the many mechanisms by which it works. We understand quite a bit. But we don’t and probably never will understand every last minute detail. Our understanding itself evolves over time.
But you don’t need to count every gaseous molecule to tell you there’s an atmosphere. And you don’t need a Ph.D. in history or education to tell you that these statistics may be indicative of a tendency toward devolution as well.
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