A poll taken by CBS suggests that 65% of Americans want creationism taught alongside evolution. Of all the disturbing results, however, none are as disturbing as the last in the article – that 60% of Evangelical Christians favor replacing evolution with creationism in schools entirely. Note also that the poll respondents based their opinions on a Creationism alternative as opposed to Intelligent Design. My guess is that most Americans don’t know what ID is. If you presume that ID is ‘softer’ than Creationism (and many would) these results suggest ID has a lot of room to, er, evolve.
God created humans in present form
All Americans – 55%
Kerry voters – 47%
Bush voters – 67%
Humans evolved, God guided the process
All Americans – 27%
Kerry voters – 28%
Bush voters – 22%
Humans evolved, God did not guide process
All Americans – 13%
Kerry voters – 21%
Bush voters – 6%
FAVOR SCHOOLS TEACHING:
Creationism and evolution
All Americans – 65%
Kerry voters – 56%
Bush voters – 71%
Creationism instead of evolution
All Americans – 37%
Kerry voters – 24%
Bush voters – 45%
*sigh*