Interesting difference between USA and the rest of the world
Ruth told me about a program she heard while drving home yesterday – about how apparently 53% of all Americans believe the world was created around 6000 years ago and that the bible is to be understood literally (about creating the world in 6 days and so on).
I found this web site which is run by a multi-faith group, which has done some analysis on the figures, which seem to be in that ballpark. While all the statistics quoted on the site are interesting, I thought the statistics near the bottom of the page particularly interesting:
Beliefs elsewhere in the world:Belief in creation science seems to be largely a U.S. phenomenon among countries [in] the West. A British survey of 103 Roman Catholic priests, Anglican bishops and Protestant ministers/pastors showed that:
- 97% do not believe the world was created in six days.
- 80% do not believe in the existence of Adam and Eve.