Just to clarify one point. I haven't been able to access the Mori webpage giving details of the poll (maybe it's crashed because of people like me wishing to see the actual poll questions :-) ), but before everyone panics, a poll in Great Britain by the same organisation published April 2009 gives just 16% believing in creationism in the form: "Life on earth, including human life, was created by a God and has always existed in its current form."
http://tinyurl.com/yhddrfe I think it is important to remember that an appreciable number of people, probably a comfortable majority, do not follow the evolution argument closely (or at all in many cases) in the way that TIPSters do. Evolution is not the hot religious topic in the UK that it is in the States (most people are somewhat indifferent about religion, even if they tick the Church of England box), and I doubt that the majority of those who ticked "Evolutionary theories should be taught in science lessons in schools together with other possible perspectives, such as intelligent design and creationism" see it in the same way as active proponents of Darwinism. Quite possibly many see it as a matter of fairness, and in any case I doubt the great majority of people in the UK even know what the 'theory' of "intelligent design" is! Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London http://www.esterson.org --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
