Poll: Creationism Trumps Evolution

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/22/opinion/polls/main657083.shtml

This poll, done by CBS News, found that the vast majority of Americans believe in creationism- or if not creationism, that God was involved in the process- compared to the minority 13% percent who believe that God was not involved at all. Although this is a poll and there is room for chance error, from what we learned in class the majority of Americans believe in God, and for most of those Americans they would most likely fall in the 87% who believe that in some way He was responsible for modern man. 67% of Bush voters believe that God created humans in their current form compared to the 47% of Kerry voters... 71% of Americans think that creationism should be included in school curriculum alongside evolution, and 71% of Bush voters and 56% of Kerry voters thought that as well. 60% of Evangelical Christians think that creationism should replace evolution altogether. These statistics show a couple things- one, that people who voted for Bush tended to be more religious than those who voted for Kerry; which is not surprising knowing that Bush was very forward about his religion during his campaign and Kerry was more subdued about it (not to mention that Bush was Evangelical). Secondly, these statistics show how Christianity has a huge influence on the American people and politics in general. I personally find these statistics frightening- it is truly scary that so many people believe that creationism should be taught alongside evolution or replaced altogether becuase creationism is not based on factual scientific evidence. What people want, then, is faith-based religious curriculum- the idea completely goes against the separation of church and state and what this country is supposedly so proud of- the freedom of religion. Religious books are not textbooks.