Creation - Day 3
According to a poll by Canadian Press - Decima Research …
- 29% of Canadians believe that God had no part in the creation or development of human beings.
- 26% believe “that God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so”.
- Belief in creationism is lowest in Quebec (21%), Alberta (22%), and B.C. (22%).
- Rural residents are 12 points more likely than urban dwellers to believe that God created humans in their present form.
- In polls using the same question put to US residents, findings are different: 45% said God created humans in more or less their present form (compared to 26% in Canada). - Only 15% of Americans say God played no part (compared to 29% in Canada).
According to Decima CEO Bruce Anderson “These results reflect an essential Canadian tendency: we are pretty secular, but pretty hesitant to embrace atheism. Our views on the role of science and spirituality lack consensus but these are not polarizing issues for the most part. It’s more as though for many, these feelings are unresolved, we believe in a higher being, we know what we don’t know, are comfortable not knowing, and choose not to press our views upon one another.”
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