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It's also from 2019. For reference, the exact question Gallup polled:

> Which of the following statements comes closest to your views on the origin and development of human beings:

> 1) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process;

> 2) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God had no part in this process;

> 3) God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so.



I wish they hadn't phrased it as "less advanced forms of life", but rather "earlier forms of life". It's a common misunderstanding that evolution favours what we humans would consider improvements, when in reality evolution has no goal.


Yeah the title is very misleading then. I expect that 40% refers to option 3, which is wrong, but is way less concerning than believing the entire earth was created 10k years ago.


Even option 2 implies that a god exists. Where's the "shit just happened" option?




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