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To: the_wheel who wrote (195032)	8/4/2006 3:59:56 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Not sure what you are referring to. There have been many polls about Americans feelings on the issue, over many years, and the numbers tend to hover around the 45% figure. Here is one link: pollingreport.com See also the Wikipedia entry on Creationism: en.wikipedia.org which gave me this: Young Earth creationism Main article: Young Earth creationism The belief that the Earth was created by God a few thousand years ago, literally as described in Creation according to Genesis, within the approximate timeframe of the Ussher-Lightfoot Calendar or somewhat more according to the interpretation of biblical genealogies. (They may or may not believe that the Universe is the same age.) It rejects not only radiometric and isochron dating of the age of the Earth, arguing that they are based on debatable assumptions, but also approaches such as ice core dating and dendrochronology. Instead, it interprets the geologic record largely as a result of a global flood. This view is held by many Protestant Christians in the USA, and by many Haredi Jews. It is also estimated that 47% of Americans hold this view, and a little under 10% of Christian colleges teach it[5]. For Christian groups promoting this view, see the Institute for Creation Research (ICR), El Cajon, California, USA, and the Creation Research Society (CRS), Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA. Also see Answers in Genesis (AIG) Ministries based in the Greater Cincinnati area and is currently constructing the first Creation Museum. Because Young Earth creationists believe in the literal truth of the description in Genesis of divine creation of every "kind" of plant and creature during a week about 6,000 years ago, they dispute parts of evolution (specifically Universal Common Ancestry) which describes all species developing from a common ancestor without a need for divine intervention over a much longer time.