Would you Adam and Eve it? Why creation story is at heart of a new spiritual divide
by Catherine Pepinster from on (#32BK7)
Major survey reveals that it's atheists who perpetuate the conflict between religious belief and science
The biblical account of creation and the fate of Adam and Eve, progenitors of the human race, continues to inspire artists and writers. But according to a groundbreaking new survey, it is also at the heart of a deep misunderstanding between religious and non-religious Britons.
A YouGov poll, commissioned by Newman University in Birmingham, has found that 72% of atheists polled believe that someone who is religious would not accept evolutionary science. In fact, only 19% of religious respondents in the poll rejected Darwinian thinking in favour of a literal reading of the Book of Genesis.
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