Sentences with phrase «beliefs about human evolution»

Differences in religious affiliation and worship service attendance are central to the public's views on a handful of science topics; foremost among these are beliefs about human evolution.

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At its most fundamental level, Christianity requires a belief that an all - knowing, all - powerful, immortal being created the entire observable Universe and its billions of galaxies about 13,720,000,000 years ago (the approximate age of the current iteration of the Universe) sat back and waited 10,000,000,000 years for the Earth to form, then waited another 3,720,000,000 years for human beings to gradually evolve, then, at some point in our evolution from Hom.o Erectus, gave us eternal life and a soul, and about 180,000 years later, sent its son to Earth to talk about sheep and goats in Greco - Roman Palestine.

But it's difficult to tell whether those numbers measure ignorance about science, because belief in human evolution is closely tied to religious belief, especially in the United States.

Regardless of their personal beliefs about evolution, 66 % of the public say they believe that scientists generally agree that humans have evolved over time while 29 % say that scientists do not agree about this.

Since people's beliefs about evolution are influenced by their perceptions of scientific consensus, the total role of science knowledge in shaping a person's opinion likely operates indirectly through beliefs about scientific consensus as well as directly through beliefs about whether humans have evolved over time.

Regardless of their personal beliefs about evolution, 66 % of the public say they believe that scientists generally agree that humans have evolved over time while 29 % say that scientists do not agree about this.