Poll: More Americans Believe in Devil Than Darwin

30 November 2007

From the new Harris poll:

TABLE 1

WHAT PEOPLE DO AND DO NOT BELIEVE IN

"Please indicate for each one if you believe in it, or not"

Base: All Adults


Believe In

Don’t Believe In

Not Sure

2005

Change

BelieveIn

2005-2007

God

%

82

8

10

82

-

Miracles

%

79

10

12

73

+6

Heaven

%

75

12

14

70

+5

Angels

%

74

12

14

68

+6

Jesus is God or the Son of God

%

72

15

13

70

+2

The resurrection of Jesus Christ

%

70

16

15

66

+4

Survival of the soul after death

%

69

12

19

70

-1

Hell

%

62

22

16

59

+3

The Devil

%

62

23

15

61

+1

The Virgin birth (Jesus born of Mary)

%

60

22

18

58

+2

Darwin’s theory of evolution

%

42

31

26

N/A

N/A

Ghosts

%

41

35

24

40

+1

Creationism

%

39

27

34

N/A

N/A

UFOs

%

35

36

29

34

+1

Witches

%

31

51

19

28

+3

Astrology

%

29

46

25

25

+4

Reincarnation – that you were once another person

%

21

50

29

21

-

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