In a survey last month, more than 12 percent questioned preferred creationism - the idea God created us within the past 10,000 years - to any other explanation of how we got here. Another 19 percent favoured the theory of intelligent design - that some features of living things are due to a supernatural being such as God.
Opinionpanel Research's survey of more than 1,000 students found a third of those who said they were Muslims and more than a quarter of those who said they were Christians supported creationism. Nearly a third of Christians and 10 percent of those with no particular religion favoured intelligent design. Women were more likely to choose spiritual explanations: less than half chose evolution, with 14 percent preferring creationism and 22 percent intelligent design.
In the US, a US$25 million Creation Museum is rising fast in rural Kentucky. Its inspiration is the Bible — the literal interpretation that contends God created the heavens and the earth and everything in them just a few thousand years ago.
In addition, President Bush waded into the debate over evolution and “intelligent design” Monday, saying schools should teach both theories on the creation and complexity of life.
