In a survey done in Great Britain as part of the run-up to the Darwin bicentennial, half of British said they don’t believe in evolution.
First, a side note. The theory of evolution is NOT something you “believe in” any m ore than is the theory of gravity. Most people don’t understand well how the word “theory” is used in science; that said, try presenting the analogy I just mentioned of the two theories to your hard-core creationist or IDer, and you’re sure to get a crash course in obfuscation.
As British science instructor James Williams notes, you “accept” evolution, you don’t “believe” it.
That said, more than one-fifth of Brits not only don’t accept evolution, they actually believe creationism.
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