Poll results: Christian scientists and evolution

December 16th, 2008 | 0 Comments

I thought it might be a good idea to follow up on the poll I set up for “Why are so many Christian scientists evolutionists?”. Obviously, no poll on such a matter could be even close to definitive, or even representative of my readership. But I thought, given the high traffic the post preceding it gathered, I thought it might show some interesting results. I have to date received 30 votes. Let me break them down a little.

26 voters said that believing scientists accept evolutionary theory simply because that’s what they feel the empirical data shows. This is my position, and the position of the others who linked to my site that brought all the traffic, so this shouldn’t be too surprising.

3 voters chose “other”. These were ostensibly uncomfortable with the choices I listed. Unfortunately, although I asked those who voted this way to explain in the comments, I did not receive any real other alternatives (except for a weak denial of the premise). , but none offered an alternative to what was a fairly straight-forward question.

Only 1 standout voter actually cast his/her vote for the option, “Answer 2: They are compromisers, searing their consciences with what they know is a lie because they are afraid to do otherwise (their careers, reputations, etc.).” Very interesting. I wish s/he’d stuck around to discuss it.

I’m fairly certain that a few of my regulars did not vote, which surprises me. Perhaps they just haven’t been to my site since I posted it. Or maybe they didn’t like any of the options listed, but either didn’t care to or couldn’t come up with an alternative and so refrained from voting “other”.

Thanks for participating! The poll will remain open and accessible from my sidebar (until the next poll) and my polls archive page.

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