Belief That God Created World Is Markedly Declining In Australia
College students are much more likely to ascribe the creation of humans to evolution than to God or any kind of divine guidance, according to a 32-year study of annually-assessed student opinions on the matter.
In 1986, when the study conducted by researchers at the University of New South Wales in Australia began, the majority of the country’s college students believed that a divine being of one kind or another created, or at least aided in the creation of humans. In 2017, at the conclusion of the study, that view is now held by a small minority. The belief that humans evolved without any help from divine intervention skyrocketed during the study period....