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There is an online survey of how (and how well) people understand the scientific theory of evolution<\/a>. It is probably worth contributing to, although the possible answers are constricting in places. The only type of God that is asked about is that of classical theism, and so they will inevitably have significant numbers who end up rated as very religious and yet unsure whether such a deity exists.<\/p>\n

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There is an online survey of how (and how well) people understand the scientific theory of evolution. It is probably worth contributing to, although the possible answers are constricting in places. The only type of God that is asked about is that of classical theism, and so they will inevitably have significant numbers who end […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nA Survey of Public Understanding of Evolution<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There is an online survey of how (and how well) people understand the scientific theory of evolution. 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