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As someone who grew up evangelical, I assure you that the only inaccuracy in the statement is that millions believe the earth is 6000 years old (i.e. 4000BCE).
by fizx 18y ago
As someone who grew up evangelical, I assure you that the only inaccuracy in the statement is that millions believe the earth is 6000 years old (i.e. 4000BCE). My estimate is that 25-50% of youth and 50-75% of the 40+ crowd in the churchgoing population believe this.
- bmj 18y agoAnd I can say that in my denomination (Reformed Presbyterian, which is theologically conservative) the percentages are far, far lower. My own congregation includes several university professors (CMU, U Pittsburgh) that are not Young Earth Creationists. Heck, we even had a geology prof in the congregation for awhile, and he certainly wasn't. I don't consider our denomination "evangelical," but I'm sure the general public would. EDIT: I'm not trying to start a religious/cultural war...just want to point out that saying things like "50-75% of the churchgoing population" is a bit of a broad generalization.