{"id":116,"date":"2009-03-20T11:49:56","date_gmt":"2009-03-20T11:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/mormoninquiry\/2009\/03\/evolution-belief-statistics.html"},"modified":"2009-03-20T11:49:56","modified_gmt":"2009-03-20T11:49:56","slug":"evolution-belief-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mormoninquiry\/2009\/03\/evolution-belief-statistics.html","title":{"rendered":"Evolution belief statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A survey came out a few weeks ago measuring belief in evolution across denominations. Mormons were close to the low end of the spectrum, at 22%; Evangelicals came in at 24%. See &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.libertypages.com\/cgw\/2009\/02\/16\/mormons-worst-at-believing-evolution\/\">Mormons Worse at Believing Evolution?<\/a>&#8221; at Mormon Metaphysics for a nice graph and discussion.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I think a different question is what is the status of that 22% of Mormons or 24% of Evangelicals? I can&#8217;t speak to how an EE (Evolution Evangelical) feels in their congregation, but on the LDS side, an EM (Evolution Mormon) feels quite comfortable. The LDS Church does backflips to avoid taking a pro- or anti-evolution position.<\/p>\n<p>There is more discussion at the Exponent: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/the-exponent.com\/2009\/03\/12\/only-22-of-mormons-believe-in-evolution\/\">Only 22% of Mormons Believe in Evolution?<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A survey came out a few weeks ago measuring belief in evolution across denominations. 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