"""Response: No, they don’’t. The only related survey of scientists I am aware of was of chemists. A slight majority rejected evolution. (See the last paragraph ) Almost all professors in the basic sciences favor evolution, in part, because that is what they were taught and those who openly reject evolution are not hired or are fired. In the applied sciences (medicine, engineering, etc.) and among scientists in industry, those accepting and rejecting evolution may be nearly balanced. (Gallup polls have shown that more Americans reject evolution than accept it.)
Of course, scientific conclusions are based on evidence, not a vote. The founders of modern science (Kepler, Bacon, Pascal, Boyle, Galileo, Hooke, and Newton——who, by the way, were creationists and opposed the evolutionary views of their day) based decisions on evidence. In contrast, science of previous ages was based on philosophical deductions or authoritative opinions. Those who try to establish scientific truth by ““counting noses”” regress into dark-age thinking. By that criterion, you would believe in a flat earth, because once most scientists believed in a flat earth.
1 . Many organizations have surveyed public attitudes on the teaching of origins. Results are remarkably consistent, regardless of whether creationist, evolutionist, or another organization conducted the survey. Typically, responses are as follows:
5% I would like only evolution taught.
15% I would like only creation taught.
70% I would like both creation and evolution taught.
10% No opinion, or teach neither.
2 . Five Gallup polls have shown the beliefs in the United States concerning origins. People were given four choices:
The Creation Position: God created man in his present form at one time within the last 10,000 years.
The Theistic Evolution Position: Man has developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process, including man’’s creation.
The Atheistic Evolution Position: Man has developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life. No God participated in this process.
No Opinion
Table 23 . Gallup Poll Results
1982
1991
1993
1997
1999
Creation
44%
47%
47%
44%
47%
Theistic Evolution
38%
40%
35%
39%
40%
Atheistic Evolution
9%
9%
11%
10%
9%
No Opinion
9%
4%
7%
7%
4%
Sampling errors: +/-3%. Data taken from George Gallup, Jr., The Gallup Poll (Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources Inc.),1982, 1991, 1993, 1997, and 1999.
Notice how few people are atheistic evolutionists, and yet this position dominates the media and most schools. Surprisingly, despite a century of monopolistic teaching of evolution, so many are creationists.
Some incorrectly claim that almost all scientists believe in evolution. The only survey of scientists of which I am aware, involved chemists. Less than half (48.3%) said that ““it was possible that humans evolved in a continuous chain of development from simple elements in a primordial soup.”” A slight majority (51.7%) said that ““supernatural intervention played a role.”” [Murray Saffran, ““Why Scientists Shouldn’’t Cast Stones,”” The Scientist, 5 September 1988, p. 11.]"""""""