Oolon Colluphid
02 Mar 2009, 03:48 PM
I don't know whether this is good news, bad news or just old news, but I just found a link on the RDF to an article in the Grauniad:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/02/charles-darwin-creationism-intelligent-design
The east of England may be the most godless region of the UK, according to a "belief map" published by a theology thinktank today. Almost half of adults there believe the theory of evolution makes God obsolete, and more than 80% disagree with creationism and intelligent design, which propose that humans were created by God in the past 10,000 years, and that life owes its complexity to divine intervention.
The map was drawn up by the thinktank Theos following a survey of 2,060 people across the country who were chosen to be representative of the adult population.
Here is an interactive map of the UK (well, not including Northern Ireland, which would have been interesting):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2009/mar/02/belief-map-uk-creationism
And the Theos news page is here:
http://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/mainnav/theos-news.aspx
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/02/charles-darwin-creationism-intelligent-design
The east of England may be the most godless region of the UK, according to a "belief map" published by a theology thinktank today. Almost half of adults there believe the theory of evolution makes God obsolete, and more than 80% disagree with creationism and intelligent design, which propose that humans were created by God in the past 10,000 years, and that life owes its complexity to divine intervention.
The map was drawn up by the thinktank Theos following a survey of 2,060 people across the country who were chosen to be representative of the adult population.
Here is an interactive map of the UK (well, not including Northern Ireland, which would have been interesting):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2009/mar/02/belief-map-uk-creationism
And the Theos news page is here:
http://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/mainnav/theos-news.aspx