Most Americans Believe God Played A Role In Human Origins

Most U.S. adults believe human beings came about because of divine intervention, but there’s disagreement over what that involvement looked like. A Gallup survey finds 37% of Americans believe God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so. Additionally, 34% say human beings developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life but God guided this process.While 71% see God as having an active part, 24% contend human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life and God had no part in this process. Another 5% either say they aren’t sure or volunteer another answer.The numbers have not changed significantly since 2019, but the percentage who believe in God’s direct creation of humans fell to its lowest point in the four-decade history of the survey. The previous low was 38% in 2017. Also, those who say God had no role in human origins reached its highest percentage since the survey began in 1982, up two percentage points from 22% in 2019.The percentages of the two options that believe God was involved in human origins haven’t changed drastically in the past four decades, but they are both trending downward. Creationism reached a high of 47% in both 1993 and 1999, while theistic evolution topped at 40% in 1999. Meanwhile, the percentage of those who reject God’s involvement has grown steadily since 2000.

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