Protestantism is one of the major groupings within Christianity. It has been defined as "any of several church denominations denying the universal authority of the Pope and affirming the Reformation principles of justification by faith alone, the priesthood of all believers, and the primacy of the Bible as the only source of revealed truth" and, more broadly, to mean Christianity outside "of a Catholic or Eastern church".[1]
From wikipedia I am seeing different polling but most say generally the same thing on belief in evolution:
Mainline Protestant--51%(this poll the highest I've seen)
Hist Black Protestant--38%
Evangelical Protestant--24%
And you mentioned scientists...this should be illuminating:
A 2009 poll by Pew Research Center found that "Nearly all scientists (97%) say humans and other living things have evolved over time 87% say evolution is due to natural processes, such as natural selection. The dominant position among scientists that living things have evolved due to natural processes is shared by only about third (32%) of the public."[45]
1) Hence why I said it was very Catholic of you to say. Yes, protestantism is a grouping, so my bad. Episcopals are more Anglican, which still technically is protestant but we are digressing from the main point.
A 2009 poll by Pew Research Center found that "Nearly all scientists (97%) say humans and other living things have evolved over time (Yes, I agree)
87% say evolution is due to natural processes, such as natural selection. (Yes, I agree too!)
I, and most of my Episcopalian comrades believe that God set everything in motion, and we cannot begin to understand/comprehend Him. That we put too much humanistic characteristics to describe Him, which completely takes away from his omnipotence. Not preaching, but merely establishing a reference point here.
Now we can agree that the Universe was started by the Big Bang, correct? What caused the Big Bang? That's a question I never hear asked. What's to say God didn't clap his hands in which a Big Bang occurred where space, time and everything we have come to know thus far was created? Because a 2,000 year old book says otherwise (again, written by man with no knowledge of science at that time).
Science and religion go hand in hand. If the extremist Christians want to say otherwise, well that's their own fault.
You're trying to argue religion vs. science to me when I am on the side of both. I believe your stance is that of an atheist, my apologies if I am incorrect. Let me ask this of you then, which I'm sure you can appreciate. Prove to me God does not exist.
