Dallas (Ed Stoddard)- More Americans believe in a literal hell and the devil than Darwins theory of evolution, according to a new Harris poll released on Thursday. It is the latest survey to highlight America's deep level of religiosity, a cultural trait that sets it apart from much of the developed world.
It also helps explain many of its political battles which Europeans find bewildering, such as efforts to nave "intelligent Design" theory - which holds life is to complex to have evolved by chance - taught in schools alongside evolution.
The poll found that, 82% of those surveyed believed in God, a figure unchanged since the question was asked in 2005. Only 42% of those surveyed said they believed in Darwin's theory. (Ed. note - How do the media getaway with talking down to creationist implying they retarded?)