A survey of the GB public on behalf of Premier Christian Radio.
Date Published: 10 May 2012
Categories: Public and communities | Social | UK
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GB Belief that God created the Universe at an all-time low
Only a quarter of the Great British population believe that God created the Universe, according to a new ComRes survey commissioned by Premier Christian Radio.
Just 26% of people affirm that they believe God caused the Universe to begin to exist. Two fifths (41%) of respondents say that they do not believe that God caused the Universe to exist, while 14% say that neither of these options were the case. 19% state that they “do not know”.
The majority of scientists agree that the Universe came into existence nearly 14 billion years ago with the ‘Big Bang’. What ‘caused’ the Big Bang is a question that remains controversial. The survey asked respondents what they believe about the origin of the Universe.
Dr Hugh Ross is a cosmologist with US organisation Reasons To Believe, and will be speaking at a National Conference by Premier Christian Radio on ‘the evidence for God’ this month. He said; “These results show the need to demonstrate that God is the best explanation for what we see in the record of nature. In fact, the rapid advance of the scientific enterprise is exponentially presenting us with more evidence for the God of the Bi