When Religious Faith Collides with Science

A 2014 Gallup Poll indicated that 26 percent of Americans believe that humans came into existence less than 10,000 years ago, with a much larger 37 percent believing the world was created in six 24-hour days. Those percentages represent around 83 million and 118 million people respectively, suggesting these to be ideas that resonate with a large swath of the population.Given the prevalence of such thinking the question looms, "Is it possible that so many people could be wrong, or is science simp