VOA:
A majority of Americans, 59 percent, believe science often conflicts with religion, while 38 percent say the two areas are mostly compatible
The most religious Americans are less likely to believe that religion and science conflict with each other, a new Pew Research poll finds.
People with no particular religious affiliation, or who are not religiously observant, are most inclined to think religion and science generally clash.
One of the biggest areas of contention involves how humans came to be. Two-thirds of Americans — 65 percent — say humans evolved over time.
Some see a contradiction between the Theory of Evolution — which holds that humans evolved from other animals over time — and core tenets of the Christian faith, particularly the belief that a supreme being created life and the Universe.
The debate over evolution and whether it should be taught to American schoolchildren was so heated that it eventually reached the U.S. Supreme Court — the highest court in the United States.
