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What are your views on the origin and development of human beings?
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The original question posed at the source was: "Which of the following statements comes closest to your views on the origin and development of human beings?" with the options give: "!) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process, 2) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God had no part in this process. 3) God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so."
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Gallup. (May 22, 2017). What are your views on the origin and development of human beings? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/217059/views-of-americans-on-creationism-and-evolution/
Gallup. "What are your views on the origin and development of human beings?." Chart. May 22, 2017. Statista. Accessed November 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/217059/views-of-americans-on-creationism-and-evolution/
Gallup. (2017). What are your views on the origin and development of human beings?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/217059/views-of-americans-on-creationism-and-evolution/
Gallup. "What Are Your Views on The Origin and Development of Human Beings?." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/217059/views-of-americans-on-creationism-and-evolution/
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