Survey Results

Despite the fact that only sixteen people took my survey, I believe that the results and the feedback that I received was very relevant toward my research. Acquiring the different opinions of different college students about their beliefs and traditions was one of my main intentions for my research project. I received very diverse results from students who were both religious and not religious. The beliefs that were provided ranged from evolution, intelligent design, creationism, and individuals who were simply undecided about how everything came to be. Below are some statistics and quotes that were provided with the survey:

-- The majority believed in creationism (by one vote), evolution and “other” beliefs were tied with 25 percent apiece, and intelligent design was in last place with 18.8 percent of the votes.

-- A very minimal number of individuals stated that a science course influenced their beliefs. About 31 percent confirmed that a religion course had persuaded and 62.5 percent said that none had an influence in their personal beliefs or customs.

--> "I believe that religion and science, if understood correctly, could explain one another. The belief that there is a greater purpose in life for human beings helps students become stronger when faced with life's problems and uncertainties. With great knowledge comes great responsibility; with greater happiness and peace to the self in knowing that the knowledge can be used to become a piece of the puzzle in changing the world one day at a time."

--> "Religion is just beliefs, thoughts, traditions... etc. It is a nice way to go through life as it keeps you from doing "wrong" things and provides hope. Science, on the other hand, "tries" to explain the world."

--> "I think science and religion could work together, but the church needs to change some of its opinions. They fight against the theory of evolution, but it actually makes sense. Look at a virus that goes through mutations in order to change into something entirely unique."