Opinion of Young Earth Creationism

[TJ in Oregon]

@RI: As of May 2014 (there does not appear to be more recent polling here), 35% of Americans believe in Darwinian Evolution, 24% believe evolution was guided by a Supreme Being, 6% believe in evolution, but decline to say if it was guided or not, and 35% reject evolution entirely.

http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2015/07/2015-07-01_science-and-politics_FINAL-1.pdf (Page 88)

That's a horribly worded question. It assumes "Darwinian" evolution is contrary to guidance by a Supreme Being, which Darwin himself disagreed with.

[TJ in Oregon]

Cal, voicing categorical disdain toward people who hold views you think are wrong is just about the worst possible way to convince them. It does nothing practically, morally, or ontologically to further the causes you believe in. If you want to persuade a YEC perhaps the best way to proceed is to figure out why they hold that view and what assumptions they are making that leas to an erroneous conclusion. Simply sweeping in in the name of SCIENCE with an appeal to authority neither helps to persuade anyone, nor does it help to defend science. It actually undermines science because science is a method of thinking rather than a conclusion. It is harmful to treat it as the opposite, whereas if people become convinced that the scientific process reveals objective information about the universe, they will likely come to the same conclusions as you.

[TJ in Oregon]

Gee, that'll convince them of evolution!

Fortunately, most YECers are unaware they have rejected reason.