A Pew Forum poll released in 2008 showed that three out of four evangelicals do not believe "evolution is the best explanation for the origins of human life on earth." That skepticism is anathema to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of its major funders, the John Templeton Foundation. Templeton has been hostile not only to creationism but to the big tent of Intelligent Design.
The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) has played an important role over the years in defending the liberty of evangelicals to stand up against political correctness and its religious offshoots. In recent years groups like the Institute on Religion & Democracy have criticized the NAE for partnering with the politically correct instead of representing evangelicals. WORLD exposed in our July 14 issue the NAE's $1 million partnership with a leading proponent of contraception for the unmarried.
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