--- description: Nearly 6 in 10 American adults think science and religion are often at odds with one another, up from 2009 title: Majority of Adults Think Religion and Science Conflict image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Survey: Majority of Adults Think Religion and Science Conflict by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 22, 2015 11:05 PM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 22, 2015 11:05 PM CUT Nearly 6 in 10 American adults think science and religion are often at odds with one another, up from 2009 when 55% of adults thought the same, according to a new [Pew Research Study](http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/10/22/science-and-religion/ "undefined"). But it’s not for the reason you think: according to [Pew](http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/10/22/science-and-religion/ "undefined"), those surveyed think other people’s religious beliefs conflict with science moreso than their own. Only 30% of Americans say their own beliefs contradict with science, while a whopping 68% say they do not. In fact, the vast majority of people with an opinion on this aren’t particularly religious—73% of those who say science and religion conflict seldom or never attend religious services. According to the results of the survey, for which Pew surveyed 2,002 American adults in Aug. 2014, Hispanic Catholics and white Evangelical protestants are the most likely to see no conflict between religion and science. About 40% of Evangelical protestants, however, say their own religious beliefs are sometimes contrary to science while 57% disagree. The survey margin of error of plus or minus 3.1%. Read more at [Pew.](http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/10/22/science-and-religion/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4084287/pew-survey-religion-science/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4084287/pew-survey-religion-science/"},"headline":"Survey: Majority of Adults Think Religion and Science Conflict","datePublished":"2015-10-22T23:05:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:01:36.064Z","description":"But not for the reasons you may think","url":"https://time.com/4084287/pew-survey-religion-science/","keywords":["Religion","Science topic","Pew Research Center"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4084287/pew-survey-religion-science/","name":"Survey: Majority of Adults Think Religion and Science Conflict"}}]}] ```