Many Americans believe that we are not here by any random chance, according to a survey by LifeWay Research.
About 72 percent Americans say that the universe points to existence of a creator, and 79 percent say the fact that we exist means someone created us. 66 percent say that morality is embedded in us by a creator who defines morality.
Though Christians and evangelicals were more likely to agree that creator exists, a high percentage of non-religious Americans thought that they were made by a creator.
Some 46 percent non-religious people agreed that universe is an evidence of a creator, against which only 40 percent disagreed. 43 percent of Americans, who did not affiliate with any religion, said that creation of human life suggests a creator.
As many as 95 percent of evangelicals and 91 percent of Christians say that human life points to a creator, while only 85 percent of evangelicals and 81 percent of Christians give the universe as a compelling reason for this belief.
A lesser number of people -- 83 percent of evangelicals and 77 percent of Christians -- thought human morals are guided by a universal moral code defined by a creator, while only 33 percent of non-religious people agreed with moral code originating from a creator.
Ed Stetzer of Nashville-based LifeWay Research said that the reason people attach less weight to moral codes being an indicator of divine moral standard is because of changing perceptions of what is right and wrong in the present times.
"The moral argument has less sway here, perhaps because of our changing views on what is and is not moral," he said.
However, people's faith in the idea of a creator appeared strong in the poll, which was conducted on 1,000 Americans over phone.
"In an increasingly secular age, where the Christian faith has perhaps lost its home-field advantage, Christians will need to make their case for the creator and ultimately for the gospel," Stetzer said. "It appears people -- even nonreligious people -- are indeed open to apologetics arguments, if Christians will actually make them."
"People who seek to set out reasons to believe, often called apologetics, have historically framed their argument in similar ways ... The large number of nonreligious people agreeing with some of these arguments points us to a surprising openness to classic apologetic arguments," he said.
