Hi Buz,
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I would guess that roughly 30% of evolutionists would identify themselves as atheistic, 20% as theists and 50% as agnostic. Again, that's a wild guess.
Allow me to make another wild guess.
First off, how are you defining "evolutionist"? Let's be quite clear, outside of these adversarial creo vs evo debates, there is no such thing as an "evolutionist". The term is not in wide use and is certainly hardly ever used by scientists. In fact it is most frequently used by creationists. That's fine by me; we need to have ways to refer to the two main camps in discussions such as those on EvC.
Just remember that if you are using "evolutionist" simply to refer to "someone who accepts the veracity of the Theory of Evolution", that covers a much wider group of people than those you might find on internet discussion boards.
Viewed as a whole, and not just through the rather narrow window of EvC Forum,
most "evolutionists" are theists of one stripe or another. Most people are theists. Most scientists are theists, although comparatively fewer than the population as a whole. Thus, it seems pretty reasonable to assume that most of those who accept evolutionary theory are indeed believers in a god or gods.
Not all theists are as hostile toward evolution as you Buz. Your guess has, I'm guessing, been coloured by your experiences on this board and perhaps others like it. Back in the real world, there is no conflict between many forms of religious belief and the Theory of Evolution. Just look at the numbers. In the US, about 40% believe evolution to be true, yet only about 4% are non-religious.
Source and
source.
How can that possibly work out if your guess is even close to being right? Answer; it can't. You're wrong.
Most evolutionist are theists, they're just not the same kind of theist as you are.
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