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Originally Posted by Elphaba
Atheists do not believe in any god. Those who self-identified as atheists for this survey do not understand what atheism is.
I also question that 92 percent of Americans believe in God. The atheist population is between about 14 and 17 percent of Americans.
Perhaps those idiotic twenty-one percent skewed the numbers.
This is concerning to me, as people look to the Pew Report for accurate information. A survey that comes up with these numbers cannot be correct.
Elphaba
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Could be that the 21% skewed the #s, but I've been hearing that 92% figure for decades. It may be wrong, but it fits what I've encountered. Almost everyone I've met believes in a higher power, but many are not that interested in going much deeper. Perhaps 14-17% of Americans are atheist/agnostic...but I'm guessing the % of thorough-going atheists is well under 10%.
And, the overall theme, that Americans are widely religious, but for a large number, the depth of religiosity can be measured in single-digit inches, is a finding that has been "news" for over a century.