This Poll Proves how Stupid America and Americans are. What Suckers!

March 30, 2007 - A belief in God and an identification with an
organized religion are widespread throughout the country, according to
the latest NEWSWEEK poll. Nine in 10 (91 percent) of American adults
say they believe in God and almost as many (87 percent) say they
identify with a specific religion. Christians far outnumber members of
any other faith in the country, with 82 percent of the poll’s
respondents identifying themselves as such. Another 5 percent say they
follow a non-Christian faith, such as Judaism or Islam. Nearly half
(48 percent) of the public rejects the scientific theory of evolution;
one-third (34 percent) of college graduates say they accept the
Biblical account of creation as fact. Seventy-three percent of
Evangelical Protestants say they believe that God created humans in
their present form within the last 10,000 years; 39 percent of non-
Evangelical Protestants and 41 percent of Catholics agree with that
view.

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Although one in ten (10 percent) of Americans identify themselves as
having "no religion," only six percent said they don’t believe in a
God at all. Just 3 percent of the public self-identifies as atheist,
suggesting that the term may carry some stigma. Still, the poll
suggests that the public’s tolerance of this small minority has
increased in recent years. Nearly half (47 percent) of the respondents
felt the country is more accepting of atheists today that it used to
be and slightly more (49 percent) reported personally knowing an
atheist. Those numbers are higher among respondents under 30 years
old, 62 percent of whom report knowing an atheist (compared to just 43
percent of those 50 and older). Sixty-one percent of the under-30
cohort view society as more accepting of atheists (compared to 40
percent of the Americans 50 and older).


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NEWSWEEK Poll: March 31, 2007


Still, it is unlikely that a political candidate would serve him or
herself well by declaring their atheism. Six in ten (62 percent)
registered voters say they would not vote for a candidate who is an
atheist. Majorities of each major party — 78 percent of Repulicans and
60 percent of Democrats — rule out such an option. Just under half (45
percent) of registered independents would not vote for an atheist.
Still more than a third (36 percent) of Americans think the influence
of organized religion on American politics has increased in recent
years. But the public is still split over whether religion has too
much (32 percent) or too little (31 percent) influence on American
politics. Democrats tend to fall in the "too much" camp (42 percent of
them, as opposed to 29 percent who see too little influence) as
Republicans take the opposite view (42 percent too little; 14 percent
too much). In the poll, 68 percent of respondents said they believed
someone could be moral and an atheist, compared to 26 percent who said
it was not possible.

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