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Here are some of the figures from the latest Newsweek poll, conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International on March 28-29, 2007. According to the poll, which questioned American adults aged 18 and older on political and religious beliefs, 9 in 10 American adults believe in God.
Here are some of the other results from the poll.
Of the 1,004 American adults surveyed:
- 91% believe in God
- 87% identify with a specific religion
- 82% identify themselves as Christians (5% say they follow a non-Christian faith, such as Judaism or Islam)
- 48% reject the scientific theory of evolution
- 34% of college graduates say they accept the Biblical account of creation as fact
- 10% identify themselves as having “no religion”
- 6% said they don’t believe in a God at all
The “believe in God” number seems low to me compared to other polls I have seen in the past, and the “do not believe in God” number seems high. And although it may be nice for 82% of American adults to identify themselves as Christians, if 82% of all American adults truly followed Christ, I think we would see a very different moral climate in our country. You can read the actual poll questions here.
Most of those questions are attacking the subject of the question(such as George Bush). Quite unfair if you ask me. I’m not a big fan of three choice questions, because I usually have long explanations I need to add on. =)
-Tim