Posted on 10/17/2003 2:12:10 PM PDT by TBP
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Americans are far more likely to believe in God and to attend religious services than people in most other developed countries -- particularly countries in Europe where philosophers have written that "God is dead."
However this new Harris Poll finds that underneath a broad consensus, belief in God varies quite widely among different segments of the American public. And most people attend a religious service less often than once a month.
These are some of the results of a survey by Harris Interactive(R) based on a nationwide sample of 2,306 adults surveyed online between September 16 and 23, 2003.
This survey found that 79% of Americans believe there is a God, and that 66% are absolutely certain this is true. Only 9% do not believe in God, while a further 12% are not sure.
While most people (55%) attend a religious service a few times a year or more often, only a minority of the public (36%) attends a religious service once a month or more often, with about a quarter (26%) attending every week.
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