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When Religion Becomes a Political Weapon: What the New PRRI Data Reveals

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A new survey reveals that religion is being weaponised and fused into Republican politics. This will greatly harm both democracy and also sincere faith. First I’ll cover off some of the deeply shocking insights that the survey reveals, and then I’ll tell you what I’ll be doing to push back against it. The core issue is … Read more

Survey Insight: Which job is the most honest and ethical?

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Where I’m really going here is to ask this question: How can you personally work out which polls to trust? First, let’s get into the Gallup poll that answers the question in the title. Since 1976, Gallup has published a chart that highlights the public’s views of the honesty and ethical standards for 21 occupations. … Read more

The Ongoing Decline of Christianity continues

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On Aug 29, the non profit Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) released their data report for 2023. The title above is a spoiler for what is coming up. The full report is titled “The American Religious Landscape in 2023“ The key takeaway concerns the on-going rise of Unaffiliated Americans. First the Basics Before accepting any … Read more

Vaccines: The Good, The Bad, and The Very Very Ugly

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I better open by making you aware of where this is going – I’m very pro-vaccine. I’m pulling together an insight using two sources. The first comes via a CDC report released on Aug 8 and titled “Health and Economic Benefits of Routine Childhood Immunizations in the Era of the Vaccines for Children Program — … Read more

Where is the most religious place in the world?

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One aspect of our species that is truly fascinating is the very existence of religion. The big four that are currently popular include Christianity (31.4%), Islam (23.2%), Hinduism (15.0%), and of course Buddhism (7.1%). Together they account for 76.7% of our entire species. Those percentages are via a pew survey from 2010. It has probably … Read more