Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The results of the latest Pew poll announces an insight like this … “45% of Americans Say U.S. Should Be a ‘Christian Nation’” Is this a credible claim? Pew are a serious and very credible polling organisation, so is this something we should take seriously? But wait, what are the details here, what exactly were … Read more
On Sept 13, 2022 Pew posted an article titled “Modeling the Future of Religion in America“. If you happen to be utterly ticked off by religious fanatics consistently and persistently imposting intolerance, hatred, and bigotry, then this new Pew insight will indeed be a very welcomed bit of good news. If however you are a … Read more
Gallup recently released the results of a poll that asked people how they view the bible. The question they asked was this … Which of the following statements comes closest to describing your views about the Bible — the Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word … Read more
The saga of a decline is US religion has a new data point. On June 17, 2022, Gallup released the results of a new poll. You can find the details on their website under the title “Belief in God in U.S. Dips to 81%, a New Low“. This specific survey was rather focused, and asked … Read more
We need not guess, there is recent data available. On May 6, Pew published the details. Titled “America’s Abortion Quandary“, the byline under that title sums it up as follows … A majority of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, but many are open to restrictions; many opponents of legal … Read more
To answer the question in the title we can of course speculate, offer an opinion, or even try a straw poll or our own. None of that is necessary now because, on March 31, 2022, Pew published a poll that gives us a fascinating insight. The title gives the game away, it is “Americans skeptical … Read more
