A brand new poll was just released, showing that nearly half of all Americans do not believe “with absolute certainty” in God, and a full one-quarter of all Americans are either atheist or agnostic. The numbers reflect a large and significant drop in those who believe in God over the last eight years. The numbers of the faithful have been steadily declining over the last ten years and are at an all-time low, according to recent polls and studies.
The latest survey showed that compared to 2009, the belief in God “with certainty” dropped a significant eight percent. This is a large decline over just four years. Conversely, and some would say surprisingly, only 47 percent of Americans believe in evolution. However, this number rose 5% over the last four years, showing a possible correlation to the drop in belief in God since the last time the survey was conducted.
Those who said they believed in God “with absolute certainty” dropped by 12 percent, a large drop from a test done in 2003. Southerners, those who did not complete high school and Republicans, among several other demographic groups were much more likely to believe in God “with absolute certainty” than were other sampled groups. Republicans were far less likely than any other sampled group to believe in evolution, with only 36% of Republicans reporting that they believe in Darwin’s theory.
The newest poll, released earlier this week, supports previous research, including a study done by PEW which showed that a third of young people were not affiliated with any specific religion. PEW also released a new study this week showing that half of all Americans do not celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday.
In general, belief in the supernatural of all kinds declined significantly over the last eight years. The drop off in such beliefs were as follows: The Devil (four percent drop), resurrection of Jesus (five percent drop), virgin birth (three percent drop), miracles (seven percent drop), survival of soul after death (five percent drop), Jesus being the son of God (four percent drop), creationism (three percent drop), witches (five percent drop) angels (six percent drop) and heaven (seven percent drop). Belief in God overall dropped eight percent since 2005. There were two areas of supernatural belief that rose one percent each: belief in UFOs and belief in ghosts.
People in Eastern and Western regions of the US were much less likely to believe in God than those located in the South and Midwest, with differences of over 10%. As educational levels rose, the belief in God dropped drastically, with a large 23% spread between those who had high school or less education and those who had post-graduate education.
The number of those who said they were not at all religious rose 11% between 2007 and this year. According to Scientific American, the decline in belief in God could possibly be attributed to a rise in critical thinking skills. As analytical thinking rises, belief in God and religion drops significantly. Nearly half of all Americans do not believe in God “with certainty” and over a quarter of Americans are atheist or agnostic. Other studies have shown that as IQ rises, belief in religion decreases. More research is needed to determine why these traits exist and what accounts for the decline in religious belief over time.
By: Rebecca Savastio
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Did you hear that the powers that run this world want to put a RFID microchip in our body? It will contain not only our bank accounts but our personal information, making us total slaves to the elite. This will cause us to lose even more of our privacy.
Did you know that this RFID microchip matches perfectly with the Mark of the Beast in the Bible, more specifically Revelation 13:16-18?
“He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name…”
Referring to the last days, this could only be speaking of a cashless society, which we have yet to see, but are heading towards. Otherwise, we could still buy or sell without the mark amongst others if physical money was still currency. It’s amazing that the Bible foretold a cashless society!
Did you also hear that the Jewish people are in the process of bringing about the Third Temple prophesied in the Bible by the prophet Daniel, Jesus, and Apostle Paul? They deny Jesus as their Messiah and say their Messiah will be revealed to rule the whole world under a one world religion. They are not even hiding this information, but are actually promoting it. You can view videos about this on YouTube.
When Donald Trump made Jerusalem captial of Israel in late December 2017, the Jewish people said this was a big step for them to build this Third Temple. They even printed a Temple coin with president Trump’s face on the front with king Cyrus'(the man who built the Second Temple in the Bible) face behind him. On the back of the coin is an image of the Third Temple. They are selling these coins to raise money to build the Temple.
People have been saying for many years that the end is near, but we needed not only the Third Temple, but also the technology for there to be a cashless society for the Mark of the Beast to be a reality.
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GOD BLESS, JESUS LOVES YOU!
An interesting discussion is worth comment. I think that you should write more on this topic, it might not be a taboo subject but generally people are not enough to speak on such topics. To the next. Cheers
I believe in Jesus. I believe he is coming soon. I wish that I can help those who been hurt or what ever happen to them that has stop them from believing. I’m going through a tough time right now and I no that the devil trying to make me go back to something that I no is wrong I don’t want to do bad anymore and I feel like everyday Jesus and his Father (GOD) is protecting me because the feeling that I feel inside is overwhelming and I need him he is my only way and all of you will see him in the clouds ascending beyond the earth. He is GLORIOUS…………………………………………………………………………………..
Maybe instead of us saying they don’t “believe” in evolution, we should say they reject the overwhelming evidence supporting evolution. I’m so sick of people justifying “beliefs” as if they’re on equal footing.
Bad news for the Republicans
The semantics could be argued forever, but the poll showed that only 54% believe in God “with absolute certainty,” therefore, we’re left to conclude that 46% do not believe in God “with absolute certainty.” Some of it depends on how people self-identify, too, but basically if someone really doesn’t know for sure, that makes them agnostic even if they don’t want to call themselves that. The poll reported that “74% of people generally “believe,” (but many of those do not believe with certainty) so that leaves the other 25% being agnostic or atheist. Thanks all for your interesting comments 🙂
The math don’t add up, here. 1) When did America suddenly become so atheist? 2) If half — that’s 50% — do not believe in God with certainty, that makes them Strong Atheists (aka a #7 on the Richard Dawkins scale). So who is the quarter (25%) who are… also atheists? It’s either 25% or 50% who are non-believers, right?
Of the 50%, 25 % are Atheists and the other 25% are do not believe in God with certainty ( agnostic atheist
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Then it’s not right to lump in agnostics with those who “know with certainty”; the very definition of an agnostic is someone who does not know if gods exist. They are not the same as atheists (who say they either disbelieve or strongly disbelieve).
An agnostic is someone who neither believes nor disbelieves in the existence of a deity or deities, whereas a theist and an atheist believe and disbelieve, respectively.[2] Philosopher William L. Rowe states that in the strict sense, however, agnosticism is the view that humanity lacks the requisite knowledge or sufficient rational grounds to justify either belief: that there exists some deity, or that no deities exist.
No wonder christians are getting so venomous in their attacks against Atheists. They are sacred, so very scared about loosing all these followers to fleece money from.
You’re mixing your terminology with that headline. Gnostic and agnostic are positions of knowledge. If you say someone doesn’t know “with certainty” about a topic, then they are agnostic about that topic. Consistensy would be either saying “half of americans are agnostic theists, a quarter are gnostic or agnostic atheists” or “half of americans don’t believe in god “with certainty”, one quarter believe in no god “with certainty” or “without certainty”.
There is no such thing as “being agnostic”. If someone says that, you need to ask them about which topic they are talking about. You can be gnostic and agnostic about just about everything, from global warming to 911 to the distance between Washington and California.
I’m not surprised with all the fanatical religions out there. I’m an atheist and proud of it. the very most that I will give is that there may be something before the big bang but what all these religions are saying is just the same myths that have been told over and over for thousand years before the alleged birth of christ. plus to think that a god, powerful enough to create the universe would care to watch over all of us is just stupid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oZgT1SRcrKE