God Helps with Personal Decisions, Most Americans Say
It's official. America is a loony bin! - DG
God Helps with Personal Decisions, Most Americans Say
Most Americans believe God is involved in their everyday lives and concerned with their personal well-being, though the well-educated and higher earners are less likely than their counterparts to believe in such divine intervention, a new study suggests.
Scott Schieman, a sociology professor at the University of Toronto, examined data from two recent national surveys of Americans and their beliefs about God's involvement in their everyday lives.
The results, published in the March issue of the journal Sociology of Religion, suggest these beliefs differ across education and income levels. Past research has suggested other factors involved with our religious beliefs, with one study revealing teachers are more religious than other college grads, and another suggesting women are more likely than men to believe in God.
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Tags: America, USA, chrisitians, fantasy, god, insanity, mental illness, religion, superstition, theists
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Permalink Reply by Justin Bonaparte on -
They needed studies to come to these conclusions?? Tell me something I don't know. :D
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Permalink Reply by Atheist Princess on -
yup!!! that6s my rents!!!
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Permalink Reply by Atheist Princess on
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but why are women more likley to belive?
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Permalink Reply by Justin Bonaparte on
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You know that as well...faith is largely an emotional phenomenon.
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Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on -
You know that as well...faith is largely an emotional phenomenon.
Hmm..you know, while I agree with that statement, I'm very emotional but I categorically reject anything supernatural. -
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Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on
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How can people be such numbnuts?
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Permalink Reply by The Secular One on -
This is surprising? Do you see how people vote, and treat their environments and plan for retirement? Religion spays/neuters the mind.
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Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on
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Suprising? No, not really. Continually disappointing? Yes!
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Permalink Reply by The Secular One on
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Ooh, the Plague of Denial. I really like that phrase.
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Permalink Reply by Jo Jerome on -
Religion spays/neuters the mind.
That totally needs to be a bumper sticker. -
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Permalink Reply by The Secular One on
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With a picture of Bob Barker next to it :P
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