Many people in U.S., other advanced economies say it’s not necessary to believe in God to be moral
Most Americans say it’s not necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values, according to a spring 2022 survey.
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Most Americans say it’s not necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values, according to a spring 2022 survey.
More than eight-in-ten people who say the U.S. should be a Christian nation (86%) are themselves Christian.
37% of Americans have a negative view of the impact of same-sex marriage being legal, with 19% saying it is very bad for society.
The Census Bureau has collected data on Americans’ income, race, ethnicity, housing and other things, but it has never directly asked about their religion.
How do Republicans who support legal abortion and Democrats who oppose it differ from their fellow partisans? One difference involves religion.
Many Americans who are highly religious and identify with certain Christian traditions express discomfort with human enhancement.
Churches and other houses of worship increasingly are holding services the way they did before the COVID-19 outbreak began.
Highly religious Americans are much more likely to see society in those terms, while nonreligious people tend to see more ambiguity.
Six-in-ten Republicans say they feel warmly toward Donald Trump, an October survey found. This is down modestly since last summer (67%).
Overall, 70% of U.S. adults describe themselves as spiritual in some way, including 22% who are spiritual but not religious. An overwhelming majority of U.S. adults (83%) say they believe that people have a soul or spirit in addition to their physical body. And 81% say there is something spiritual beyond the natural world, even if we cannot see it.
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