About four-in-ten U.S. adults believe humanity is ‘living in the end times’
58% of U.S. adults say they do not believe “we are living in the end times” – the destruction of the world as we know it.
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58% of U.S. adults say they do not believe “we are living in the end times” – the destruction of the world as we know it.
Today, most Black adults say they rely on prayer to help make major decisions, and view opposing racism as essential to their religious faith.
40% of U.S. adults say there’s a lot of discrimination against Jews in society, and 44% say there’s a lot of discrimination against Muslims.
Americans increasingly say gender is determined by one’s sex assigned at birth, but they differ by religion on this and other transgender issues.
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.
As the nation’s post-Roe chapter begins and the legal battle shifts to the states, here are key facts about Americans’ views on abortion.
More than eight-in-ten people who say the U.S. should be a Christian nation (86%) are themselves Christian.
Most parents pass along religious and political affiliations, and they do so at similarly high rates, according to a new analysis of several surveys.
The U.S. abortion rate has generally declined since the 1980s, but there have been slight upticks in the late 2010s and early 2020s.
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