Pew: How religious is your state? Comparing states on key measures of religiousness
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Most religious: “50% in Mississippi are highly religious, based on an overall scale of religiousness.” Least: Vermont at 13%. - Pew
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
Most religious: “50% in Mississippi are highly religious, based on an overall scale of religiousness.” Least: Vermont at 13%. - Pew
“4% say God chose Trump for president in 2024 because God approves of his policies; 2% say Biden won in 2020 because God approved his policies” - RNS
“This is similar to what we found in July 2020, when 52% said these statements were important and 48% said they were not important.” - Pew
“Most countries have Christian majorities…. However, the Christian share of the population has dropped in many countries. And some countries lost their Christian majority between 2010 and 2020” - Pew
“Overall, 52% of Americans support allowing teachers to lead their classes in prayers that refer to Jesus, with 27% strongly in favor of this idea. On the other hand, 46% of those surveyed oppose letting teachers lead their classes in such prayers, with 22% strongly opposing the idea.” - CPost
“that’s about 90 million people who have changed their religious identities. Pew Research Center’s Alan Cooperman, director of religion research, explains the trends.” - YouTube
“The survey marks the first time Pew Research Center asked people outside the United States and Asian countries about practices related to Buddhism, Asian folk religions and New Age spirituality.” - RNS
“Roughly half of U.S. adults say that AI will have a very (24%) or somewhat (26%) negative impact on the news people get in the U.S. over the next 20 years.” - Pew
2024: 47% of Republicans/Republican-leaning “said they were extremely or very concerned about restrictions on press freedoms.” Democrats /Democratic-leaning:38%. Today:Democrats (60%), Republicans (28%). - Pew
“the public’s views of Israel have turned more negative over the past three years. More than half of U.S. adults (53%) now express an unfavorable opinion of Israel, up from 42% in March 2022” - Pew
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