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ILLUSTRATION
Highlights from Harris Poll on Religion
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| Topics: | Afterlife; Attitudes; Belief; Beliefs; Bible; Christ, birth of; Christ, death of; Christ, deity of; Christ, only Savior; Christ, resurrection of; Church; Church attendance; Church life; Creation; Devil; Doubt; Eternal death; Eternal life; Evolution; Faith; False beliefs; God; God, creator; Heaven; Hell; Incarnation; Jesus Christ; Miracles; New Testament; Old Testament; Pluralism; Postmodernism; Religion; Resurrection; Satan; Truth; Unbelief; Word of God; World; Worldview |
| Filters: | Free; Statistics |
| References: | Genesis 1 , Genesis 2, Genesis 3:1-7, Matthew 6:24, Matthew 24, Matthew 25, Mark 13, Luke 17:26-27, Luke 21:5-36, John 8:44, John 10:7-9, John 14:6, Acts 1:6-7, Acts 4:12, Romans 1:18-21, Romans 7:24-25, 2 Corinthians 4:4, 2 Corinthians 5:10, 2 Corinthians 11:14, Ephesians 6:12, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, Hebrews 2:14-15, Hebrews 9:27-28, Hebrews 10:25, Hebrews 11:13, 1 Peter 4:5, 1 Peter 5:8, 2 Peter 3, 1 John 4:1-3, Revelation 20:11-15 |
| Tone: | Neutral/Mixed |
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Highlights from a 2008 Harris Poll nation-wide survey of 2,126 U.S. adults:
- Americans who believe in God: 80 percent (unchanged since the last survey in 2005)
- Americans who believe Jesus is the Son of God: 71 percent
- Americans who believe in the resurrection of Jesus: 70 percent
- Americans who believe in the Virgin Birth: 61 percent
- Americans who believe in the survival of the soul after death: 68 percent
- Americans who believe in heaven: 73 percent
- Americans who believe in hell: 62 percent
- Americans who believe in the Devil: 59 percent
- Americans who believe in miracles: 75 percent
- Americans who believe in angels: 71 percent
- Americans who believe in evolution: 47 percent
- Americans who believe in creationism: 40 percent
- Americans who believe all or most of the Old Testament is the Word of God: 55 percent
- Americans who believe all or most of the New Testament is the Word of God: 54 percent
- Americans who describe themselves as "very religious": 23 percent
- Americans who describe themselves as "somewhat religious": 45 percent
- Americans who attend church each week: 27 percent
- Americans who attend church once a year: 36 percent
- Americans who never attend church: 18 percent
Brian Lowery, managing editor, PreachingToday.com; source: The Harris Poll, "More Americans Believe in the Devil, Hell, and Angels than in Darwin's Theory of Evolution," www.harrisinteractive.com (12-10-08)
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