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- From: mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org (Mike A. McAngus)
- Subject: Re: Strong vs. Weak atheism
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.105137.19765@jcnpc.cmhnet.org>
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 10:51:37 GMT
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- mathew (mathew@mantis.co.uk) wrote:
- : merlyn@digibd.digibd.com (Merlyn LeRoy) writes:
- : > To add more fuel to the fire, in the book "The Day America Told the Truth",
- : > (a collection of surveys), in the religion section, there are these figures
- :
- : >
- : > Percentage who agree
- : > Statement Protestants Catholics Jews
- : > Believe in God 97 98 87
- : > If believe:
- : > Very sure of God's existence 73 65 27
- : > ...
- : > Not at all religious 7 6 30
- :
- : Shouldn't "Believe in God" and "Not at all religious" add up to less
- : than 100%?
-
- Not necessarily, my wife believes in a god but is not in any way religious. If
- the religion groupings are according to the faith that one was raised in, then
- Mary would be Catholic/Believe in God/Not at all religious.
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