<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2>interestingly, running a search at the harris interactive web site for "god"  "God"  "believe in god" and/or "believe in God" yields an error message "The page cannot be displayed."  unavailable.   </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2>too many people logging on at once with searches about god?    ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2>R</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dhenwood@panix.com href="mailto:dhenwood@panix.com">Doug Henwood</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org href="mailto:lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org">lbo-talk</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 02, 2003 4:17 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [lbo-talk] belief in God</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>[via Michael Pug]<BR><BR><<A href="http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/package.jsp?name=fte/notbelieveingod/no">http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/package.jsp?name=fte/notbelieveingod/no</A> <BR>tbelieveingod><BR><BR>Guess Who Doesn't Believe In God?<BR><BR>Ten percent of Protestants, 21 percent of Roman Catholics, and 52 <BR>percent of Jews do NOT believe in God.<BR><BR>That's the surprising word from a new survey by Harris Interactive of <BR>2,306 adults that shows belief in God varies quite widely among <BR>different segments of the American public. How often do we go to a <BR>place of worship? Not much. Most people attend a religious service <BR>less than once a month. Still, Americans are far more likely to <BR>believe in God and to attend religious services than people in most <BR>other developed countries, particularly in Europe.<BR><BR>Who believes in God? While 79 percent of Americans believe there is a <BR>God, only 66 percent are absolutely certain of it. Nine percent do <BR>not believe in God and 12 percent aren't sure. And weirdly, not <BR>everyone who calls himself or herself a Christian or a Jew actually <BR>believes in God.<BR><BR>Who worships at a religious service? Just over half (55 percent) <BR>attend a religious service a few times a year or more. Thirty-six <BR>percent attend once a month or more often, and just 26 percent say <BR>they attend every week. Forty-one percent of women and 31 percent of <BR>men attend once a month or more. Protestants (47 percent) are more <BR>likely to go to church once a month or more often than are Roman <BR>Catholics (35 percent). Jews are least likely to go with 16 percent <BR>saying they go to synagogue once a month or more. Church attendance <BR>is highest in the Midwest and lowest in the West.<BR><BR>Belief in God by geography and age Eighty-two percent of <BR>Midwesterners and Southerners believe in God, compared with 75 <BR>percent in the East and West. Our beliefs get stronger as we age. Of <BR>those 25 to 29 years old, 71 percent believe in God. That number <BR>jumps to 80 percent for people over 40, and hits 83 percent for those <BR>65 and over.<BR><BR>Other fascinating facts about who believes in God:<BR><BR>a.. 84 percent of women believe in God, compared with 73 percent of men.<BR>b.. 91 percent of African Americans believe in God, compared with 81 <BR>percent of Hispanics and 78 percent of whites.<BR>c.. 87 percent of Republicans believe in God, compared with 78 <BR>percent of Democrats and 75 percent of Independents.<BR>d.. 82 percent of those with no college education believe in God, <BR>compared with 73 percent who went to college.<BR>___________________________________<BR><A href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>