Interesting means to take a poll, depending on the way the question was asked the answers changed. This is a Gallup poll which seems to be preferred by liberals. A survey shows that, dependent upon how the question is asked, a strong majority of Americans believe in God. For instance, 87% said "yes," when simply asked, "Do you believe in God? As explained by Gallup, which conducted the survey, the range of belief in God ranges from 64% to 87%. Gallup asked, "Do you believe in God?" and 87% of respondents said "yes." https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/michael-w-chapman/gallup-do-you-believe-god-87-say-yes
From the OP link; The QUALIFYING factor is the DEFINITION of the term "belief". The QUESTION the OP needs to answer is what makes this a "current event"? Why was this NOT posted under Religion and Philosophy since the DISCUSSION centers around the term "belief"?
Smells like "Argumentum ad populum" which is a logical fallacy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum God isn't "more true" if many believe in him. Do you believe that God dies if nobody believes in him anymore?
There can also be a bias on what people believe when you use the word "GOD". That can range beyond belief systems and religions and is not the same thing to everyone. Hence why there is a bias on the numbers depending how the question is worded.
Uhh if you ask someone if they believe in God, whoever says yes hes true to them. You want to disregard others beliefs to suit you own it seems. Smells like Argumentum Ad Individualism
And??? Since we are a Christian-dominated nation, there is strong social pressure from early childhood to believe in god. Thus, this is not surprising. And then, there is Pascal's wager. Believing in god, even if not real, is cheap insurance against the possibility that god and hell exist. Maybe the question should have been: Do you live your life following the preaching of Christ, i.e. love thy neighbor, turn the other cheek, help the poor... Let's see how many would have said yes to that.
I don’t think this about belief in God but more about how surveys work and how easy it is for results to be inadvertently corrupted or intentionally manufactured. It should be a warning not to take reported results on face value, at least without looking in to exactly how the questions were asked.
I agree with you for the most part any poll can be skewed to a desired results, liberal polls do that religiously
You only think that because you subconsciously select the results that fit your preconceptions because you're part of the problem. I wasn't posting to warn people like you though, I was posting to warn about people like you.
Years ago Pat Buchanan was being interviewed by Cokie Roberts and Sam Donaldson who I loathed, they were outwardly laughing and mocking him over his faith and belief in god. Buchanan stopped looked at them both, they both stopped laughing and he said. Id rather believe in God than the monkey that created you two. I thought that was a great point
Thanks for that Joe, I wouldnt want to unfairly influence america from this message board. What I think is what I believe and I never said whether I believed in God or not, you just made a hasty genereralization because you had nothing else relevent to say
The poll is not skewed, if asked straight up; 87 percentage believed there is a god. There is no definition of "GOD" in the poll, so believers of any higher being would answer yes. The results were skewed according to the article by how the question was asked. The headline could have easily said the lower percentage, or used "Higher Being" instead "GOD", as it is not defined.
It was an in general statement that polls can skewed, I agree it was a direct question and that can be skewed, there are different ways to ask the same question to elicit different responses
The Abrahamic god fears mankind who created him. He sends his spies to this discussion board to learn how they will attack him.
Not sure what that has to do with my comment? Maybe, however, you can comment on the "Do as I say, not as I do" attitude of most American self-professed Christians. Since when you look at actions, most of them don't really behave like Christians.
Not my problem if you find the ugly truth about the BLOTUS to be embarrassing since his supporters DID call him their "god-emperor". huffpost.com/entry/trump-god-emperor-creepy-reddit_n_579a6970e4b08a8e8b5d38b5
Yes, I believe that God created weed for humans to consume without jail time or prohibition from jobs.
You got it wrong but why do I get the impression you do often, it was Sammy Donaldson and Cokey trying to fling feces and it boomeranged in hittem in the face.
