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Thread #153625   Message #3603225
Posted By: Jack the Sailor
20-Feb-14 - 11:34 AM
Thread Name: BS: Militant Atheism Threads
Subject: RE: BS: Militant Atheism Threads
"No, no, no, Jack. 3 or 4 to 1 SAY that they believe in specific supernatural entities. There are no figures to confirm if they actually do believe or are just saying that. "

I am sorry, but I thought I made it clear that was one interpretation at one end of the scale and that the other interpretation I gave was the other end and that there was plenty of argument in between.

Also

Are you counting the people who say that they believe something that they don't on the rational side? Do you have any source of data, any at all that most people in the US and Europe don't "keep an imaginary friend."

Are you saying that if Pew Research called you up and and told you it was a confidential survey and asked you if you believed in God, you would say yes?

The polls appear to be well constructed and with an adequate sample size. You and Musket appear to be speculating and providing anecdotes to support your preconceived opinions.

I am afraid that the best data that we have on this issue is public opinion polling. Just as the fossil record is our best data on microbe to man evolution.