"Nine in 10 (91 percent) of American adults say they believe in God and almost as many (87 percent) say they identify with a specific religion. Christians far outnumber members of any other faith in the country, with 82 percent of the poll’s respondents identifying themselves as such.

...and sadly, many of those treat the issue as a matter of "majority rules". Just get enough folks to vote for YOUR belief, no matter how, and it somehow validates it.
   What has happened to learning how to think, rather than how to rationalize and use rhetoric to gain adherents? Or am I just fantasizing that 'thinking' was EVER popular?