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What U.S. adults really believe about religion:

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This section discusses data from public opinion polls. Such data reveals what American adults say that they believe. This sometimes differs from what they actually believeand/or from their faith group's teachings.

Topics covered in this section:

	Events and survey findings with a religious theme: During 2010
	Lies, damn lies and statistics Reliability of poll data
	U.S. Poll results describing: Religious Beliefs Of U.S. Adults, About Their Own And Other Religions, from 2000 to 2017: Part 1   Part 2   Part 3 God's existence & importance; Jesus' second coming Americans' diverse beliefs about the nature of God: Part 1 Part 2; These essays are based on the results of the Baylor Religion Survey which found that most Americans believe in either an Authoritarian, Benevolant, Critical, or Distant God. U.S. Polling data: Beliefs about life after death. About ghosts, salvation, Satan, Heaven, Hell, Astrology, and the literal accuracy of some biblical stories. In the year 2000: The Ten Commandments, other beliefs, social problems, role of religion, church/state separation   How the public rate clergy honesty & ethics. Stable, changing, unexpected beliefs Absolute truth
	Beliefs of Roman Catholics towards their own and other faiths
	Religious beliefs in the U.S. compared with other Christian nations
	Prejudice of Americans towards those of different faiths
	Prejudice by Americans towards Mormons and Evangelicals Part 1 Part 2

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Related essays in this web site:

	Religious practices: Religious practices How many people attend church, cathedral, mosque, synagogue or temple in countries around the world?
	Religious beliefs: About the millennium and the second coming of Christ Divisions among Protestant denominations There are at least two types of Protestants. Differences between Roman Catholicism and conservative Protestantism There are major gaps; and they are growing.
	Other topics: How Christians interpret the Bible Their beliefs differ because of how they view the Bible. Holy days: A list of seasonal days of celebration and remembrance.

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Originally written: 1999-MAY-13
Latest update: 2017-FEB-19
Author: B.A. Robinson 

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