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razib

  • 01:33:08 am on August 24, 2008 | # | |
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    “Belief that God Performs Miracles”, disagree strongly or disagree somewhat

    methodist - 7%
    mormon - 4%
    baptist - 2%
    lutheran - 7%
    united church of christ - 13%
    catholic - 5%
    episcopalian - 9%
    buddhist - 20%
    muslim - 9%
    no religion - 18%
    all american adults - 6%

    source. i’m struck that muslims seem a “bimodal” community. episcopalians have the same numbers of “doubters,” but for agree somewhat category they have 14%, and agree strongly 59%. for muslims the numbers are 14% and 72%.

    hypothesis: there isn’t a uniform distribution of religious intensity among american muslims, rather, the data suggest a compound of two principle components, religious and sociocultural identity. this explains the relatively high number of atheists among american muslims (5%).

     

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  • thabet 7:01 am on August 26, 2008 | #

    I suspect this number will grow in the coming years.

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