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new age — First let’s define what the term “new age belief” means. It is basically a catch-all term that involves a belief in non-traditional supernatural claims such as reincarnation, astrology, psychics and the presence of spiritual energy in physical objects like mountains or trees. The term “New Age” harks back to the 1970s […]

How common are “new age” beliefs?

This entry was posted in People poll religion Skepticism society and tagged beliefs new age poll on October 11, 2018 by Dave

evangelicals — Vox has the details of a Poll that was run a week ago by Marist and sponsored by NPR/PBS NewsHour. It reveals that many white evangelicals simply do not give a damn about the victims of sexual abuse… Forty-eight percent of white evangelicals say that embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett […]

Poll: 48% of white evangelicals would support Kavanaugh even if allegations true

This entry was posted in media politics poll society and tagged evangelicals kavanaugh poll on October 1, 2018 by Dave

religious survey — Often a survey or poll will ask you to tick an option such as those illustrated above. Many will dutifully respond and tick the option that best describes their cultural heritage. This however says nothing at all about what people actually believe, but instead perhaps reflects their ethnic or cultural […]

Pew have a new way of measuring what you believe

This entry was posted in People poll religion society and tagged pew poll religion survey typology on September 4, 2018 by Dave

nones scottish belief — When people discard a mainstream religion such as Catholicism or Baptist, they often retain some belief. On a poll or census they might identify as “None” because none of the boxes available truly describes them. This gives rise to the term “nones”. If you chat with them, then you will […]

Poll: Substantial majority of Scottish people are not religious and not spiritual

This entry was posted in atheism poll religion society and tagged belief humanist poll scotland scottish belief on August 21, 2018 by Dave

nones — Pew has just published further insights into the rise of the religiously unaffiliated in the US. Moving beyond the data observation that that there is a growing demographic of “nones” (not religious), then picked a randomly selected group of people who had previously identified as a none and asked them […]

Why are people who once believed rejecting religion?

This entry was posted in poll religion society and tagged nones pew poll why on August 14, 2018 by Dave

european christians — On 29th May, Pew released the results of a poll of European Christians that dug into what the term “Christian” actually meant to them and how it manifested in their lives. You can find a PDF of the full report here. (168 pages) You can also find a Pew summary […]

US Nones are more religious than many European Christians

This entry was posted in People poll religion society and tagged Christians Pew Poll Western Europe on June 5, 2018 by Dave