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Jews take the lead, Mormons in the middle, Muslims in dead last (atheists nearly so). What I found interesting is that atheists are near the very bottom no matter the political leaning of the person asked. I expected democrats to rate us higher than they did. And 87% know a catholic..huh. I've never known a catholic my entire life.
And 87% know a catholic..huh. I've never known a catholic my entire life.
You've got to be kidding me! Maybe you know a number of Catholics and just don't know it. Catholics are generally not quite so in-your-face as evangelical Christians. It's really hard for me to believe that you've never known a Catholic.
You've got to be kidding me! Maybe you know a number of Catholics and just don't know it. Catholics are generally not quite so in-your-face as evangelical Christians. It's really hard for me to believe that you've never known a Catholic.
Yeah, I'm serious. If I've known one, they never let me know they were catholic.
Wow. And I was shocked when someone on City-Data said they'd never met a Jewish person!!!
Doesn't surprise me. I grew up down in the Bible Belt in a very religious family, and met my first Catholic at 14, my first Jew and first gay man in college, and my first Muslim at my second job when I was 25. When I was a kid, I was suspicious of "exotic" religions like Episcopalians and Lutherans!
Once I moved up north, it got a lot more diverse very quickly...
Atheists did make for one of the largest margins of error at nearly 11%. Also, notice that "unaffiliated" and "nothing in particular" thought of Atheists rather highly (compared to the others) which could be one of the chief factors in us even scoring that high. On that note, as an Atheist, I actually find some of these numbers somewhat encouraging. A decade ago I'd bet we'd be in the teens.
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When I was a kid, I was suspicious of "exotic" religions like Episcopalians and Lutherans!
