Danes feel Obama is greater than Jesus

[--Pete]

Hi,

Is it really true that 8% of all American Atheists are 'absolutely certain' to believe in God? :blink:

Great find. Thanks. :D

Only 16% of the agnostics are agnostic (less, since this includes refused and other). The rest seem to be unsure of their uncertainty, if not convinced one way or the other. However, there is a point to be made here. I have often said that I'm intellectually an agnostic and emotionally an atheist. As someone who has spent a fair bit of time and effort on this subject, I'm reasonably convinced that the existence of a god or gods is impossible to determine. From what evidence there is, I think that god is superfluous to my world view, so I don't believe in god. So, my honest answer would be "I do not *know* if god exists, but I *believe* that he/she/it does not."

I hope that the agnostic spread is based on that intellectual principle -- but I highly doubt it.

Of course, their question was weasel worded. "Do you believe in God or a universal spirit?" However, what this does show is that half the population is below average. And average isn't all that good.

--Pete