RE: What philosophical evidence is there against believing in non-physical entities?
August 29, 2016 at 11:24 pm
(August 29, 2016 at 11:17 pm)Maelstrom Wrote:(August 29, 2016 at 11:12 pm)joseph_ Wrote: Care to cite any?
It is literally as simple as doing a google search. You are online, correct?
http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/
The RLS surveys more than 35,000 Americans from all 50 states about their religious affiliations, beliefs and practices, and social and political views.
User guide | Report about demographics | Report about beliefs and attitudes
Religions
Explore religious groups in the U.S. by tradition, family and denomination
- Christian 70.6%
- ► Expand Evangelical Protestant 25.4%
- ► Expand Mainline Protestant 14.7%
- ► Expand Historically Black Protestant 6.5%
- Catholic 20.8%
- ► Expand Mormon 1.6%
- ► Expand Orthodox Christian 0.5%
- Jehovah's Witness 0.8%
- ► Expand Other Christian 0.4%
- Non-Christian Faiths 5.9%
- Jewish 1.9%
- Muslim 0.9%
- Buddhist 0.7%
- Hindu 0.7%
- Other World Religions 0.3%
- ► Expand Other Faiths 1.5%
- Unaffiliated (religious "nones") 22.8%
- Atheist 3.1%
- Agnostic 4.0%
- ► Expand Nothing in particular 15.8%
- Don't know
Voltaire claimed that religion would be dead hundreds of year ago, but still the vast majority of people profess belief in organized religion.