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The Takeaway

Study Finds Many Americans Uninformed About Religion

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

America is the most religious industrialized country in the world, but a new survey finds that few Americans are well-informed when it comes to religion. The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life called more than 3,4000 Americans and asked them to answer 32 questions about the Bible, Christianity and other world religions and leaders. The study found that most Americans answered around half the questions incorrectly. The people that scored highest were agnostics and atheists, with Jews and Mormons following closely behind.

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The Takeaway

Is It Possible to Have Faith Without God?

Friday, November 27, 2009

Can you have faith but not believe in God? There are a growing number of atheists who declare themselves "faithful," but not all religious leaders think their belief system makes sense. On the final day of our week-long series on Faith In America, we feature a debate between humanist chaplain Greg Epstein, author of "Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe," and conservative pastor Douglas Wilson.

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