TagsTagsA new Pew Research survey finds that the people most knowledgeable about religion are atheists. Which shouldn't be a surprise, really; that's why they're atheists. Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups on a new survey of religious knowledge, outperforming evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and Catholics on ...
In a 1995 interview, Carl Sagan said: We have designed our civilization based on science and technology and at the same time arranged things so that almost no one understands anything at all about science and technology. This is a clear prescription for disaster. These were prescient words, and since ...
A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds that a majority of conservatives now think religion should be kept out of politics. Some Americans are having a change of heart about mixing religion and politics. A new survey finds a narrow majority of the public saying that churches and ...
A survey of Arabs conducted by YouGov reveals a strange mix of deep irrationality, denial, and self-contradicting views on the subject of religious extremism. A YOUGOV poll commissioned by the Doha Debates has concluded that nearly one-third of all Arabs believe that Saudi Arabia is at greater risk from religious ...
Voice of America (which I used to naively believe was created to promote US values and culture), has a piece on the Pew Research survey that does not even mention those little details about conspiracy theories and support for suicide bombing. Their article is all about the bigotry and the backlash ...
Radical Islam, Islam, LGF, Suicide Bombings, Multiculturalism, Conspiracy Theories, Muslims, Survey, Assimilation
A new Pew Research survey on Muslims in the United States is not all bad news: Report Summary: Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream. Overall, Muslim Americans have a generally positive view of the larger society. Most say their communities are excellent or good places to live. A large majority of ...
LGF, Islam, Radical Islam, Survey, Muslims, Assimilation, Multiculturalism, Suicide Bombings, Conspiracy Theories
According to a new survey from Globescan, a large percentage of the world’s population is completely unable to think rationally: Israel, Iran top ‘negative list’. A majority of people believe that Israel and Iran have a mainly negative influence in the world, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests. It shows ...
At the annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America (a radical Islamic front group that has been the subject of numerous LGF posts), a survey was taken of 307 attendees on their attitudes toward America—with very disturbing results: Survey Conducted At 2006 ISNA Convention. (Hat tip: saywhat?) 1. Are ...
Islam, ISNA, Survey, 9/11, Conspiracy Theories, Radical Islam
The New York Times does their best to shill for moral equivalence, in their report on a new Pew survey that finds majorities of the world’s Muslims are in the grip of conspiracy theory derangement: Muslims ‘Still in Denial’ About 9/11, Pew Survey Finds. But who are we to judge? They ...