A Harris Interactive® Poll of 2,126 American adults on the Internet, taken Nov. 10-17, 2008, found that 80% of Americans believe in God.
Harris Interactive®, Nov. 2008
Category |
Believe In |
Don’t Believe |
Not Sure |
God |
80% |
10% |
9% |
Miracles |
75% |
14% |
12% |
Heaven |
73% |
14% |
13% |
Jesus is God or the Son of God |
71% |
17% |
12% |
Angels |
71% |
17% |
12% |
The resurrection of Christ |
70% |
18% |
13% |
Life after death |
68% |
15% |
17% |
The Devil |
59% |
27% |
14% |
Hell |
62% |
24% |
13% |
The Virgin Birth |
61% |
24% |
15% |
Darwin’s theory of evolution |
47% |
32% |
22% |
Ghosts |
44% |
39% |
17% |
Creationism |
40% |
31% |
29% |
UFOs |
36% |
39% |
25% |
Witches |
31% |
54% |
14% |
Astrology |
31% |
51% |
18% |
Reincarnation |
24% |
53% |
23% |
– Sources: Gallup Poll®, 07/28/08, and Harris Interactive®, 12/10/08.