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The Water Cooler Title: Poll: Muslims, Atheists Most Likely To Reject Violence New data from polling firm Gallup shows that out of all the religious groups in the U.S., Muslims are most likely to reject violence, followed by the non-religious atheists and agnostics. Through interviews with 2,482 Americans, Gallup found that 78 percent of Muslims believe violence which kills civilians is never justified, whereas just 38 percent of Protestant Christians and 39 percent of Catholics agreed with that sentiment. Fifty-six percent of atheists answered similarly. When Gallup put the question a bit more pointedly, asking if it would be justified for "an individual person or a small group of persons to target and kill civilians," the responses were a bit more uniform. Respondents from nearly all groups were widely opposed to such tactics, with Protestants and Catholics at 71 percent against. Muslims still had the highest number opposed, at 89 percent. Seventy-six percent of atheists were also opposed. The Gallup survey, conducted over the course of a year, was designed to measure religious and non-religious attitudes toward violence 10 years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Perhaps most tellingly, 92 percent of Muslims surveyed said they did not believe any Muslim in their community had sympathy toward al Qaeda terrorists, but just 56 percent of Protestants and 63 percent of Catholics said the same. The survey also found that President Barack Obama enjoys an 80 percent approval rating among Muslim Americans, according to an attached report, "Muslim Americans: Faith, Freedom, and the Future" (PDF). American sentiment toward Muslims at large has only sank in recent years. A Pew poll found in August of 2010 that just 30 percent of Americans have a favorable view of Muslims. Republicans lead the divide, at 54 percent who hold unfavorable views, compared to 27 percent of Democrats. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest followed by the non-religious atheists and agnostics Yep, like Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Hitler, and countless others. Does it ever occur to pollsters that atheists might be liars like Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot and Hitler??? An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. -- Voltaire #2. To: jwpegler (#1) Does it ever occur to pollsters The only thing pollsters are concerned about is how to frame the questions to get the results they seek.
#3. To: Get Outta Dodge! (#2) The only thing pollsters are concerned about is how to frame the questions to get the results they seek. This is exactly right, which is why we should ignore them. Yet, polls drive the news in America. It's sickening. An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. -- Voltaire #4. To: jwpegler (#3) Yet, polls drive the news in America. It's sickening. It just shows you how many dumbasses there are in this country..... You know there is a lot when a Democrat can be elected to "ANY" office!!!!! When asked by a Liberal what I bought my Granddaughter for her 1st birthday I replied, "MORE AMMUNITION"!!!! -----------------------------"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest |
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