This statistic shows the results of a survey among respondents from selected countries all over the world in 2011 on whether they think that it is necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values. The survey was conducted in spring 2011. 46 percent of respondents in the United States think it is not necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values.
Do you think it is necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values? (Worldwide 2011)
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Pew Research Center. (November 17, 2011). Do you think it is necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values? (Worldwide 2011) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 03, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/219373/necessity-of-belief-in-god-to-be-moral-and-have-good-values/
Pew Research Center. "Do you think it is necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values? (Worldwide 2011)." Chart. November 17, 2011. Statista. Accessed February 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/219373/necessity-of-belief-in-god-to-be-moral-and-have-good-values/
Pew Research Center. (2011). Do you think it is necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values? (Worldwide 2011). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/219373/necessity-of-belief-in-god-to-be-moral-and-have-good-values/
Pew Research Center. "Do You Think It Is Necessary to Believe in God in Order to Be Moral and Have Good Values? (Worldwide 2011)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Nov 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/219373/necessity-of-belief-in-god-to-be-moral-and-have-good-values/
Pew Research Center, Do you think it is necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values? (Worldwide 2011) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/219373/necessity-of-belief-in-god-to-be-moral-and-have-good-values/ (last visited February 03, 2023)
Do you think it is necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values? (Worldwide 2011) [Graph], Pew Research Center, November 17, 2011. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/219373/necessity-of-belief-in-god-to-be-moral-and-have-good-values/