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)
The original question was: "Which one of these comes closer to your opinion, number 1 or number 2? - Number 1:
It is not necessary to believe in God in order to be
moral and have good values – Number 2: It is
necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have
good values."
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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 August 06, 2020, 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 August 06, 2020. 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: August 06, 2020. 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 August 06, 2020)
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