NEWSMAX: …Fifty-seven percent of 1,028 adults polled said they believe religion is the answer to their problems. But that number has dropped drastically since the 1950s, when Gallup first asked the same question and 82 percent said they thought religion was key.
“The 82 percent choosing the ‘can answer today’s problems’ options in 1957 is in line with a number of other measures from that decade showing a high level of religiosity, including religious service attendance, importance of religion, and the percentage of Americans with a formal religious identity,” Gallup said…
Meanwhile, the poll said, back in the 1950s, only 7 percent believed religion to be old-fashioned, but in the new poll, 30 percent of the respondents believed that. … (more)
