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The End of Religious Morality?

Most Americans reject the idea that morality requires a belief in God

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Daniel Cox
Nov 16, 2023
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As recently as 2008, most Americans agreed with the statement “It is necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values.” A lot has changed over the last fifteen years. When we asked this same question in a recent poll, nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of the public rejected the once-popular idea. Only about one in three (34 percent) Am…

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