The vast majority of Americans maintain a belief in God, although the percentage of those abandoning specific religions remains at a historic level, a new survey suggests.
The General Social Survey (GSS), a long-running national survey conducted by independent research organization NORC at the University of Chicago, asked a number of wide-ranging questions of the American public. The latest 2022 GSS results, released on May 17, show that only 7 percent of the respondents said that they don’t believe in God, while 7 percent identified as agnostic.
At the same time, most respondents expressed at least some faith in God, including 50 percent who said they have doubts about God’s existence, 16 percent who said they “believe in God but have doubts,” and 6 percent who said they “believe in God sometimes.”…