This statistic shows the results of a survey among adult Americans on religion as a means to solve everyday problems in 2014. The respondents were asked if they believe that religion can answer today's problems or if they consider religion out-of-date. 57 percent of respondents stated they think religion can answer today's problems.
United States: Do you believe that religion can answer today's problems, or that it is old-fashioned and out of date?
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The source poses the question as follows: "Do you believe that religion can answer all or most of today's problems, or that religion is largely old-fashioned and out of date?"
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Gallup. (June 27, 2014). United States: Do you believe that religion can answer today's problems, or that it is old-fashioned and out of date? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/308197/relevance-of-religion-as-an-answer-to-today-s-problems/
Gallup. "United States: Do you believe that religion can answer today's problems, or that it is old-fashioned and out of date?." Chart. June 27, 2014. Statista. Accessed May 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/308197/relevance-of-religion-as-an-answer-to-today-s-problems/
Gallup. (2014). United States: Do you believe that religion can answer today's problems, or that it is old-fashioned and out of date?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/308197/relevance-of-religion-as-an-answer-to-today-s-problems/
Gallup. "United States: Do You Believe That Religion Can Answer Today's Problems, or That It Is Old-fashioned and out of Date?." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jun 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/308197/relevance-of-religion-as-an-answer-to-today-s-problems/
Gallup, United States: Do you believe that religion can answer today's problems, or that it is old-fashioned and out of date? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/308197/relevance-of-religion-as-an-answer-to-today-s-problems/ (last visited May 15, 2025)
United States: Do you believe that religion can answer today's problems, or that it is old-fashioned and out of date? [Graph], Gallup, June 27, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/308197/relevance-of-religion-as-an-answer-to-today-s-problems/
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