Declining Share of Americans Express Absolutely Certain Believe in God
But a half century after the Time article was first published, a recent Pew Research Center survey shows that belief in God is strong in the United States. Indeed, according to our 2014 Religious Landscape Study, nearly nine-in-ten American adults say they believe in God or a universal spirit.
To be sure, the share of people in the United States who say they believe in the Almighty has dropped a bit recently, from 92% in 2007 (when the Center’s first Religious Landscape Study was released) to 89% in 2014. And among the youngest adults surveyed (born between 1990 and 1996), the share of believers is 80%.
Declining Share of  | Declining Americans Express  | Absolutely Certain Belief  | in God  | Do you believe in God or a  | universal spirit? How certain  | are you about this belief?  | 92%  | 89 Believe in God  | 71  | 63 Believe in God with  | a boolute certainty  | 2007 2014  | Study Source: 2014 Re ligious Landscape  | Study cond ucted June 4-Sept. 30,  | 2014.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 