Most Unaffiliated Say Religion and Science Often Conflict, but Few Say Personal Beliefs Conflict With Science % ofreligiously unaffiliated USS adults Genera Illy, doyou thinkscienceand religion are ?
Respondents who have no religious affiliation are the most likely to think that science and religion, in general, are often in conflict, with 76% expressing this view. But just one-in-six religiously unaffiliated adults (16%) say their own religious beliefs conflict with science. (Those who are religiously unaffiliated often have supernatural beliefs and spiritual practices, even though they say they do not feel connected to a particular religion. Only about a third of the unaffiliated say they are atheist or agnostic; most describe their religion as “nothing in particular.”)
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