[Rockitz]

People eat junk food, smoke, drink alcohol, (insert the vice of your choice) and, yet, will completely agree that it is bad for their health. Given that, I see no contradiction with the statistic you sited in this article.

[Blzbba]

Let me show you what I found contradictory:

"Today 81 percent of Americans say that prayer is an important part of their daily lives,"

Blzbba: OK - 81% of Americans say that prayer is an important part of their daily lives. Continuing to paste from the article:

"...... But a more important finding may be that 51 percent completely agree that prayer is an important part of their daily lives "

While I'll give a nod to the other poster who mentioned the statistical usage of "Strongly Agree...Agree....Disagree...Strongly Disagree" in surveys, shouldn't the 81% of people who pray on a daily basis completely agree that prayer is an important part of their daily lives? Why do 30% of the people (81%-51%) who pray on a daily basis NOT completely agree that prayer is an important part of their daily lives? If they don't completely agree, then why are they praying?