Posted on 07/22/2011 10:11:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Most Americans say they are pleased with the job God is doing these days.
The Democratic polling outfit Public Policy Polling released the results of a poll Tuesday asking such questions as If God exists, do you approve or disapprove of its performance? and If God exists, do you approve or disapprove of its handling of natural disasters?
For the record, 52 percent of Americans approve of Gods performance, while 9 percent disapprove. Forty percent arent sure.
Michael Sadowsky, who came up with the question in the poll, said PPP often includes silly questions just for fun.
I felt an approval rating for God would be an interesting silly question as polls on God almost always ask what ones beliefs are, not how good a job the deity in question is doing, he said.
When it comes to Gods handling of natural disasters, 50 percent of Americans approve while 13 percent disapprove.
Clearly God was going to get great ratings in America where the vast majority is Christian, Sadowsky said, but whether Americans would give God as good ratings on natural disasters wasnt so clear.
The poll was careful not to use language describing God as a male. (CNN poll: Obama has the public on his side in debt debate)
God was referred to as it rather than he because not everyone who believes in God believes God to be male, Sadowsky said. Using it in the God questions allowed them to be more inclusive.
Fifty-six percent of Americans approve of Gods handling of animals, while 11 percent disapprove. And Gods highest marks come after the question of his handling of creating the universe. Seventy-one percent of Americans approve. Only 5 percent disapprove.
PPP surveyed 928 American voters in the poll.
I wonder if PPP can make this one-person survey ? :)
I say "probably" tells us nothing; but perhaps the fact that PPP still exists confirms Gods Mercy!
William Flax
As if God needed our approval on anything...I would have thrown the pollster out on this one.
I demand cross-tabs!
BTW “it” implies one. Offensive to Hindus. Also, implies an entity other than us, Offensive to Pantheists.
So what kind of spin is God going to put on this?
What would they do if they didn’t?
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