I have long believed you can find statistics to support any position.  But that doesn’t discount the value of the data.  The recently released U.S. Religious Landscape Survey from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life is one example of data that can inform.  The survey “details the religious makeup, religious beliefs and practices as well as social and political attitudes of the American public.”  The Forum has posted its full report as well as interactive maps and graphs that visualize the information.

Here are just a few examples of what you will find:

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