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Line 8: − − In 2016, a Gallup poll indicated that 89% of Americans believe in God which was a 3% rise over its 2014 poll.<ref>[http://www.gallup.com/poll/193271/americans-believe-god.aspx Most Americans Still Believe in God], Gallup Poll</ref>
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The Pew Research Center reported in 2013:
The Pew Research Center reported in 2013:
{{cquote|The number of people who identify themselves as atheists in the United States has been rising, modestly but steadily, in recent years. Our aggregated data from 2012 show that 2.4% of American adults say they are atheists when asked about their religious identity, up from 1.6% in 2007."<ref>[http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/10/23/5-facts-about-atheists/ Facts about atheists]</ref>}}
{{cquote|The number of people who identify themselves as atheists in the United States has been rising, modestly but steadily, in recent years. Our aggregated data from 2012 show that 2.4% of American adults say they are atheists when asked about their religious identity, up from 1.6% in 2007."<ref>[http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/10/23/5-facts-about-atheists/ Facts about atheists]</ref>}}
Post [[Elevatorgate]] (a July 2011 controversy in which [[Richard Dawkins]] was accused of [[misogny]]), there has been a lot of friction with the [[atheist movement]] (see: [[Atheist factions]]).
Post [[Elevatorgate]] (a July 2011 controversy in which [[Richard Dawkins]] was accused of [[misogny]]), there has been a lot of friction with the [[atheist movement]] (see: [[Atheist factions]]).