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Percentage of college students who attended a religious service last year: 86.2
Percentage of college students who attended a religious service last year: 86.2
Number of the 173 private religious schools in Nicaragua that are subsidized by the government: 121
Number of the 173 private religious schools in Nicaragua that are subsidized by the government: 121
Central American Historical Institute (Washington, D.C.)
Rank of Mass, bingo, and religious education among the most popular activities at U.S. Catholic churches: 1,2,3
Rank of Mass, bingo, and religious education among the most popular activities at U.S. Catholic churches: 1,2,3
Notre Dame Study of Catholic Parish Life
Percentage of Americans who regularly attend religious services: 42
Percentage of Americans who regularly attend religious services: 42
Gallup Organization (Princeton, N.J.)
Percentage of American chief executive officers who do: 65
Percentage of American chief executive officers who do: 65
Forbes (New York City)
Percentage of Americans who watch an evangelical religious program on television at least once a week: 25
Percentage of Americans who watch an evangelical religious program on television at least once a week: 25
Gallup Organization (Princeton, N.J.)
Number of tourists in Jerusalem who received psychiatric treatment for religious delusions last year: 152
Number of tourists in Jerusalem who received psychiatric treatment for religious delusions last year: 152
Dr. Yair Bar-El (Jerusalem)
Percentage of Jewish settlers on the West Bank who consider themselves “religious”: 8
Percentage of Jewish settlers on the West Bank who consider themselves “religious”: 8
West Bank Data Base Project (Jerusalem)
Percentage of doctors who say they would allow a woman to choose a sperm donor based on his religion: 56
Percentage of doctors who say they would allow a woman to choose a sperm donor based on his religion: 56
Congressional Office of Technology Assessment
Number of different religions Chinese citizens are allowed to practice: 5
Number of different religions Chinese citizens are allowed to practice: 5
Chinese Embassy (Washington)
Number of the 28 major armed conflicts taking place worldwide in which religious differences are involved: 14
Number of the 28 major armed conflicts taking place worldwide in which religious differences are involved: 14
Peter Wallensteen, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University (Sweden)
Chances that an American has switched religions at least once: 1 in 4
Chances that an American has switched religions at least once: 1 in 4
Gallup Organization (Princeton, N.J.)
Weekly church services a Kentucky man must attend until 1997 as part of his sentence for growing marijuana: 3
Weekly church services a Kentucky man must attend until 1997 as part of his sentence for growing marijuana: 3
Russell County Circuit Court (Jamestown, Kentucky)
Ratio of the number of Czechs who have no religious affiliation to the number of Slovaks who have none: 8:1
Ratio of the number of Czechs who have no religious affiliation to the number of Slovaks who have none: 8:1
Embassy of the Slovak Republic (Washington)
Rank of Nigeria among countries that have the highest rate of regular attendance at religious services: 1
Rank of Nigeria among countries that have the highest rate of regular attendance at religious services: 1
Nigerian Embassy
Ratio of chickens killed last January in Hong Kong’s flu scare to total chickens sold in the U.S. each day at KFCs: 3:2
Ratio of chickens killed last January in Hong Kong’s flu scare to total chickens sold in the U.S. each day at KFCs: 3:2
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Bureau (Washington)/KFC (Louisville, Ky.)
Days of prayer that Buddhist monks and nuns devoted to the souls of slaughtered chickens last winter in Hong Kong: 7
Days of prayer that Buddhist monks and nuns devoted to the souls of slaughtered chickens last winter in Hong Kong: 7
Western Monastery (Hong Kong)
Number of Congress members who attended a Capitol Hill hearing last March on the genocide of Muslims in Bosnia: 4
Number of Congress members who attended a Capitol Hill hearing last March on the genocide of Muslims in Bosnia: 4
House Subcommittee on International Relations and Human Rights
Price of a gold-plated crucifix pendant with a built-in alarm, from Britain’s Avon Silversmiths: $414
Price of a gold-plated crucifix pendant with a built-in alarm, from Britain’s Avon Silversmiths: $414
Avon Silversmiths Ltd. (Bishop's Stortford, England)
Estimated number of Japanese who have taken a “ gospel and rhythm ‚” class this year at Harlem’s Memorial Baptist Church: 300
Estimated number of Japanese who have taken a “ gospel and rhythm ‚” class this year at Harlem’s Memorial Baptist Church: 300
Memorial Baptist Church (N.Y.C.)
Estimated size of heaven, in cubic miles, according to the Reverend Billy Graham: 1,500
Estimated size of heaven, in cubic miles, according to the Reverend Billy Graham: 1,500
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (Minneapolis)
Number of dates since 1914 that the Jehovah’s Witnesses have predicted as the start of the apocalypse: 7
Number of dates since 1914 that the Jehovah’s Witnesses have predicted as the start of the apocalypse: 7
Center for Religious Tolerance (Ontario, Canada)
