Poll: African Americans are the Most Religious Group in America

A new Gallup Poll has shown that African Americans are the most religious group of people in the country. The survey found that 53 percent of black Americans were found to be “very religious,” and 33 percent said that they were “moderately religious.” Only 39 percent of whites said that they were very religious, and 26 percent said that they were moderately so.

Roughly 13 percent of African Americans said that they were non-religious, with 34 percent of whites saying the same thing.

Latinos were second to African Americans in the religious category. Over 45 percent of Latinos said that they were very religious, and 33 percent were moderately so. Asians were the least religious, with 39 percent of them saying that they were nonreligious. Another 29 percent of Asians were defined as being very religious.

The three measures of religious commitment were defined by a series of questions asking respondents how often they go to church and how important religion is to them. They polled 145,618 adults over the age of 18 in 50 different states.

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Altha Cutright

Yes I would say blks are the most religious and have less than any race of people.
Anonymous

Organized religion pacifies us into believing that our life can improve by attending church. Communing with one another is a good thing, but I believe Blacks’ embrace of religion is the source of our woes. Interestingly, all the Muslims I know are enterprising, doing their own businesses and supporting Black businesses, too. Christians? We’re like White people, praying to the famous painting of Leonardo da Vinci’s brother. I believe in all religions as they help us center ourselves. But as a whole Black churches could use more selflessness. There is one pastor, I believe, who truly practiced what he preached and that was Pastor Billy Graham, who died of a heart attack in the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles. Every sermon he gave was a good one. You always walked away feeling nurtured in some way. I only visited while in California. Maybe there are other preachers out there, too. But for the most part, most Reverends are politicians without a constituency, so they create one in their churches. Some use it to speak truth to power, but then get co-opted and become entertainers, actors, and singers. I’m about to go Unitarian, like my mother, who grew up in AME Zion. Religion. Right.