Religion: Believers & Dpubters

Brazilians are the world's most Godfearing people; Frenchmen the least. The U.S. has only a few more atheists and agnostics than Australia or Canada. These too-sweeping generalities might have been deduced last week from a Gallup poll.

In a sampling of ten nations, pollsters had asked: Do you, personally, believe in God? The replies:

Yes No Don't Know Brazil 96% 3% 1%

Australia 95 5 —

Canada 95 2 3

U. S 94 3 3

Norway 84 7 9

Finland 83 5 12

Holland 80 14 6

Sweden 80...

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