Fewer Americans than ever believe in God, a new Gallup poll reported Friday morning.
The new figure of 81% of Americans who say they believe in God is down 6 percentage points from 2017 and 11 points from a 2011 poll.
But fewer than half of those who say they believe in God — 42% according to Gallup — say that God hears and responds to prayers.
Some 28% of all Americans say God hears a person’s prayers but “cannot intervene,” and 11% say God neither hears nor answers prayer.
The 2022 survey, conducted between May 2 and May 22, revealed that 17% of Americans said they don’t believe in God, with 1% saying they had “no opinion” on the question.