Jon Gabriel wrote:
> If I were you, I wouldn't personally assume that many/most Jews are atheists
> unless I had more than anecdotal evidence to back it up. I don't mean this
> unkindly. I just think the blanket statement was inaccurate.
Many Jews are atheists, or agnostic. I wouldn't say "most" without some
harder evidence. ("Most" technically means "at least 50%. "Many" can mean
a whole host of things, depending on the situation or context.)
My personal anecdotal experience is that, of the Jews I've met, 30-40% were
atheist/agnostic and the rest practiced their religion to some degree or
another, some of them a lot less than others. But I've met only a very
small fraction of all the Jews in the world, so my anecdotal experience
probably isn't accurate; and the circumstances under which I met various
Jews may have skewed the sample one way or the other.
Julia
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