A 2004 ICM poll found that 98% of Nigerians claimed always to have believed in God, while 90% of Indonesians said they would die for their God or religious beliefs.

A govt. study in Ireland found that 87% of the population believe in God. 19% said tragedies such as the Asian tsunami, which killed 300,000 people, bolstered their belief.

In Kuwait, doubting the existence of God or Islam is punishable by law.

Americans believe 58% to 40% that it is necessary to believe in God to be moral. By contrast, only 13% of Europeans agree.

A recent world-wide study shows that religion fosters bad behavior.

87 percent of all white evangelical Christians in the U.S. supported President Bush's decision to go to war. Recent polls indicate that 68 percent of white evangelicals continue to support the war.