Looks like Americans think more highly of the Jews than the Muslims; and as more and more news gets out about all the Christians being murdered in the Muslim world, Americans' opinion of Muslims will only worsen.
Pew survey shows Muslims, atheists fare poorly; Republicans rank members of the tribe higher than Democrats do
BY MARISSA NEWMAN July 17, 2014
With global anti-Semitism on the rise, American Jews can take heart a Pew survey on US attitudes toward different faiths published Wednesday reveals that US citizens are unabashedly fond of the tribe, more so than any other religious group.
Asked to rate faith groups on a feeling thermometer from 1-100, with the higher number indicating warmness, 3,217 respondents placed Jews first, with an average rating of 63, beating out Catholics (62) and evangelical Christians (61) by a narrow margin.
The Jewish rating does not budge when Jewish respondents are factored out of the average. On the opposite side of the spectrum, atheists and Muslims receive the lowest ratings, at 41 and 40 respectively.
Read more:
Americans are mad about Jews | The Times of Israel
Pew survey shows Muslims, atheists fare poorly; Republicans rank members of the tribe higher than Democrats do
BY MARISSA NEWMAN July 17, 2014
With global anti-Semitism on the rise, American Jews can take heart a Pew survey on US attitudes toward different faiths published Wednesday reveals that US citizens are unabashedly fond of the tribe, more so than any other religious group.
Asked to rate faith groups on a feeling thermometer from 1-100, with the higher number indicating warmness, 3,217 respondents placed Jews first, with an average rating of 63, beating out Catholics (62) and evangelical Christians (61) by a narrow margin.
The Jewish rating does not budge when Jewish respondents are factored out of the average. On the opposite side of the spectrum, atheists and Muslims receive the lowest ratings, at 41 and 40 respectively.
Read more:
Americans are mad about Jews | The Times of Israel
