Who Prays the Most?

Again, eerily paralleling opposition to abortion, Jehovah’s Witnesses lead, closely followed by Mormons. At least according to this Pew survey of which religions are most likely to pray daily.

Two groups that are outside the evangelical category due to doctrinal differences pray the most. Eighty-nine percent of Jehovah’s Witnesses and 82 percent of Mormons say they pray daily. Among members of historically black Protestant churches, 80 percent said they pray daily.

Those are followed, in order, by white evangelicals, Muslims, Hindus, Orthodox Christians and Catholics. Among those who pray the least, 53 percent of mainline Protestants, 45 percent of Buddhists, and 26 percent of Jews said they pray at least once a day.

Interesting, but you have to wonder how accurate these kind of surveys are: 5 percent of atheists claim to pray daily too.

Happy National Day of Prayer.

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