# When would a minority of people be religious and how would society look like?

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**Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-would-a-minority-of-people-be-religious-and-how-would-society-look-like/948260/243 "2021-08-17T16:41:48Z")

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No, _census,_ where everyone has to answer and people answer anonymously. There are also a absence of leading questions. Too many polls have biased or leading questions.

Such as a famous poll question:" Are you in favor of reducing mass shootings by increasing gun control?"

Or here:

> **[Example: Leading Question Bias](http://www.public.coe.edu/~gcross/toolkit/collect/ct-lead.html)**

> [@crowmanyclouds](#):
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> Except when it does, of course,

Really, a single anecdote proves this? 🤨

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