>To me it's mind boggling that 99.8% of the worlds population still belives in some supernational 'guy in the sky' type of religion.
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>I won't speak for people outside the U.S. - but in my opinion, a pretty high % of Americans pay lip service to religion. Regardless of reason (out of fear, out of "duty", out of upbringing, etc.), I don't think many Americans take religion seriously.

I think that's called peer pressure. I hear that on the British Isles it's largely replaced with beer pressure.