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Recent stats on evangelical happiness and views on euthanasia, and violent Americans.

43%

68%

33%

White evangelical Protestant Americans who say they are “very happy.”

Muslims in predominantly Islamic countries who see the American people as “violent.”

Evangelicals who say people have a moral right to end their own lives when they have an incurable disease.

34%

49%

42%

Americans as a whole who say this.

Americans who agree.

Evangelicals who say the right exists when people are suffering great pain without hope of improvement.

31%

White evangelicals who attend church monthly or less who are “very happy.”

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All statistics are from the Pew Research Center, but the happiness, perceptions of violence, and end-of-life statistics come from three different studies.

Yesterday, Christianity Todaylooked closer at the happiness study.

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