64% of wired Americans have used the Internet for spiritual or religious purposes
Survey results from Pew Internet & American Life Project : Majority of American web surfers have looked to the internet to satisfy a spritual or religious need.
Summary of Findings:
bq.. 64% of the nations 128 million Internet users have done things online that relate to religious or spiritual matters.
Those who use the Internet for religious or spiritual purposes are more likely to be women, white, middle aged, college educated, and relatively well-to-do.
The online faithful are devout and they use the Internet for personal spiritual matters more than for traditional religious functions or work related to their places of worship. But their faith-activity online seems to augment their already-strong commitments to their congregations.
26% of the online faithful seek information about the religious faith of others. Most are doing this out of curiosity.
The majority of online faithful describe themselves as spiritual and religious.
Evangelicals are among the most fervent Internet users for religious and spiritual purposes.
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p(small). Source: PewInternet.org© 2004 Pew Internet & American Life Project
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