The claim that only 2% of us say that we do not believe in God is absurd. It all depends on just how the question is asked, who asks it, and who is around to hear it. But mainly it depends on just how you define God. Many people say they believe in God while simply thinking of some force of nature that allowed life to start. Call it Mother Nature, if you will, but they certainly were not thinking of the vicious God of the Bible, as particularly noted in Deuteronomy. So if asked if they believe in the specific God of the Bible or the Koran or all the other religious books, the total percentage of believers would go way down. All those various Gods have different rules that are frequently incompatible, so deciding which particular God the government could support would be a real problem.
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