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2 percent of Church of England ministers say humans invented God

c. 2014 Religion News Service

CANTERBURY, England (RNS) A new survey finds 16 percent of the Church of England’s licensed ministers are unclear about God, and 2 percent think God is a human construct.

The survey of 1,500 Anglican clergy in England, Scotland, and Wales conducted by the international market research agency YouGov, suggests the church’s leadership is confused about the nature—even the very existence—of God.