That's somewhere around 85% of Americans who believe that way. It all goes back to the compulsary need of parents to drag their children along the same path which they were previously dragged. This compulsion and subjugation is what allows religion to thrive and survive. Not the miraculous acts of a loving God. In this case it ended up causing an unnecessary death. The child never having a say as to whether she lived or died.

I will never forget the day when I was about 9 that I was tossed out of Sunday School for questioning the teacher. And then my mom telling me it was alright to develop my own beliefs. That I didn't have to conform if I did not feel the need. That was the day the chains were taken off and I began to truly learn. Most kids never get that chance. I don't mind at all that we free thinkers are in the minority. At least we can now speak out. In the olden days I would likely have spent my days in a dungeon or they simply would have put me to death as a heretic.