In this case, assuming my memory is not malfunctioning yet again, I believe Sam's "cite" was: "a certain percentage of Americans are Christian, Jewish, or Muslim". Which then became: "the majority of humans believe in God."
In other words, the cite was no good for what he wanted to claim, and only served to add America-centrism to his long list of offensive editing practices.
Look at them again.
It was three cites, 2 of american, the third a BBC international survey. Not that the facts make any difference, when you already have your mind made up. I expected encyclopedia readers to be better than this...
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