How high is the percentage of atheists among stage magicians compared to the general population?

How high is the percentage of atheists among stage magicians compared to the general population?
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I don’t know. I suppose you could look it up, but my guess is that anyone involved in the business of deception or exploiting exploiting human gullibility would be fairly skeptical of hucksters regardless of what they’re pushing. Any carnival barker can be installed in a pulpit and who would know the difference?
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