alt.education

"Wide Eyed in Wonder" wrote in message
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> On Feb 25, 5:25 pm, "Larry Hewitt" wrote:
>> "Wide Eyed in Wonder" wrote in
>> messagenews:7373d5f6-0789-4436-8d2d-7250af569297@...
>>
>>
>>
>> > To the amazement of those doing the study (which I guess were looking
>> > for less religion), a new study by Pew Research has found America is
>> > "still" greatly religious.
>>
>> >/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-religion26feb26,...
>> >/
>>
>> > Here's some stats from the survey..
>>
>> > Christian - %
>> > Jewish - %
>> > Buddhists - %
>> > Muslim - %
>> > Hindu - %
>> > New Age - %
>> > Atheist - %
>> > Agnostic - %
>>
>> > One of the interesting things I saw was concerning Evangelicals.
>> > According to many on the political left, Evangelicals are a small,
>> > extremist group within Christianity that holds no power. In fact,
>> > this survey shows that Evangelicals are the LARGEST religious group in
>> > America, beating even Catholics. Indeed, Evangelicals (at %) were
>> > much larger than the mainline Protestant denominations in the country
>> > ( percent)
>>
>> > Another thing of interest has to do with the charge that Christians
>> > are brainwashed. This study shows that 4 in 10 adults have recently
>> > changed their religious affiliation, yet they remain CHRISTIAN.
>>
>> Actually, this is not true.
>>
>> 26% of those who changed there affiliation changed religion.
>>
>> Another 18% changed sects
>>
>> The researchers primary conclusion is that churning is the rule. No one
>> particular religion or sect is gaining or losing , all are churining. The
>> only group to significantly gain was "unaffiliated" --- now 16% of us.
>>
>> One conclusion that can be drawn from this is that people are
>> dissatisfied
>> with religion and are searching for answers.
>>
>> F. ex., a third of those raised Catholic changed their affiliation
>> (ex-Catholics are almost as numerous as Southern Baptists).. Two thirds
>> of
>> Jehovah's witnesses changed.
>>
>> Some christian megachurches are at the heart of he issue.
>>
>> TheWillow Creek megachurch has thousands of members. But an internal
>> survey
>> reveals that a large percentage of members feel "stalled" and are
>> searching
>> for answers that they are not getting from the church.
>
> And...yet...in all their searching, according to the survey, they KEPT
> being Christians (78 percent Christianity).

Do you have a point?

Just to throw a bit of cold water on your theory, does the survey take into
account the effect of devout Catholics coming into the country from Mexico?

Might want to figure that one out, considering appalling record you guys
have with devout Catholics.