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#48783 - 09/12/06 02:04 PM Survey: More in U.S. religious than previously thought
Anonymous Anonymous Unregistered	Researchers find only 10.8 percent without ties to a religious group. Rachel Zoll The Associated Press More Americans are active in religious groups than previously thought, and many others without ties to congregations still believe in God or a higher power, according to a broad survey of faith in America released Monday. The study also found that most traditional Christians reject the label "evangelical," preferring to describe themselves as "Bible-believing" or "born again." The survey was conducted by the Baylor University sociology department and the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion. Researchers found that only 10.8 percent of Americans have no ties to a congregation, denomination or faith group. Previous surveys had put that figure at 14 percent, overlooking about 10 million people involved in some form of organized religion, the Baylor report said. Other surveys have also overlooked millions of evangelicals, because respondents who belonged to nondenominational groups or megachurches would often report that they had no denomination and were wrongly counted as unaffiliated, the study's authors say. Baylor researchers found that one-third of Americans are evangelical Protestant, just under one-quarter are mainline Protestant, one-fifth are Roman Catholic and 5 percent are black Protestant. Jews comprise2.5 percent of the population, while 5 percent belong to other faiths. More than 60 percent of the unaffiliated say they believe in a higher power, and nearly one-third pray at least occasionally. The Gallup survey of 1,721 respondents has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060912/NEWS07/609120371
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#48784 - 09/12/06 06:36 PM Re: Survey: More in U.S. religious than previously thought
StarlightAngel StarlightAngel Member Registered: 04/25/01 Posts: 11013 Loc: a box on the table	of course. :rolleyes: how else did shrub get reelected in 2004? _________________________ "oh yeah, life goes on, long after the thrill of living it is gone." http://www.autonomynow.org
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#48785 - 09/12/06 06:38 PM Re: Survey: More in U.S. religious than previously thought
StarlightAngel StarlightAngel Member Registered: 04/25/01 Posts: 11013 Loc: a box on the table	Quote: ...Americans are very religious. Many studies have found that only between 3-7 percent of Americans do not believe in God. Rates of prayer, belief in the divinity of Jesus, belief in the divine origins of the Bible, and rates of church attendance are remarkably robust in the United States, making it the most religious of all Western industrialized nations, with the possible exception of Ireland. When it comes to societal health, the United States certainly fares far better than much of the rest of the world. According to the United Nations' 2004 "Human Development Index" discussed earlier, the United States ranked eighth. However, when we compare the United States to its peer nations-i.e., developed, industrialized, democratic nations such as Canada, Japan, and the nations of Europe-its standing in terms of societal health plummets. The United States has far higher homicide, poverty, obesity, and homelessness rates than any of its more secular peer nations. It is also the only Western industrialized democracy that is unwilling to provide universal health coverage to its citizens. The fact is that extremely secular nations such as Japan and Sweden are much safer, cleaner, healthier, better educated, and more humane when compared to the United States, despite the latter's exceptionally strong levels of theism. -philip zuckerman source [edited to add disclaimer : the above is not meant as anti-american or anti-religion, just simply to point out that while it's not exactly news that americans are very religious, that doesn't necessarily correlate with other social indicators.] _________________________ "oh yeah, life goes on, long after the thrill of living it is gone." http://www.autonomynow.org
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#48786 - 09/12/06 11:54 PM Re: Survey: More in U.S. religious than previously thought
ricko_ ricko_ Member Registered: 05/19/04 Posts: 7497	Star auto-responses to same or similar posts. Of interest though is her typical 'expert' dissection of polls, studies and 'conclusions' or suggestions are not self examined, jus what can one say on the religiosity of American and... Now w/o wasting my time getting deep into the 'survey' the statement alone "More in U.S. religious than previously thought" merely suggests an adjustment or correction to the previous survey or surveys 'conclusions', no big deal really...
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#48787 - 09/13/06 04:06 AM Re: Survey: More in U.S. religious than previously thought
dowdy dowdy Member Registered: 04/12/00 Posts: 3344	America, the land of the free, as long as youre christian, believe as I do,ad are happy well adjusted middle to upper class christian. All proof is propaganda.
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#48788 - 09/13/06 06:13 AM Re: Survey: More in U.S. religious than previously thought
kan5a5 kan5a5 Member Registered: 07/27/01 Posts: 13311 Loc: kan5a5	the funny thing is that the bible says: Matthew 7:13 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. so, according to the bible, following the majority assures that you are on the wrong path. _________________________
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#48789 - 09/13/06 06:23 AM Re: Survey: More in U.S. religious than previously thought
SteveGIMP SteveGIMP Member Registered: 03/01/00 Posts: 7672 Loc: The Great Lakes State	Quote: Originally posted by lightning(creation scientist): Before you start grinning and feeling cool, you do realize that the study does not necessarily indicate a rise in Christians? The study as written could include Wiccans, Satan worshipers, Buddists, Native American and primal beliefs, spiritualists, Voodoo practitioners, witch doctors, members of Alcoholics Anonymous, and disciples of Her Holiness, the Invisible Pink Unicorn, among others whom Pat Robertson probably dislikes. Hi Karen!
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#48790 - 09/13/06 07:19 AM Re: Survey: More in U.S. religious than previously thought
StarlightAngel StarlightAngel Member Registered: 04/25/01 Posts: 11013 Loc: a box on the table	hi steve! hellbound and proud of it _________________________ "oh yeah, life goes on, long after the thrill of living it is gone." http://www.autonomynow.org
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#48791 - 09/13/06 07:25 AM Re: Survey: More in U.S. religious than previously thought
Anonymous Anonymous Unregistered	Are We Happy Yet? Frequent Church-Goers Are Happier Percentage Very Happy by Church Attendance Those who attend religious services weekly or more often are happier than are those attending less often. Those who seldom or never attend services are the least likely to say they are very happy. http://pewresearch.org/social/chart.php?ChartID=12
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#48792 - 09/13/06 07:42 AM Re: Survey: More in U.S. religious than previously thought
SteveGIMP SteveGIMP Member Registered: 03/01/00 Posts: 7672 Loc: The Great Lakes State	Ignorance is bliss.
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#48793 - 09/13/06 08:51 AM Re: Survey: More in U.S. religious than previously thought
corlorde corlorde Member Registered: 04/24/01 Posts: 9246	More from, "The Baylor study" Quote: As for space aliens, nearly 25 percent of the survey respondents said they believe some UFOs are probably alien spaceships, and nearly 18 percent said they believe creatures such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster will one day be discovered. Source _________________________
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#48794 - 09/13/06 09:01 AM Re: Survey: More in U.S. religious than previously thought
StarlightAngel StarlightAngel Member Registered: 04/25/01 Posts: 11013 Loc: a box on the table	Quote: Originally posted by lightning(creation scientist): Are We Happy Yet? Frequent Church-Goers Are Happier Percentage Very Happy by Church Attendance Those who attend religious services weekly or more often are happier than are those attending less often. Those who seldom or never attend services are the least likely to say they are very happy. http://pewresearch.org/social/chart.php?ChartID=12 i could cite numerous methodological issues with surveys of these types (not the least of which being that "non-church/mosque/temple-goers" never gets defined in terms of believer/nonbeliever, well/ill-health, etc.), or that correlation doesn't imply causation (maybe the happier you are, the more often you go out to religious services), or examining religious participation in context of other social activities (people who go to religious funtions go out more, period)... but we've all heard it before. hi steve! (oops, i said that already ) edited to add: hi corey! _________________________ "oh yeah, life goes on, long after the thrill of living it is gone." http://www.autonomynow.org
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#48795 - 09/13/06 10:44 AM Re: Survey: More in U.S. religious than previously thought
ricko_ ricko_ Member Registered: 05/19/04 Posts: 7497	ever since I started the hi thing... never mind
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#48796 - 09/13/06 12:24 PM Re: Survey: More in U.S. religious than previously thought
kan5a5 kan5a5 Member Registered: 07/27/01 Posts: 13311 Loc: kan5a5	hi, those who think enough like me to matter _________________________
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#48797 - 09/13/06 12:41 PM Re: Survey: More in U.S. religious than previously thought
Paulwa_dup1 Paulwa_dup1 Member Registered: 02/12/05 Posts: 4951 Loc: Washington	How hi are ya?..i mean hi, how are ya? Something my lead guitarist used to always ask after a few beers and then laugh like crazy.
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