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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 12/26/2009 : 04:36:24
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A Gallup poll of Americans' attitudes towards religion released on Christmas Eve found significant recent increases in those responding either that they have no religious preference, that religion is not very important in their lives, or that they believe religion "is largely old-fashioned or out of date."
Only 78% of Americans now identify as Christian, while 22% describe their religious preference as either "other" or "none."
Most of these changes have occurred since 2000 and represent the first significant shift since a sharp decline in religious adherence during the 1970s. Over the last nine years, the number with no religious preference has grown from a level of around 8% to 13%. The number for whom religion is not very important has climbed from just over 10% to 19%. And the number who believe religion is out of date and has no answers for today's problems has jumped from slightly more than 20% to 29%
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
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sailingsoul
SFN Addict
2830 Posts |
 Posted - 12/26/2009 : 10:56:54 [Permalink]
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Surveys really suck. #1 When you participate, your never notified of the results from the survey you took. #2 Your never given a whole picture. Just a few generalized factoids. IE:"The number for whom religion is not very important has climbed from just over 10% to 19%." Where did the 9% increase from , retired , middle aged, college, across the board, what???? Most surveys give so little information, they create more questions that they answer, for me.
Like an astrology reading en mass, more vague and more useless but thanks for posting this filthy. I should just be happy with the 9% gain, I must be in there. SS |
There are only two types of religious people, the deceivers and the deceived. SS |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13476 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2009 : 11:53:15 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by sailingsoul
Surveys really suck. #1 When you participate, your never notified of the results from the survey you took. #2 Your never given a whole picture. Just a few generalized factoids. IE:"The number for whom religion is not very important has climbed from just over 10% to 19%." Where did the 9% increase from , retired , middle aged, college, across the board, what???? Most surveys give so little information, they create more questions that they answer, for me.
Like an astrology reading en mass, more vague and more useless but thanks for posting this filthy. I should just be happy with the 9% gain, I must be in there. SS
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Gallup has a pretty good reputation for designing good surveys and polls. And it could be that they weren't after the specifics that you would have like to have seen, but more, how we are trending. Here is the actual poll:
This Christmas, 78% of Americans Identify as Christian
And I believe it. I think one of the reasons the RR is acting the way it does stems partly from panic. They know there aren't as many butts sitting in the pews of their churches. And those who have stayed (and there are plenty of them) are increasingly more hardcore in their beliefs, almost by default, as the more moderate and secular Christians leave them, or stop showing up. Of course, I'm speculating on that, but it might explain some of the increased craziness coming from the conservative side of those who identify as Christian.
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An interesting survey that probably means little
