Religious Trends

“Half of the Americans who do not attend church also do not wonder if there is an ultimate purpose for their lives or the possibility that God has a plan for them”

“A Gallup poll released Monday highlights the religious spilt … showing that 52 percent of Democrats seldom or never attend church. And the percentage of Democrats who attend church weekly has dropped two percentage points – down from 29 to 27 percent – since the first quarter of 2008.” Fewer Democrats in Church?

Stats also on global religious freedom, changes in faith in NYC since 9/11/2001. Go Figure

http://www.worldmag.com/articles/18509 ]Bottom line: No discipline escapes the overall intellectual trends of our time.

Study: Born-Again Christians Have Become Complacent“Barna Group clarifies the ‘born-again’ category as comprised of people whose beliefs characterize them as born-again and not based on people calling themselves ‘born-again.’ This group is now at 41 percent of all Americans, an increase of six percent since 1991.”

“I felt an approval rating for God would be an interesting silly question as polls on God almost always ask what one’s beliefs are, not how good a job the deity in question is doing” Most Americans Approve of God’s Job Performance