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Dec. 8th, 2005 09:49 pmA few statistics about religious practice in America (takes from a newspaper article and from http://www.religioustolerance.org/rel_rate.htm):
96% Celebrate Christmas
85% Say that they are Christians
53% Say that religion is very important in their lives
44% Say they attend church at least once a week
20% Actually attend church at least once a week
This week I heard a Scottish evangelist on the radio asserting that many people who attend church regularly and who think they are good people aren't actually Christians (i.e. they haven't been "saved" in the way that he believes is necessary)... For a country which the religious conservatives see as being a Christian country, it is starting to sound as though less that 20% (perhaps much less than 20%) are Christian.
Interestingly, I once was "saved" in the way that the evangelist believes is necessary. I think he'd count me as a Christian even though I don't attend church and don't identify myself as a Christian. The sect that "saved" me believed that once you're saved, you stay saved.
96% Celebrate Christmas
85% Say that they are Christians
53% Say that religion is very important in their lives
44% Say they attend church at least once a week
20% Actually attend church at least once a week
This week I heard a Scottish evangelist on the radio asserting that many people who attend church regularly and who think they are good people aren't actually Christians (i.e. they haven't been "saved" in the way that he believes is necessary)... For a country which the religious conservatives see as being a Christian country, it is starting to sound as though less that 20% (perhaps much less than 20%) are Christian.
Interestingly, I once was "saved" in the way that the evangelist believes is necessary. I think he'd count me as a Christian even though I don't attend church and don't identify myself as a Christian. The sect that "saved" me believed that once you're saved, you stay saved.
