alt.education

"Wide Eyed in Wonder" wrote in message
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> On Feb 25, 7:05 pm, "Vosotros" wrote:
>> "Wide Eyed in Wonder" wrote in
>> messagenews:917f1ff0-b8e6-472f-94d0-c1376d964efc@72g2000hsu.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Feb 25, 4:19 pm, Wide Eyed in Wonder wrote:
>> >> 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.
>>
>> >>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-religion26feb26,...
>>
>> >> Here's some stats from the survey..
>>
>> >> Christian - 78.4 %
>> >> Jewish - 1.7%
>> >> Buddhists - 0.7%
>> >> Muslim - 0.6%
>> >> Hindu - 0.4%
>> >> New Age - 0.4%
>> >> Atheist - 1.4%
>> >> Agnostic - 2.4%
>>
>> >> 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 26.3%) were
>> >> much larger than the mainline Protestant denominations in the country
>> >> (18.1 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. So,
>> >> they are thinking on their own and rejecting those in authority over
>> >> them, while reasoning that the faith, itself, is sound. Indeed, the
>> >> educational distribution page shows that 50 percent of the religious
>> >> had some college (37 percent being college graduates or more). So,
>> >> they had great reasoning ability.
>>
>> >> Further, there were more Pentecostals (at 3.4% of Americans) than
>> >> mainline Lutherans (2.8%), Presbyterians (2.7%), Anglicans (1.7%),
>> >> mainline Bapists (1.9%), and other groups.
>>
>> >> The AGE of the religious is ALSO very interesting. The incorrect myth
>> >> has been that people choose to follow God either as uneducated youths
>> >> or the extreme elderly. This study shows this to be false. The
>> >> religious in the 30-49 age group (39%) were larger than the SUM of
>> >> both the youth group (20%) and the elderly (16%). So, the largest
>> >> group were the middle age, educated, family-leading, career providing,
>> >> American citizens.
>>
>> >> The GENDER info provided equally interesting information. Contrary to
>> >> the belief that Evangelicals and Protestants were oppressive to women,
>> >> this survey find that women were, by far, the majority gender in these
>> >> denominations.
>>
>> >> The income section show that 48 percent of the religious came from
>> >> those that made over 50 thousand dollars, dismissing the belief that
>> >> this was a religious crutch for those in need. Further, it could show
>> >> that God provides for those that trust in Him.
>>
>> >> As I said...VERY interesting findings that it will take the other side
>> >> a LOT of spinning to hide.
>>
>> >> Kenneth Clifton
>> >> christiansuperhero.com
>>
>> > One more note, upon further research, has to do with DIVORCE. It has
>> > been the assumption that divorce is as prominent in Evangelical
>> > churches as any other group. Yet, this survey finds that ONLY 13
>> > PERCENT of Evangelicals were divorced, compared to a national average
>> > that says 1 in 2 marriages fail.
>>
>> Actually, that's not true at all. Reference "Barna Survey".
>>
>> George Barna, head of the Barna Group, is an evangelical himself.
>>
>> His study showed that Non Denominational (made up of mostly evangelical
>> bible churches) and Baptists had the highest divorce rates with 34% and
>> 29%
>> respectively, with the U.S. rate 25%.
>>
>> Divorce rates for atheists/agnostic is 21%
>
> Yet this Pew Research poll (more recognized) is by a NON-Christian
> with nothing to gain by making Christians look good...yet, it has a
> lower divorce rate.

What Pew research poll?

The one you don't provide a link?