Does anyone know the %age of xians in the US?

Deleted · Post by **Deleted** » Thu Jun 28, 2001 3:05 am

I was having a conversation with people on AIM just a minute ago... The conversation was pretty dumb for the most part - i.e:
Him: "you've never felt what I've felt when I talk to god."
Me: "How the hell do you know"
Him: "You can't possibly have felt what I have"
Me: "how do you know?!"
Him: "I just do"

But it was interesting nontheless, 'cuz it stoppes my boredom. But then the guy said something like, "then how come Christ makes 98% of the US population happy?"

98%?!?!?!?! Is it just me or that number unreasonbly high? Isn't the %age of atheist in the US something like 10%? So that bumps the Highest possible %age down to 90%, not including the vast amounts of other religions. And not including the people that lie on their census forms just to look good. So after that I laughed and left, I figured there was absolutly no hope with arguing with him.

Just to make sure I didn't make an ass out of myself (I made fun of him for that number). Does anyone know the actual %ages of religions in the US?

Deleted · Post by **Deleted** » Thu Jun 28, 2001 3:10 am

I think it's about 50% protestant and 25% Catholic. The rest is a variety of non Xian including 10% atheist/agnostic.

Those are round numbers.

Deleted · Post by **Deleted** » Thu Jun 28, 2001 3:14 am

Update:

Religions: Protestant 56%, Roman Catholic 28%, Jewish 2%, other 4%, none 10% (1989)

From the CIA at this link

[This message has been edited by crazyfingers (edited June 27, 2001).]

Deleted · Post by **Deleted** » Thu Jun 28, 2001 4:01 am

From Encyclopaedia Brittanica 2001 Year Book (hard copy):

World:

Christian 33%
Non Christian 67%

USA

Christian 84.6%
Non Christian 15.4%

If anyone is interested, I will take the time to prepare and post this list in detail, by denomination and affiliation. Just let me know.

Norm.

Deleted · Post by **Deleted** » Thu Jun 28, 2001 5:13 am

Originally posted by trunks2k:

Him: "you've never felt what I've felt when I talk to god."
Me: "How the hell do you know"
Him: "You can't possibly have felt what I have"
Me: "how do you know?!"
Him: "I just do"

Don't you just love xtians? Don't you just love how they can read minds? Isn't it interesting that they know so much more than you or I yet still believe in such irrational things as a big friend in the sky?
I hate being told what I think, feel, or am.

 Does anyone know the actual %ages of religions in the US?

It's too high.

P.S. How's Vegeta doing these days?

Deleted · Post by **Deleted** » Thu Jun 28, 2001 5:17 am

Originally posted by WWSD:

Don't you just love how they can read minds?

Thinking that I can't feel waht he does isn't even the tip of the iceberg. He originally assumed that I was sad and ngry and christians. And then he said I like to belittle people that I feel are below me. That was before I even had a chance to talk!!

Deleted · Post by **Deleted** » Thu Jun 28, 2001 10:53 am

norm

Those look like good stats to me. However, didn't I hear a rumor about the people who have taken over control of the "Brittanica" operation? (I'll see if I can run the rumor to ground before making comment.)

trunks2k

You might find this helpful for some specifics:

http://www.adherents.com/

Deleted · Post by **Deleted** » Fri Jun 29, 2001 8:19 pm

I think the amount of xians is 9.5 billion...kinda' sad to know so many people lie to the natural world just to live with themselves.

Deleted · Post by **Deleted** » Sat Jun 30, 2001 1:39 am

Originally posted by Detached:
I think the amount of xians is 9.5 billion...kinda' sad to know so many people lie to the natural world just to live with themselves.

9.5 billion? That seems astronomically large... I don't even think the population of the Earth is 10 Billion yet....

Deleted · Post by **Deleted** » Sat Jun 30, 2001 1:42 am

Damn those catholics