As a Christian, I’m absolutely going to get out and vote. I’m going to vote to ensure I’ll be able to vote again in 2028.
Someone’s never planning to leave. Just like last time.
60 percent identifies as Christian, but when you look at whether they go to church or not, that number is smaller. 57% of Americans are seldom or never in religious service attendance (Gallup).
– He didn’t say that
– It was taken out of context
– It was a joke
– He said it to piss off snowflakes
– What about this other irrelevant thing?
Here’s the thing about the 60% number: Christian is the default answer for a whole lot of Americans who aren’t religious. Part of that it is tied up with not identifying as anything else, and much of it is residual (nobody in their family has been religious since their grandmothers, but both grandmothers were Christian).
>Three in 10 Americans say they attend religious services every week (21%) or almost every week (9%), while 11% report attending about once a month and 56% seldom (25%) or never (31%) attend.
Those numbers are self-reported, and most of the ones claiming to go to church every week are lying. When you actually count butts-in-seats, or (miraculously) use cell-phone tracking data too see how many people are visiting a church, mosque, or synagogue each week, the number is about 5%. So 75% of those who claim to go to church every week are lying. Americans are nowhere near as Christian as survey data indicates.
There will be Christians who cry that church attendance is not an indicator of religiosity! That works for some churches, but what about Catholics, who are *required* to confess, receive absolution, and take communion every week, or risk the fires of Hell? How many of them *claim* to go to church each week? Only 23% of those who answer that Catholic is their religion claim to go to church each week (much less actually attend).
Barna Group research (biased in favor of Christianity) delves into actual beliefs that Americans hold, rather than the label that they slap onto themselves. By asking about specific beliefs they found that approximately 4% of American adults hold the beliefs to “have a Biblical worldview”. Their litmus test might be too stringent, but America is closer to 4% Christian than 60% Christian.
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As a Christian, I’m absolutely going to get out and vote. I’m going to vote to ensure I’ll be able to vote again in 2028.
Someone’s never planning to leave. Just like last time.
60 percent identifies as Christian, but when you look at whether they go to church or not, that number is smaller. 57% of Americans are seldom or never in religious service attendance (Gallup).
– He didn’t say that
– It was taken out of context
– It was a joke
– He said it to piss off snowflakes
– What about this other irrelevant thing?
Here’s the thing about the 60% number: Christian is the default answer for a whole lot of Americans who aren’t religious. Part of that it is tied up with not identifying as anything else, and much of it is residual (nobody in their family has been religious since their grandmothers, but both grandmothers were Christian).
>Three in 10 Americans say they attend religious services every week (21%) or almost every week (9%), while 11% report attending about once a month and 56% seldom (25%) or never (31%) attend.
Those numbers are self-reported, and most of the ones claiming to go to church every week are lying. When you actually count butts-in-seats, or (miraculously) use cell-phone tracking data too see how many people are visiting a church, mosque, or synagogue each week, the number is about 5%. So 75% of those who claim to go to church every week are lying. Americans are nowhere near as Christian as survey data indicates.
There will be Christians who cry that church attendance is not an indicator of religiosity! That works for some churches, but what about Catholics, who are *required* to confess, receive absolution, and take communion every week, or risk the fires of Hell? How many of them *claim* to go to church each week? Only 23% of those who answer that Catholic is their religion claim to go to church each week (much less actually attend).
Barna Group research (biased in favor of Christianity) delves into actual beliefs that Americans hold, rather than the label that they slap onto themselves. By asking about specific beliefs they found that approximately 4% of American adults hold the beliefs to “have a Biblical worldview”. Their litmus test might be too stringent, but America is closer to 4% Christian than 60% Christian.