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Date Posted: 20:09:44 03/10/04 Wed
Author: mt. healthy mountaineer
Subject: Re: These are questions asked of people
In reply to: Bob 's message, "These are questions asked of people" on 19:27:38 03/10/04 Wed

Nope, I did not follow the link (my bad) but now that I've gone I consider it even less accurate than I had assumed. According to the same poll you quoted 40-45% of the American public goes to church during the week. If you've ever been on the road on a Sunday morning you know full well that 45% of the population is not going to church - those are rush-hour type statistics! The pews would be packed and overflowing! I wish it were so but it isn't.

I know my 2 brothers-in-law would still claim to be Lutheran due to heritage.

True statistics would look at actual church attendance, not on membership nor on what the person says in a poll. When our church looks at our attendance numbers we do not look at baptized members or communicant members - we look at weekly attendance numbers. That tells you who you are reaching and who really is a part of your church and your faith.

BOB: If the same question were asked of the folks you mention I suspect they'd end up in the None or Undesignated columns.

I know my 2 brothers-in-law would still claim to be Lutheran due to heritage. I doubt the other two would, you are right. Still, that gives you a figure of 50% from a group that really should be 0%.

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Note: this previous post was poorly edited! (NT) -- mt. healthy mountaineer, 20:11:09 03/10/04 Wed
Re: These are questions asked of people -- Bob, 21:20:41 03/10/04 Wed
- I'm just saying.... -- mt. healthy mountaineer, 21:24:20 03/11/04 Thu
  - Re: I'm just saying.... -- Adilbrand, 22:03:16 03/11/04 Thu
    - I think you started this with your comparisons about lesbian porn and # of Christians in USA (NT) -- Mt. Healthy Mountaineer, 23:08:34 03/12/04 Fri
      - Re: I think you started this with your comparisons about lesbian porn and # of Christians in USA -- Adilbrand, 01:04:02 03/14/04 Sun
        We just dissected all of the parts of your original comment and used it up for all it was worth! (NT) -- Mt. Healthy mountaineer, 16:42:14 03/15/04 Mon
  - That's easy to say -- Bob, 09:03:34 03/12/04 Fri
    - Re: That's easy to say -- mt. healthy mountaineer, 23:04:01 03/12/04 Fri