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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:35 PM Original message |
Holy Moly! Is America really this religious? |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. Where the Hell did they take THAT poll??? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. at churches |
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Spock_is_Skeptical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
41. that's gotta be it, then. nt |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. You don't have to be religious to believe in God or heaven. |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Question for you... |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I guess it depends. |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I value your take... |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Yes, most Americans say they believe |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. No, absolutely not. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Yes! "I'm glad more people are finding god and leaving the church." Lenny Bruce |
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Somawas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. The wierdest thing to me |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. There are a lot of people who don't know the difference between atheism and agnosticism |
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Somawas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. I just related what the article said. |
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tulsakatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. actually I read something recently....... |
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Drifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. A secret ballot ... |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
9. I am agnostic, so do I believe in God? |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. I'm an agnostic in that I can't disprove the existence of a God... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. and if one is under-educated, dead-tired from working 3 shit-jobs |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. The poll asks whether people believe in 'God' or a 'universal power' |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. could be their all like my friend from h.s. who wasn't sure if there's a god but was afraid not to |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
15. Too bad religious doesn't equate with peace and love of fellow human beings.. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
17. not for nothing, but I think 90% of DU believes in God |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Probably more like 50%. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
20. Luke 13:22-30; Matthew 7:15-23; Matthew 23:23-28 |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I want to know how many people know these Bible verses... |
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hokies4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. They should ask how many people think they're going to heaven |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
22. No. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. Was just looking at the Pew Survey and it's got problems... |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
47. Well, It IS a PEW survey after all. (They ask people who are sitting in PEWS!) n/t |
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KatyaR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
25. No. |
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Blue Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. Sometimes I wonder... |
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hokies4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
27. It's called hedging your bets |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
29. difference believing in god, higher power ect... and religious. 90% |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
30. Yes, there is such a thing as the religious left. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. No, the survey misrepresents its own results to maximize the God thing. |
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faithfulcitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
34. "Religious" does not equal "Believe in God." I think the study is accurate. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. I'm always amazed to see liberals who treat those two ideas as equivalent. |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
35. It depends on how you define "religious" |
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Levgreee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
36. Yes, I believe 90% is correct. Don't confuse "believing in god" with "religious" though |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
37. Yes believe it or not there is even a religious left. |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
38. It's a mistake not to pander to Christians and believers and I hope Obama does.. |
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Spock_is_Skeptical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
40. what a bullshit poll. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
42. i'll bet 60% think Jeebus looked like Kenny Rodgers on a really good day |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
43. I don't think they got a good sample..seems skewed. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
44. The Pacific Northwest is the most secular region of the country |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
45. That is rather pathetic..90% |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
46. I saw that on the news |
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