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Atheists who believe in God, and other recent findings.

Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 7/18/2008 08:48AM

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21% Self-described atheists who say they believe in God.

13% Christians who attend evangelical churches who say God is more of an impersonal force than a person with whom people can have a relationship.

(Source: Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life)

9% Protestants who say they speak or pray in tongues weekly or more often.

9% Catholics who say this.

12% Orthodox Christians who say this.

(Source: Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life)

52% Evangelicals who in 2004 agreed that "strict rules to protect the environment are necessary even if they cost jobs or result in higher prices."

43% Evangelicals who agree in 2008.

(Source: Henry Institute at Calvin College)

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andrew tucker

Posted: July 21, 2008 9:57 PM

I wander what is the percentage that think that christians and church service is just praying for someone. A lot know we are supposed to be Gods hands. When we become the hands, this creates a different world. What is the percentage of persons that view these comments?I have written controversial stuff on here.Rev 12:9! I have been alone for almost 12 years total.Remember protestant doct confuse,col 3:11-circumcision,Levitcus(no peircing).Lost kids and their mothers.Gods attitude?Christian college girls and males relations?Then marriage.Heaven is joyful.Why so much(neglect, rejection, charismatic embarrassment,deaths,murders) and then predict 1000s of persons helping and being Gods hands. How could you lie about today. Like the sacrificers had no lover of their souls.Then why allow so much in the USA.And then the antichrist tortures everywhere and their smiles and our defeats blamed on us.The future dead kids and tortured women.Low amount christian businesses. USA crooked-romans+demo

Mike aka MonolithTMA

Posted: July 20, 2008 5:29 PM


Timothy said "Isn't an Atheist that accepts the premise of a possible God technically an Agnostic? " Perhaps to some, but the terms weak and strong atheist are more common, and no "weak" is not being used in a derogatory sense here. Many who call themselves agnostic actually believe in some sort of force or higher power, that they feel they can not identity or know.

Rosemary

Posted: July 22, 2008 12:35 PM


Perhaps, John, protecting the environment is an exaggerated need. Of course we need to be good stewards of all resources but when you have the "general population" buying into things like global warning it's easy to move away from them.