Reflections on the Latest Pew Survey Documenting “Religious Decline” – Not So Fast

Archdiocese of Washington ^ | 05-13-15 | Msgr. Charles Pope

[Pollster1]

All this said, in my 54+ years on this planet . . .

Pope is only 54 years old? I pointed this out to my wife, saying, "it would take a miracle to be that eloquent at his age."

Her response: "Exactly."

[NorthMountain]

Catholic priests or deacons can always preach about an issue during a sermon.

Thank you!

ANY Church, ANY Pastor, ANY Preacher can do that. That's my point.

[Biggirl]

Thank-you Salvation for clearing it up. God Bless.

[Biggirl]

What gets me upset is that double standard going on.

[Biggirl]

What gets me upset more is those priests or ministers who “walk on egg shells” in regards to such issues, out of FEAR of losing the “tax exempt status”, but that is me.

[NorthMountain]

If it weren’t for double standards, the demonicrats would have no standards at all ...

So I have a message for them:

“We have upped our standards. Up yours.”

;’}

[Biggirl]

:)

[NorthMountain]

From #17: “The tax-exempt thing provides cover for cowards who don’t want to preach on difficult topics for fear of “dividing the congregation”.”

I think we’re on the same page, here ...

[Biggirl]

Thank-you and God Bless.

[Mrs. Don-o]

:o)

[Grateful2God]

**But you cannot deny that it was a BIG FACTOR, the voter fraud.**

Agreed. One word: acorn. And they said Nixon ran a crooked election...

We still don't know for sure if he was born in this country.

[Grateful2God]

**"'All this said, in my 54+ years on this planet' . . . Pope is only 54 years old? "**

OK, since you mentioned it, my first thought on that line was:

Oh my Lord, I'm actually older than the (Monsignor) Pope!👵

[LadyDoc]

the graph used to illustrate the essay shows their bias.

They don’t show a graph from one to 100, but a smaller range of numbers which make a one percent change look significant, and a six percent change look huge.

Yet polls usually have a 3 to 4 percent error, and polls trying to establish a complicated thing such as belief may not get the nuances.. . (the Barna polls, for example, phrase questions about literal bible belief that Catholics might not say yes to...asking about how often you go to church may not take into consideration those of us who cannot get to church, and shudder because of the hippy happy services at our nearby parish, so prefer to watch it on TV).

And then, if it is a telephone poll, you get a bias against the poor and the elderly.

Given the daily pro atheism propaganda on the web and tv, I have no doubt that smartass kids say they are atheists, but when they grow up and start to wonder about life, maybe they will discover they were wrong.

[Pollster1]

I visualized him with white hair. Now I realize he’s just inspired.