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Posted on 11/08/2011 8:53:40 AM PST by Clint N. Suhks
A majority of Democrats—52 percent—say they seldom or never go to church, according to Gallup data published Monday.
That result is based on Gallup’s daily tracking polls conducted between June 1 and Aug. 31 of this year.
In addition to the 52 percent of Democrats who told Gallup they seldom or never go to church, another 20 percent said they go to church nearly weekly or monthly, and 27 percent said they go weekly.
On Oct. 28, Gallup reported that its daily tracking polls between June 1 and Aug. 31 showed that 38 percent of Republicans said they seldom or never go to church, while 21 percent said they go to church nearly weekly or monthly, and 40 percent said they go weekly.
When asked by Gallup what their religious denomination was, 19 percent of Democrats said they had none, while 9 percent of Republicans said they belonged to no religious denomination.
Democrats are less religious than the typical American and Republicans are more religous, according to Gallup’s data. Overall, 15 percent of Americans told Gallup they had no religious denomination. Also, overall, 46 percent of Americans told Gallup they seldom or never went to church, while 20 percent said they went to church nearly weekly or monthly, and 33 percent said they went weekly.
Gallup defines “Democrats” in its polling analysis as “those who either identify as Democrats or who identify as independents but say they lean toward the Democratic Party.” Similarly, it defines “Republicans” as "those who either identify as Republicans, or who identify as independents but say they lean toward the Republican Party.”
Beliefs belong in church.
Perhaps beliefs need to exist
Some people may be uncomfortable with the notion that God might take sides in war; that God might be induced by prayer to give victory to one side, when that victory almost certainly means the slaughter of soldiers and civilians on the other side, all equally human, all equally deserving of life.My shorthand answer to that, of course, is that if God is not in this war, you had better not be either, that if the idea of a war “under God” is terrifying, it can’t compare in horror to a war in which God is not present.
And that, friend, almost describes the Viet Nam War when seen through a certain lens.
Mom, Apple Pie, and the Ghost of Quagmires Past
21 January, 2004 | marron
A Christian that votes Democrat either doesn’t understand his faith, or politics, or both.
&&A Majority of Democrats Seldom or Never Go to Church**
So this is the problem!
**A Majority of Democrats Seldom or Never Go to Church**
So this is the problem!
A lot of prayers are needed to bring them back to God.
My guess is that the figures overstate church attendance—people may exaggerate how often they attend to make themselves look better to the pollster.
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