Posted on 12/30/2008 4:47:26 PM PST by SeekAndFind
While Catholics and Protestants both fall under the broad umbrella of Christianity, they practice their faith in different ways.
A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of regular churchgoers found that 25% of Evangelical Christians read the Bible on a daily basis along with 20% of other Protestants. Just seven percent (7%) of Catholics do the same. At the other extreme, 44% of Catholics rarely or never read the Bible along with only seven percent (7%) of Evangelical Christians and 13% of other Protestants.
Consider the divergence among the faiths in other areas, too. (All the figures that follow are based upon those who attend church at least twice a month.)
Ninety-one percent (91%) of Evangelical Christians consider themselves to be born again. Sixty-three percent (63%) of other Protestants have been born again along with 25% of Catholics.
Forty-four percent (44%) of Evangelical Christians reflect at least daily on the meaning of Scripture in their lives. Thirty-six percent (36%) of other Protestants and 22% of Catholics do the same.
Fifty-two percent (52%) of Evangelical Christians have had a meaningful discussion about their faith with a non-Christian during the past month. Twenty-eight percent (28%) of other Protestants and 18% of Catholics also have held such a discussion.
Sixty-eight percent (68%) of Evangelical Christians attend a regular Bible Study or participate in some other small-group activity. Forty-seven percent (47%) of other Protestants take part in small groups related to their faith, along with 24% of Catholics.
Seventy-one percent (71%) of Evangelical Christians say their Church does an excellent job helping them understand the Bible. Fifty-seven percent (57%) of other Protestants and 52% of Catholics say the same.
Despite these differences, the overwhelming majority of all Christians believe that the God of the Bible is the one true God. Ninety-eight percent (98%) of churchgoing Evangelical Christians hold that view along with 94% of other Protestants and 92% of Catholics.
Forty-four percent (44%) of American adults attend Christian church services at least twice a month, and 92% of these regular churchgoers believe the God of the Bible is the one true God.
Sixty-one percent (61%) of adults also say life in the United States would be better if more Americans lived as Christians.
Almost all of the mass is scripture when you get right down to it.
A lot of us go to daily mass to receive Jesus every day because we love him that much. I never grow tired of my Lord and Savior.
Sorry, Paridel, we keep neglecting to differentiate between “Protestant” churches.
Anglican and Lutheran, oddly enough, are quite distinct from what we laxly call Protestant beliefs.
Apologies..
good Lord! we get all that and more...were you sleeping during mass?
LOL......repeating a prayer word in centering is much the same......saying the Rosary while contemplating on the life of Jesus......we are extreme multi-taskers...read some scripture, think of that scripture while reciting the Rosary....very simple and beautiful.
Our mass lasts well over an hour.......most do.....you have been gone a long time, pal.
Incidentally, I've read a couple of studies recently that say the fastest growing religion in the US is “none”. I'm not sure if that is completely accurate, but I certainly would be just as happy if those join the ranks of Catholics as any other church. I've spent almost a decade in college (currently a PhD candidate in EE) and I'm afraid our education system has as much to do with that as anything else.
Oh, and Happy New Year!
-paridel
Thank you.
And Happy New Years to you!
You are grieving the Holy Spirit with your stubbornness.
>>I don’t think Rasmussen ( a very accurate pollster I must add ) has an agenda at all.<<
He is a pollster. All of them start with a base. Who hired him to do this poll? There is your agenda.
YOU speak for the Holy Spirit? how arrogant of you....that was one of Lucifer’s downfalls.
I hope you took note that I defended MY faith on this thread...I have no desire to attack your faith. I was hoping to spread some understanding. We are all Christians and we should learn to respect one another. Please do not post to me again. Thanks. Happy New Year.
>>Do you know who hired him to do the poll ?<<
When you do, you know what they are looking for.
“So do you call the reading of scripture from the Bible aloud in church a sermon? We differentiate between the two.”
Our Pastor reads a scripture, we read along and then he explains how that particular passage applies to us today. We are probably talking about the same thing, we just have different names for it.
“A lot of us go to daily mass to receive Jesus every day because we love him that much. I never grow tired of my Lord and Savior.”
Thats just wonderful. I had confused “receiving Jesus” with being saved or born again....I think many of our differences are terminology based.
If we are looking for what we have in common, rather than our differences....we will understand we are truly brothers and sisters in Christ.
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