[tenn2005]

Why do you insist on showing your ignorance? Any reliable atlas will tell you that the largest denomination in the United Stats are the Babtist.

[magisterium]

I believe you were referring to the Baptists. But you would be wrong. Check out any atlas yourself, or, check out what I have handy here in front of me: the 2001 "World Almanac and Book of Facts."

The largest group shown there is "Roman Catholics" at 62,018,436. The next largest is the Southern Baptist Convention at 15,729,356. Third are the Methodists, at 8,400,000. Taking all of the Baptist denominations shown and combining them yields 32,924,434. I'm not sure what your point is here, but you are demonstrably wrong.

I only mention this to correct the record. I have no interest in the "numbers game," save only that it would be a much better world if all humanity truly knew Christ as He would have Himself known.

[Nihil Obstat]

"Why do you insist on showing your ignorance? Any reliable atlas will tell you that the largest denomination in the United Stats are the Babtist."

From Adherents.com - largest religious groups in USA, 2004.

http://www.adherents.com/rel_USA.html#religions

Catholic 71,796,719

Baptist 47,744,049

Methodist/Wesleyan 19,969,799

Lutheran 13,520,189

Presbyterian 7,897,597

Pentecostal/Charismatic 6,219,569

Episcopalian/Anglican 4,870,373

Judaism 3,995,371

Latter-day Saints/Mormon 3,806,258

Churches of Christ 3,659,483

Congregational/
United Church of Christ 1,944,762

Jehovah's Witnesses 1,878,431

Assemblies of God 1,560,890

[Conservative til I die]

Why do you insist on showing your ignorance? Any reliable atlas will tell you that the largest denomination in the United Stats are the Babtist.

What the hell is a Babtist? And why are you calling anyone else ignorant? What a laugh.

PS - The US is 25% Catholic, the largest denomination in the US.

[Cronos]

really dude -- you are so wrong, it's funny. Baptists worldwide are less than the total number of Catholics in the USA

Religious body	Year Reported	Churches Reported	Membership	Number of Pastors	Percentage of population
			(thousands)
African Methodist Episcopal Church	1999	(NA)	2,500	7,741	1.48
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	2002	3,226	1,431	3,252	0.85
American Baptist Association	1998	1,760	275	1,740	0.16
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.	1998	3,800	1,507	4,145	0.89
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Diocese of North America	1998	220	65	263	0.04
Armenian Apostolic Church of America	1998	28	200	25	0.12
Assemblies of God	1998	11,937	2,526	18,148	1.50
Baptist Bible Fellowship International	1997	4,500	1,200	(NA)	0.71
Baptist General Conference	1998	876	141	(NA)	0.08
Baptist Missionary Association of America	1999	1,334	235	1,525	0.14
Buddhist	1990	(NA)	401	(NA)	0.24
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The	1998	1,964	346	1,629	0.21
Christian Brethren (Plymouth Brethren)	1997	1,150	100	(NA)	0.06
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	1997	3,818	879	3,419	0.52
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	1998	5,579	1,072	5,525	0.64
Christian Congregation, Inc., The	1998	1,438	117	1,436	0.07
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	1983	2,340	719	(NA)	0.43
Christian Reformed Church in North America	1998	733	199	655	0.12
Church of God in Christ	1991	15,300	5,500	28,988	3.27
Church of God of Prophecy	1997	1,908	77	2,000	0.05
Church of God (Anderson, IN)	1998	2,353	234	3,034	0.14
Church of God (Cleveland, TN)	1995	6,060	753	3,121	0.45
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	1997	10,811	4,923	32,433	2.92
Church of the Brethren	1997	1,095	141	827	0.08
Church of the Nazarene	1998	5,101	627	4,598	0.37
Churches of Christ	1999	15,000	1,500	14,500	0.89
Conservative Baptist Association of America	1998	1,200	200	(NA)	0.12
Community of Christ	1998	1,236	140	19,319	0.08
Coptic Orthodox Church	1992	85	180	65	0.11
Cumberland Presbyterian Church	1998	774	87	634	0.05
Episcopal Church	1996	7,390	2,365	8,131	1.40
Evangelical Covenant Church, The	1998	628	97	607	0.06
Evangelical Free Church of America, The	1995	1,224	243	1,936	0.14
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	1998	10,862	5,178	9,646	3.07
Evangelical Presbyterian Church	1998	187	61	262	0.04
Free Methodist Church of North America	1998	990	73	(NA)	0.04
Full Gospel Fellowship of Churches and Ministers International	1999	896	275	2,070	0.16
General Association of General Baptists	1997	790	72	1,085	0.04
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches	1998	1,415	102	(NA)	0.06
General Conference Mennonite Brethren Churches	1996	368	82	590	0.05
Grace Gospel Fellowship	1992	128	60	160	0.04
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	1998	523	1,955	596	1.16
Hinduism	1990	(NA)	227	(NA)	0.13
Independent Fundamental Churches of America	1999	659	62	(NA)	0.04
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	1998	1,851	238	4,900	0.14
International Council of Community Churches	1998	150	250	182	0.15
International Pentecostal Holiness Church	1998	1,716	177	1,507	0.11
Jehovah's Witnesses	1999	11,064	1,040	(NA)	0.62
Jewish	1998	(NA)	6,041	(NA)	3.59
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, The	1998	6,218	2,594	5,227	1.54
Mennonite Church	1998	926	92	(NA)	0.05
Muslim/Islamic	1990	(NA)	527	(NA)	0.31
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches	1998	416	67	534	0.04
National Association of Free Will Baptists	1998	2,297	210	2,800	0.12
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	1987	2,500	3,500	8,000	2.08
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	1992	33,000	8,200	32,832	4.87
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America	1992	(NA)	2,500	(NA)	1.48
Old Order Amish Church	1993	898	81	3,592	0.05
Orthodox Church in America	1998	625	1,000	700	0.59
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc.	1998	1,750	1,500	4,500	0.89
Pentecostal Church of God	1998	1,237	104	(NA)	0.06
Presbyterian Church in America	1997	1,340	280	1,642	0.17
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	1998	11,260	3,575	9,390	2.12
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	1995	2,000	2,500	(NA)	1.48
Reformed Church in America	1998	902	296	915	0.18
Religious Society of Friends (Conservative).	1994	1,200	104	(NA)	0.06
Roman Catholic Church, The	2002	19,484	66,404	(NA)	39.42
Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America, The	1996	37	65	37	0.04
Salvation Army, The	1998	1,388	471	2,920	0.28
Serbian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A. and Canada	1986	68	67	60	0.04
Seventh-day Adventist Church	1998	4,405	840	2,454	0.50
Southern Baptist Convention	1998	40,870	15,729	71,520	9.34
Unitarian Universalist	1990	(NA)	502	(NA)	0.30
United Church of Christ	1998	6,017	1,421	4,317	0.84
United Methodist Church, The	1998	36,170	8,400	(NA)	4.99
Wesleyan Church, The	1998	1,590	120	1,806	0.07
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	1997	1,240	411	1,222	0.24