Show us the evidence, please. Because those figures contradict the Barna Group in 2007 which showed that 49% of adults identify themselves as attenders of Protestant churches, while 23% say they attend the Catholic segment.
Further, regarding weekly Church attendance -- Evangelical Protestants showed the highest participation of 60% (30% more than once a week). Catholics were at 45% (9% more than once a week.) From the Gallup poll between 2002 and 2005 found here...http://www.christianpost.com/article/20060418/weekly-attendance-highest-among-Evangelical-churches.htm
Oh well, off to find where Eck said she wanted the Catholic church to be destroyed
That should keep you busy, chasing after phantom comments.
>> Show us the evidence, please <<
I told you precisely where I got the statistics.
>> Because those figures contradict the Barna Group in 2007 <<
Barna is fundamentalist outfit with no clientele other then themselves who report nothing but their own self interest. The same Barna people will report that alternately that fundamentalist churches are exploding, and that Christianity is nearly extinct. Contrarily, while I find the NCC politics deplorable, their data is based on actual church membership statistics, not a random poll of selected individuals.
As for your Gallup article, the actual poll in question shows that the “Protestant” groups with the highest attendance are Church of Christ (i.e., Barry Obama), Mormons, and Pentecostalists. Your newspaper report spun the article in a grossly deceitful way. “Other Protestants” rank at 61. Your beloved Calvinist was actually BELOW Catholic attendance.
But now, think of this: If only 26% of Americans actually belong to a Protestant Church, but 70% of Americans regard themselves as Protestants, than it stands to reason that the proportion of church-going Protestants to Protestant church members is going to be very high. So the gallup poll showing high church attendance rates PER DENOMINATION is actually consistent both with low overall church attendance AND low membership statistics.