Posted on 07/02/2014 5:05:48 PM PDT by Faith Presses On
The religious right remains one of the most potent forces in American politics, but Northeasterners could be forgiven for forgetting. Evangelical Christians and Mormons, the two religious groups who most consistently espouse conservative political and cultural views, are basically absent in the Northeastern corridor.
The map shows the number of regular Evangelical Christian or Mormon congregation members, as reported by religious bodies. The data, therefore, does not include every Mormon or Evangelical Christian in the country. Black Protestant denominations are a separate category from other Evangelical Protestant denominations in this data set, and are not represented on this map.
The map does not neatly represent the religious right, either. There are many religious and cultural conservatives who do not regularly attend church, perhaps especially in West Virginia, where reported attendance is unusually low.
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My county in Tennessee is 62% Evangelical Christian! The other 38% must be Democrats.
What Protestant church doesn’t believe in the Trinity? I think to be of the same faith you must believe in the same God.
Jesus had Peter set up the Church.
Some German Apostate came along and gummed up the works about 1500 years later.
Homosexuals and lesbians abound in the "clergy" spawned by Luther.
Not likely
Even though we are traditional Catholics and kind of “fit with” the evangelicals as far as voting behavior goes, the map doesn’t include us (although the author points out the situation in text). BTW, I would never want to live in one of those southeastern states with counties that are five feet wide. Here the counties can be 100 miles in a dimension (correlating inversely with population).
I'm not aware of a Protestant church that doesn't believe in the Trinity but Protestant merely means their lineage traces back to Catholicism and Catholicism if I remember correctly is where the doctrine was formalized.
While a particular church may require belief in the Trinity as a condition for membership, saying such belief is a requirement for salvation would be unbiblical.
‘What Protestant church doesn’t believe in the Trinity? I think to be of the same faith you must believe in the same God....’
I have questioned this for years. Unitarians call themselves Christians, yet they are mostly an agnostic group, I believe. What about Seventh Day Adventists? Jehovah’s Witnesses - not Christians at all, right?
Sure. No homos in The Roman Catholic clergy.
OK, pal.
What do you believe to be a person's requirement for salvation?
That explains my Oklahaman grandfather.
Sounds like you studied theology. I should say mainline Protestants believe in The Trinity. I have a cousin who mixes Far East religions and christianty and calls herself christian, she’s not. I don’t know anything about the other religions you mentioned. I know some about mormons from FR.
I agree but do question the importance of a doctrine not mentioned in the bible and that wasn't formalized until well after the scriptures had been closed?
I have a cousin who mixes Far East religions and christianty and calls herself christian, she’s not.
Same issue with Masons. People who are Masons may call themselves Christians and faithfully show up every Sunday morning at (insert church name) then later head off to the Masonic lodge/temple. A person watching these Masons could become suspicious that they may have some doubts about Christ's sacrifice.
I don’t know anything about the other religions you mentioned. I know some about mormons from FR.
I personally consider anyone who believes in Christ's sacrifice to be a Christian. Beyond that, we get into categories of Christian such as those who believe in Christ's sacrifice AND try to live in accordance with scripture, etc, etc, etc.
The atheists and godless vote for Democrats.
What do you believe to be a person’s requirement for salvation?
Gods word convicts us of our sins, we must acknowledge our sins, repent and believe and accept Jesus death on the cross as payment for our sins, turn from our sins and we will be saved. We are saved by grace and not works.
I agree.
People will have to go to the source to see the map. It won’t post here.
Source and authority for that statement?
Why are you telling me this?
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