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.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
This map is misleading.
As an example, Duval county Florida is dark purple with 32%, while neighboring Clay county is only 27% (medium purple).
Many of Duval county’s evangelicals are black and vote for Corrine Brown and Bathhouse Barry. Most of Clay county’s evangelicals are strong Conservatives and wouldn’t p!ss on Brown and Barry if they were on fire!
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What’s an Evangelical?
I’ve been wanting to know that since the Left invented that term 10 years ago to refer to Christians of some sort.
Seems rather strange to combine evangicals and mormons and leave out all others.
Yup, these maps usually are.
Oh stop.
It's a term from the 1500's to designate Christian churches that emphasize the teachings and authority of the Scriptures, as opposed to the institutional "authority" of the Church machine.
And stressing that salvation is achieved (only) by personal faith in Jesus Christ as savior.
There are few inconsistencies if you do a side-by-side comparison with the red/blue political map. Nonetheless, I place little stock in these types of maps anymore.
I’ve been wanting to know that since the Left invented that term 10 years ago to refer to Christians of some sort.”
I am sure neither the author nor anyone else at the NYT knows what an Evangelical or a devout Christian is.
They just make up things like this to insult and ridicule people of faith.
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14
Good point.
My area is white (less than 10%) and while I’d agree it’s a little lost spiritually, it’s got a lot of Christians.
I’m proud to say Pasco county FL, did NOT vote for Obama for EITHER presidential election. We were smarter than that.
I think it's for political reasons and not "faith".
Typically "Evangelicals" are social conservatives like Mormons - as opposed to mainline Protestant churches (Episcopal, Presbeterian, etc) that are pretty-much sold out to the Liberal agenda.
And I guess Roman Catholics, although the Church is officially pro-life, pro-family, etc, many of the adherents are socially liberal (except Freepers, of course).
Maybe I’d better make that clearer. Colored white as part of the key meaning that it is NOT considered evangelical.
Evangelicals believe in the great commission Jesus gave us.
“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Mormons are not Christians. Catholics and Protestants believe in the Trinity. Mormons do not.
Mormons do not believe in the same god as Christians. Their Mormon book is totally different the the bible. They believe they will live on different planets and if good enough, get there own planet to run when they die.
Does it concern anyone when the left, whose number one enemy is Christians, is mapping out where we live?
I wonder why Bledsoe Co., Tennessee, is lighter than the counties around it. Its voting record in 2008 was similar to the countries around it (roughly 2-1 for McCain over Obama). I don’t have the 2012 figures handy.
I think it safer to say Mormons are not mainstream Christians. Belief in the Trinity is not a condition for salvation and scriptural support for the Trinity is not as strong as many assume it to be.
am moving to Tyler texas, which Glad to see seems to be the best color out there
Home base of "Scary Gary" North.
The main Protestant church in Germany (Lutheran/Calvinist) is called evangelisch.
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