Posted on 08/30/2017 7:12:30 PM PDT by marshmallow
Poll: 83% of Catholics think Satan is just a symbol
Eight in ten U.S. Catholics don't believe that Satan actually exists, according to a new analysis of statistics.
In an online post dated August 24, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) dissected raw data from the Faith and Global Policy Challenges Survey. This 2011 study polled 1,496 adults in the United States who profess belief in the existence of God with special emphasis on Christians.
CARA's analysis highlighted a concerning trend among Catholic respondents. Only 17 percent of Catholics said they believe that Satan is a living being. The vast majority, the remaining 83 percent, report thinking of Satan as merely a symbol of evil.
Satan's literal existence was most popular among Evangelical Protestants, 55 percent of whom said they believe the devil is a real being.
The fraction of the Catholic constituency that affirmed the devil's existence was smaller than that of any other religious group. Belief in the devil was almost as rare among Catholics as it was among those with no religious affiliation (16%).
Mark M. Gray, editor of CARA's research blog, dug deeper into the survey's raw data. He noted that Catholics who admit Satan's real existence are more likely to support pro-life initiatives, see the world as divided between good and evil and believe in spiritual and moral obligations.
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The hell, you say!
Most Catholics don’t even know why they’re in church.
Doesn’t matter what you call it. Evil clearly exists.
Well that explains the depravity in the Catholic Church.
Sad, but not surprised. Guess they forgot that there are some things that cannot be forgiven.
It is easy to see the devil most every day. Therefore all these people are blind in some way. My opinion.
Baloney!!!
Yowza!
Job 1:7
The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”
Then they haven’t been playing close attention to what the Pope says.
We pledge to reject Satan every year at the Easter Vigil, but that doesn’t mean rejecting his existence. It’s in the Catechism, we have to believe it.
Biggest trick Satan ever pulled off was convincing people that he didn’t exist.
“Guess they forgot that there are some things that cannot be forgiven.”
What on earth are you talking about??
Well, they are mistaken.
The word, hell, is used more often in the Bible than the word heaven.
Accountants — count Hades, Sheol, Gehenna, underworld, netherworld, etc. (All terms used for hell.)
They’ve been listening to their parish priests; the topic never comes up...
Have these people seen Nancy Pelosi or Hillary Clinton?!!!!
Sooooo, they don`t think O Bama exists?
Obviously they haven’t met Nancy Pelosi or Cynthia McKinney, but that can be arranged.
What kind of “Catholics” did they poll? Easter/Christmas Catholics?
Why would you say such a thing? o.O
The greatest thing that the devil has done is to convenience people that he does not exist.
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