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- From: tcarlin@athena.mit.edu (Thomas B Carlin)
- Subject: The Holy Church of Percentage Error
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 18:15:39 GMT
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- >Breakdown of Christians Vs. Godless heathens (_1993_Universal_
- >World_Almanac_)
- >
- >christians - 1,548,5000,000 people (32.4% of the population)
- >nonreligious/athiests - 1,026,400,000 (21.3% of the population)
- >
- >The Xians are still ahead...
- >
- <<Excuse me but the non Xians are the one in the lead (67.6% to
- <<32.4%). Looks like out numbered by 2 to 1.
-
- (1)
-
- Statistics, my son, lie; when pressed to answer the question
- "What religion do you consider yourself to be" [which, btw, is
- how the question is worded], over ***95%*** of the respondents
- replied with the religion that THEY WERE RAISED WITH (I am no
- exception; I was raised Anglican - Episcopalian in the States -,
- and that is how I answer the question -- then again, the Church
- of England accounts for something like 90% of England, yet the
- churches are almost totally empty except on holidays), regardless
- of whether they practiced that religion still or not.
-
- Therefore, Chrisitianity can be cured.
-
- (2)
-
- Error, error, error!
-
- nonChristian does not equal nonreligious/athiests/heathens!
-
- Rather snot-nosed of you to imply, n'est pas?
-
- (3)
-
-
- When the put the teachings of Christ back into Christianity, then
- maybe I'll join the party.
-
- Besides, how can the pope expect to be taken serious when he
- dresses like that? AT least the Bishops in the CofE were purple
- collars, which is just perfect with black suit and white shirt!
-
-
- Tom
-