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From: r{at}somis.org (òR L Measures)
In article ,
"CE"
wrote:
> On Mar 29, 3:26 pm, r...{at}somis.org (=B7R L Measures) wrote:
>
> > In article
,
"CE"
> >
> > wrote:
> > > > In the US, the religious Right numbers about
> > > > 35 million. Recent polls show that about 30
> > > > million Americans define themselves as hav-
> > > > ing no religious commitment.
> >
> > > Based on The World Factbook, roughly 29.8 million Americans have no
> > > religious affiliation. By comparison, there are 155.2 million
> > > Protestants and 71.6 million Roman Catholics for a total of 226.8
> > > million Christians. That means there are more than seven times, 7.6 to
> > > be exact, as many Christians and atheists in the United States.
> >
> > ** Are people who have no religious affiliation atheists ?.
>
> Point taken. Among those of no religious affiliation, there may be,
> for example, agnostics or those who are spiritual but do not wish to
> affiliate themselves with any religious group or faith. So, the number
> of atheists is probably much lower than I indicated.
>
> Mea culpa.
** It's no biggie. cheerz
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