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echo: r_catholic
to: BAM
from: R L Measures
date: 2007-03-30 05:01:46
subject: Re: We`d be better off without religion

From: r{at}somis.org (òR L Measures)

In article , "BAM"
 wrote:

> ".R L Measures"  wrote in message
> news:r-2903071126390001{at}192.168.1.101...
> > 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 ?.
>
> Possibly. But then again, you haven't provided enough information.
>
> BAM

**  It's an individual matter, B____?    If there's an organization of
faithful atheists, I would classify that as a religious affiliation. cheers

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