Comments on: Defecting to faith? http://kevinbussey.com/2009/05/10/defecting-to-faith/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:47:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kevin Bussey http://kevinbussey.com/2009/05/10/defecting-to-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-13357 Kevin Bussey Mon, 11 May 2009 20:57:04 +0000 http://kevinbussey.com/?p=1876#comment-13357 Damian, Thanks for your perspective. Unfortunately your comment was in my SPAM folder. Have a great day and I always respect your views Damian,

Thanks for your perspective. Unfortunately your comment was in my SPAM folder. Have a great day and I always respect your views

]]> By: Damian http://kevinbussey.com/2009/05/10/defecting-to-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-13350 Damian Mon, 11 May 2009 05:36:57 +0000 http://kevinbussey.com/?p=1876#comment-13350 (apologies if this appears twice; it didn't show when I submitted it) Wow, that's a really badly written article. I have to wonder if they intentionally misrepresented the findings of the poll. From the article: "According to the latest American research, parents with no religious affiliation are losing the battle to indoctrinate their children. A majority of those surveyed who grew up in atheist or agnostic households, or where there was no particular religious attachment, later chose to join a religion." From the <a href="http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=409" rel="nofollow">poll itself</a>: "The group that has grown the most in recent years due to religious change is the unaffiliated population. Two-thirds of former Catholics who have become unaffiliated and half of former Protestants who have become unaffiliated say they left their childhood faith because they stopped believing in its teachings, and roughly four-in-ten say they became unaffiliated because they do not believe in God or the teachings of most religions." 11% of people raised as Catholics or Protestants are now Unaffiliated compared to 4% of people who were raised Unaffiliated who are now Catholic or Protestant. I have to wonder whether the author of that article was grossly incompetent or whether they were being deliberately misleading. (apologies if this appears twice; it didn’t show when I submitted it)

Wow, that’s a really badly written article. I have to wonder if they intentionally misrepresented the findings of the poll.

From the article:
“According to the latest American research, parents with no religious affiliation are losing the battle to indoctrinate their children. A majority of those surveyed who grew up in atheist or agnostic households, or where there was no particular religious attachment, later chose to join a religion.”

From the poll itself:
“The group that has grown the most in recent years due to religious change is the unaffiliated population. Two-thirds of former Catholics who have become unaffiliated and half of former Protestants who have become unaffiliated say they left their childhood faith because they stopped believing in its teachings, and roughly four-in-ten say they became unaffiliated because they do not believe in God or the teachings of most religions.”

11% of people raised as Catholics or Protestants are now Unaffiliated compared to 4% of people who were raised Unaffiliated who are now Catholic or Protestant.

I have to wonder whether the author of that article was grossly incompetent or whether they were being deliberately misleading.

]]> By: Damian http://kevinbussey.com/2009/05/10/defecting-to-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-13348 Damian Mon, 11 May 2009 00:47:23 +0000 http://kevinbussey.com/?p=1876#comment-13348 Wow, that's a really badly written article. I have to wonder if they intentionally misrepresented the findings of the poll. From the article: "According to the latest American research, parents with no religious affiliation are losing the battle to indoctrinate their children. A majority of those surveyed who grew up in atheist or agnostic households, or where there was no particular religious attachment, later chose to join a religion." From the <a href="http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=409" rel="nofollow">poll itself</a>: "The group that has grown the most in recent years due to religious change is the unaffiliated population. Two-thirds of former Catholics who have become unaffiliated and half of former Protestants who have become unaffiliated say they left their childhood faith because they stopped believing in its teachings, and roughly four-in-ten say they became unaffiliated because they do not believe in God or the teachings of most religions." 11% of people raised as Catholics or Protestants are now Unaffiliated compared to 4% of people who were raised Unaffiliated who are now Catholic or Protestant. I have to wonder whether the author of that article was grossly incompetent or whether they were being deliberately misleading. Wow, that’s a really badly written article. I have to wonder if they intentionally misrepresented the findings of the poll.

From the article:
“According to the latest American research, parents with no religious affiliation are losing the battle to indoctrinate their children. A majority of those surveyed who grew up in atheist or agnostic households, or where there was no particular religious attachment, later chose to join a religion.”

From the poll itself:
“The group that has grown the most in recent years due to religious change is the unaffiliated population. Two-thirds of former Catholics who have become unaffiliated and half of former Protestants who have become unaffiliated say they left their childhood faith because they stopped believing in its teachings, and roughly four-in-ten say they became unaffiliated because they do not believe in God or the teachings of most religions.”

11% of people raised as Catholics or Protestants are now Unaffiliated compared to 4% of people who were raised Unaffiliated who are now Catholic or Protestant.

I have to wonder whether the author of that article was grossly incompetent or whether they were being deliberately misleading.

]]> By: Defecting to Faith « The Master’s Table http://kevinbussey.com/2009/05/10/defecting-to-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-13346 Defecting to Faith « The Master’s Table Sun, 10 May 2009 23:40:06 +0000 http://kevinbussey.com/?p=1876#comment-13346 [...] to Kevin’s article here, with more stats and [...] [...] to Kevin’s article here, with more stats and [...]

]]> By: Dozer http://kevinbussey.com/2009/05/10/defecting-to-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-13344 Dozer Sun, 10 May 2009 21:42:02 +0000 http://kevinbussey.com/?p=1876#comment-13344 Sounds like we got mountains to move! Sounds like we got mountains to move!

]]> By: Vinny http://kevinbussey.com/2009/05/10/defecting-to-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-13343 Vinny Sun, 10 May 2009 20:55:30 +0000 http://kevinbussey.com/?p=1876#comment-13343 It doesn't look to me like anyone actually read the survey. Only 22% of the people in the unaffilliated category identified themselves as atheists or agnostics. Of the rest, many prayed and attended church regularly. It is not clear how many of those who became affilliated did so as a result of actually finding faith as opposed to simply finding a church that they liked. <abbr><em>Vinny’s last blog post..<a href="http://youcallthisculture.blogspot.com/2009/05/michael-medved-and-indians.html" rel="nofollow">Michael Medved and the Indians</a></abbr></em> It doesn’t look to me like anyone actually read the survey. Only 22% of the people in the unaffilliated category identified themselves as atheists or agnostics. Of the rest, many prayed and attended church regularly. It is not clear how many of those who became affilliated did so as a result of actually finding faith as opposed to simply finding a church that they liked.

Vinny’s last blog post..Michael Medved and the Indians

]]> By: Clark http://kevinbussey.com/2009/05/10/defecting-to-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-13339 Clark Sun, 10 May 2009 18:37:12 +0000 http://kevinbussey.com/?p=1876#comment-13339 This is encouraging news, perhaps the first from the Pew Forum. That source is usually quoted by atheists to show how religion is failing. I would like to link this from my blog later; I would also like to update my blogroll soon, and add Confessions to it if that's all right. I've discovered some very good blogs on SBC Voices. <abbr><em>Clark’s last blog post..<a href="http://themasterstable.wordpress.com/2009/05/10/mothers-day-sermon/" rel="nofollow">Mother’s Day Sermon</a></abbr></em> This is encouraging news, perhaps the first from the Pew Forum. That source is usually quoted by atheists to show how religion is failing. I would like to link this from my blog later; I would also like to update my blogroll soon, and add Confessions to it if that’s all right. I’ve discovered some very good blogs on SBC Voices.

Clark’s last blog post..Mother’s Day Sermon

]]> By: Dozer http://kevinbussey.com/2009/05/10/defecting-to-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-13338 Dozer Sun, 10 May 2009 15:23:48 +0000 http://kevinbussey.com/?p=1876#comment-13338 Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take warning. Ecclesiastes 4:13 Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take warning. Ecclesiastes 4:13

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