s/o Do people attend religious services for the religious aspects, or for community?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here are some more interesting facts from that Pew survey.

The 81% number was from a question where respondents could choose multiple answers.

When respondents were asked to give the MOST important reason they attend religious services, 61% that was to get closer to God. Everything else was much lower, like the 8% who said it was to be a better person.

A tiny <1% said they attended "to meet new people/socialize." Hardly the "immense majority" claimed by some DCUM atheists.

I get that logic and facts must be tough for you, but that wasn’t what anyone claimed.

Why don't you give cites for what you think was claimed. Instead of continuing to make up stuff for which you can provide no actual factual basis.

The floor is open. Your turn!

Culturally affiliated <> people who attend services

Duh.

do you mean =/=?

What are you trying to say?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equals_sign

Not equal
The symbol used to denote inequation (when items are not equal) is a slashed equal sign ≠ (U+2260). In LaTeX, this is done with the "\neq" command.

Most programming languages, limiting themselves to the 7-bit ASCII character set and typeable characters, use ~=, !=, /=, or <> to represent their Boolean inequality operator.

[Anonymous]

I go to church to worship communally, to be prompted to see the world in a different way, to help me be open to the nudging of the Holy Spirit, and to serve. I think these are important things to do in community but I don't go for the purpose of making friends necessarily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here are some more interesting facts from that Pew survey.

The 81% number was from a question where respondents could choose multiple answers.

When respondents were asked to give the MOST important reason they attend religious services, 61% that was to get closer to God. Everything else was much lower, like the 8% who said it was to be a better person.

A tiny <1% said they attended "to meet new people/socialize." Hardly the "immense majority" claimed by some DCUM atheists.

I get that logic and facts must be tough for you, but that wasn’t what anyone claimed.

Here, verbatim, is what the "research scientist" claimed and which 2 of you plus-oned:

"I bet that the immense majority of people in the world are CULTURALLY affiliated with their religion, but don't actually think deeply about whether they truly believe or not." When asked to back this up with cites, nobody did (or could).

So this thread gives cites from Pew, no less, showing that only a small percentage (under 4% total) attend religious services for the cultural or social aspects.

Explain to us how Pew findings aren't responsive. TIA!

You do realize that many, many people who are “culturally affiliated”, as PP states, do not attend services. I can’t believe you need that explained to you.

Here's an idea: if you make an assertion, provide some stats to back it up. Don't petulantly demand that others prove your points for you.

Stats on attendance at houses of worship do exist, if you could be arsed to look for them.

But if you take a closer look, you'll still be disappointed. According to that very same Pew link, of those who do not attend services, only 28% say that's because they don't believe. 37% say they practice their faith in other ways, and another 37% say they haven't found a house of worship they like. 22% say it's because of logistical reasons like time or being in poor health.

Lesson learned: read the link before making claims you can't be bothered to prove.

Practicing your faith in other ways could be as simple as exchanging Christmas presents or taking your kid to get a picture with a malll Santa. It's not mutually exclusive with PP's read that these people could consider themselves Cultural Christians.

You're very upset but the stats you have provided are not painting the picture you think they are. Only 61% of people who actually attend church say it's to be closer to God, and then of the people who don't attend church who were asked why, 37% chose the multiple choice answer closest to "none of your business." I'm not sure why you're reading this as "everyone really deeply believes the same things I do!"

I'm going to be your best friend tonight. It seems you have no idea how poorly you come off with the misrepresentations, misunderstandings, and calling others names.

Please take a breather. Come back when you've given your ideas a good, serious, think-through. Gather some facts and sources of your own. Your ideas aren't bad, but your execution undermines what you're trying to say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here are some more interesting facts from that Pew survey.

The 81% number was from a question where respondents could choose multiple answers.

When respondents were asked to give the MOST important reason they attend religious services, 61% that was to get closer to God. Everything else was much lower, like the 8% who said it was to be a better person.

A tiny <1% said they attended "to meet new people/socialize." Hardly the "immense majority" claimed by some DCUM atheists.

I get that logic and facts must be tough for you, but that wasn’t what anyone claimed.

Here, verbatim, is what the "research scientist" claimed and which 2 of you plus-oned:

"I bet that the immense majority of people in the world are CULTURALLY affiliated with their religion, but don't actually think deeply about whether they truly believe or not." When asked to back this up with cites, nobody did (or could).

So this thread gives cites from Pew, no less, showing that only a small percentage (under 4% total) attend religious services for the cultural or social aspects.

Explain to us how Pew findings aren't responsive. TIA!

You do realize that many, many people who are “culturally affiliated”, as PP states, do not attend services. I can’t believe you need that explained to you.

Here's an idea: if you make an assertion, provide some stats to back it up. Don't petulantly demand that others prove your points for you.

Stats on attendance at houses of worship do exist, if you could be arsed to look for them.

But if you take a closer look, you'll still be disappointed. According to that very same Pew link, of those who do not attend services, only 28% say that's because they don't believe. 37% say they practice their faith in other ways, and another 37% say they haven't found a house of worship they like. 22% say it's because of logistical reasons like time or being in poor health.

Lesson learned: read the link before making claims you can't be bothered to prove.

Practicing your faith in other ways could be as simple as exchanging Christmas presents or taking your kid to get a picture with a malll Santa. It's not mutually exclusive with PP's read that these people could consider themselves Cultural Christians.

You're very upset but the stats you have provided are not painting the picture you think they are. Only 61% of people who actually attend church say it's to be closer to God, and then of the people who don't attend church who were asked why, 37% chose the multiple choice answer closest to "none of your business." I'm not sure why you're reading this as "everyone really deeply believes the same things I do!"

I'm going to be your best friend tonight. It seems you have no idea how poorly you come off with the misrepresentations, misunderstandings, and calling others names.

Please take a breather. Come back when you've given your ideas a good, serious, think-through. Gather some facts and sources of your own. Your ideas aren't bad, but your execution undermines what you're trying to say.

What on Earth? That was my only post in the thread. I called no names and misrepresented nor misunderstood anything. Let me wander back our of this hysteric thread since you seem to be spoiling for a fight I'm not willing to participate in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here are some more interesting facts from that Pew survey.

The 81% number was from a question where respondents could choose multiple answers.

When respondents were asked to give the MOST important reason they attend religious services, 61% that was to get closer to God. Everything else was much lower, like the 8% who said it was to be a better person.

A tiny <1% said they attended "to meet new people/socialize." Hardly the "immense majority" claimed by some DCUM atheists.

I get that logic and facts must be tough for you, but that wasn’t what anyone claimed.

Here, verbatim, is what the "research scientist" claimed and which 2 of you plus-oned:

"I bet that the immense majority of people in the world are CULTURALLY affiliated with their religion, but don't actually think deeply about whether they truly believe or not." When asked to back this up with cites, nobody did (or could).

So this thread gives cites from Pew, no less, showing that only a small percentage (under 4% total) attend religious services for the cultural or social aspects.

Explain to us how Pew findings aren't responsive. TIA!

You do realize that many, many people who are “culturally affiliated”, as PP states, do not attend services. I can’t believe you need that explained to you.

Here's an idea: if you make an assertion, provide some stats to back it up. Don't petulantly demand that others prove your points for you.

Stats on attendance at houses of worship do exist, if you could be arsed to look for them.

But if you take a closer look, you'll still be disappointed. According to that very same Pew link, of those who do not attend services, only 28% say that's because they don't believe. 37% say they practice their faith in other ways, and another 37% say they haven't found a house of worship they like. 22% say it's because of logistical reasons like time or being in poor health.

Lesson learned: read the link before making claims you can't be bothered to prove.

Practicing your faith in other ways could be as simple as exchanging Christmas presents or taking your kid to get a picture with a malll Santa. It's not mutually exclusive with PP's read that these people could consider themselves Cultural Christians.

You're very upset but the stats you have provided are not painting the picture you think they are. Only 61% of people who actually attend church say it's to be closer to God, and then of the people who don't attend church who were asked why, 37% chose the multiple choice answer closest to "none of your business." I'm not sure why you're reading this as "everyone really deeply believes the same things I do!"

LOL. Exchanging presents isn't practicing your faith. It's not even practicing the Christian faith. It's ... exchanging presents. Same goes for getting pictures with the mall Santa. Nobody but you thinks this constitutes practicing a faith.

Also, there was no question that said "none of your business." You made that up. You need to take a refresher course in English if you're trying to argue that either "I practice in other ways" or "I haven't found a house of worship I like" are equivalent to "none of your business."

Also, 61% gave the *main* reason as being "closer to God" which was (checks notes) *seven* times bigger than the runner up, "to be a better person," which racked up (checks notes) 8%. You calling this is "only 61%" is kinda laughable. Even better, when the question allowed multiple answers, 94% said becoming closer to God was either very (81%) or somewhat (13%) important to them, and only 4% said it *wasn't* important.

LOL at calling me upset. I'm enjoying this, maybe because it's so easy for me. I know a whole lot about surveys and quantitative methods, and you apparently know eff-all about them. Also you're willing to lie blatantly, but you're so bad at it that it's easy to expose the lies.

From your time at Pew?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here are some more interesting facts from that Pew survey.

The 81% number was from a question where respondents could choose multiple answers.

When respondents were asked to give the MOST important reason they attend religious services, 61% that was to get closer to God. Everything else was much lower, like the 8% who said it was to be a better person.

A tiny <1% said they attended "to meet new people/socialize." Hardly the "immense majority" claimed by some DCUM atheists.

I get that logic and facts must be tough for you, but that wasn’t what anyone claimed.

Here, verbatim, is what the "research scientist" claimed and which 2 of you plus-oned:

"I bet that the immense majority of people in the world are CULTURALLY affiliated with their religion, but don't actually think deeply about whether they truly believe or not." When asked to back this up with cites, nobody did (or could).

So this thread gives cites from Pew, no less, showing that only a small percentage (under 4% total) attend religious services for the cultural or social aspects.

Explain to us how Pew findings aren't responsive. TIA!

You do realize that many, many people who are “culturally affiliated”, as PP states, do not attend services. I can’t believe you need that explained to you.

Here's an idea: if you make an assertion, provide some stats to back it up. Don't petulantly demand that others prove your points for you.

Stats on attendance at houses of worship do exist, if you could be arsed to look for them.

But if you take a closer look, you'll still be disappointed. According to that very same Pew link, of those who do not attend services, only 28% say that's because they don't believe. 37% say they practice their faith in other ways, and another 37% say they haven't found a house of worship they like. 22% say it's because of logistical reasons like time or being in poor health.

Lesson learned: read the link before making claims you can't be bothered to prove.

Practicing your faith in other ways could be as simple as exchanging Christmas presents or taking your kid to get a picture with a malll Santa. It's not mutually exclusive with PP's read that these people could consider themselves Cultural Christians.

You're very upset but the stats you have provided are not painting the picture you think they are. Only 61% of people who actually attend church say it's to be closer to God, and then of the people who don't attend church who were asked why, 37% chose the multiple choice answer closest to "none of your business." I'm not sure why you're reading this as "everyone really deeply believes the same things I do!"

I'm going to be your best friend tonight. It seems you have no idea how poorly you come off with the misrepresentations, misunderstandings, and calling others names.

Please take a breather. Come back when you've given your ideas a good, serious, think-through. Gather some facts and sources of your own. Your ideas aren't bad, but your execution undermines what you're trying to say.

Who called anyone names?

A bunch of atheist haters on the other thread called posters “trolls” anytime they couldn’t answer a question.

[Anonymous]

Is believing enough? Will believing in God get you into heaven ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here are some more interesting facts from that Pew survey.

The 81% number was from a question where respondents could choose multiple answers.

When respondents were asked to give the MOST important reason they attend religious services, 61% that was to get closer to God. Everything else was much lower, like the 8% who said it was to be a better person.

A tiny <1% said they attended "to meet new people/socialize." Hardly the "immense majority" claimed by some DCUM atheists.

I get that logic and facts must be tough for you, but that wasn’t what anyone claimed.

Here, verbatim, is what the "research scientist" claimed and which 2 of you plus-oned:

"I bet that the immense majority of people in the world are CULTURALLY affiliated with their religion, but don't actually think deeply about whether they truly believe or not." When asked to back this up with cites, nobody did (or could).

So this thread gives cites from Pew, no less, showing that only a small percentage (under 4% total) attend religious services for the cultural or social aspects.

Explain to us how Pew findings aren't responsive. TIA!

You do realize that many, many people who are “culturally affiliated”, as PP states, do not attend services. I can’t believe you need that explained to you.

Here's an idea: if you make an assertion, provide some stats to back it up. Don't petulantly demand that others prove your points for you.

Stats on attendance at houses of worship do exist, if you could be arsed to look for them.

But if you take a closer look, you'll still be disappointed. According to that very same Pew link, of those who do not attend services, only 28% say that's because they don't believe. 37% say they practice their faith in other ways, and another 37% say they haven't found a house of worship they like. 22% say it's because of logistical reasons like time or being in poor health.

Lesson learned: read the link before making claims you can't be bothered to prove.

Practicing your faith in other ways could be as simple as exchanging Christmas presents or taking your kid to get a picture with a malll Santa. It's not mutually exclusive with PP's read that these people could consider themselves Cultural Christians.

You're very upset but the stats you have provided are not painting the picture you think they are. Only 61% of people who actually attend church say it's to be closer to God, and then of the people who don't attend church who were asked why, 37% chose the multiple choice answer closest to "none of your business." I'm not sure why you're reading this as "everyone really deeply believes the same things I do!"

I'm going to be your best friend tonight. It seems you have no idea how poorly you come off with the misrepresentations, misunderstandings, and calling others names.

Please take a breather. Come back when you've given your ideas a good, serious, think-through. Gather some facts and sources of your own. Your ideas aren't bad, but your execution undermines what you're trying to say.

What on Earth? That was my only post in the thread. I called no names and misrepresented nor misunderstood anything. Let me wander back our of this hysteric thread since you seem to be spoiling for a fight I'm not willing to participate in.

Bye. Helpful tip: if you want to avoid pushback, don’t post aggressive garbage about presents and mail Santas constituting faith, and don’t insult other posters by calling them upset.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here are some more interesting facts from that Pew survey.

The 81% number was from a question where respondents could choose multiple answers.

When respondents were asked to give the MOST important reason they attend religious services, 61% that was to get closer to God. Everything else was much lower, like the 8% who said it was to be a better person.

A tiny <1% said they attended "to meet new people/socialize." Hardly the "immense majority" claimed by some DCUM atheists.

I get that logic and facts must be tough for you, but that wasn’t what anyone claimed.

Here, verbatim, is what the "research scientist" claimed and which 2 of you plus-oned:

"I bet that the immense majority of people in the world are CULTURALLY affiliated with their religion, but don't actually think deeply about whether they truly believe or not." When asked to back this up with cites, nobody did (or could).

So this thread gives cites from Pew, no less, showing that only a small percentage (under 4% total) attend religious services for the cultural or social aspects.

Explain to us how Pew findings aren't responsive. TIA!

You do realize that many, many people who are “culturally affiliated”, as PP states, do not attend services. I can’t believe you need that explained to you.

Here's an idea: if you make an assertion, provide some stats to back it up. Don't petulantly demand that others prove your points for you.

Stats on attendance at houses of worship do exist, if you could be arsed to look for them.

But if you take a closer look, you'll still be disappointed. According to that very same Pew link, of those who do not attend services, only 28% say that's because they don't believe. 37% say they practice their faith in other ways, and another 37% say they haven't found a house of worship they like. 22% say it's because of logistical reasons like time or being in poor health.

Lesson learned: read the link before making claims you can't be bothered to prove.

Practicing your faith in other ways could be as simple as exchanging Christmas presents or taking your kid to get a picture with a malll Santa. It's not mutually exclusive with PP's read that these people could consider themselves Cultural Christians.

You're very upset but the stats you have provided are not painting the picture you think they are. Only 61% of people who actually attend church say it's to be closer to God, and then of the people who don't attend church who were asked why, 37% chose the multiple choice answer closest to "none of your business." I'm not sure why you're reading this as "everyone really deeply believes the same things I do!"

I'm going to be your best friend tonight. It seems you have no idea how poorly you come off with the misrepresentations, misunderstandings, and calling others names.

Please take a breather. Come back when you've given your ideas a good, serious, think-through. Gather some facts and sources of your own. Your ideas aren't bad, but your execution undermines what you're trying to say.

Who called anyone names?

A bunch of atheist haters on the other thread called posters “trolls” anytime they couldn’t answer a question.

You called pp “upset” and you know that’s a tactic used by bullies to undermine someone else

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here are some more interesting facts from that Pew survey.

The 81% number was from a question where respondents could choose multiple answers.

When respondents were asked to give the MOST important reason they attend religious services, 61% that was to get closer to God. Everything else was much lower, like the 8% who said it was to be a better person.

A tiny <1% said they attended "to meet new people/socialize." Hardly the "immense majority" claimed by some DCUM atheists.

I get that logic and facts must be tough for you, but that wasn’t what anyone claimed.

Here, verbatim, is what the "research scientist" claimed and which 2 of you plus-oned:

"I bet that the immense majority of people in the world are CULTURALLY affiliated with their religion, but don't actually think deeply about whether they truly believe or not." When asked to back this up with cites, nobody did (or could).

So this thread gives cites from Pew, no less, showing that only a small percentage (under 4% total) attend religious services for the cultural or social aspects.

Explain to us how Pew findings aren't responsive. TIA!

You do realize that many, many people who are “culturally affiliated”, as PP states, do not attend services. I can’t believe you need that explained to you.

Here's an idea: if you make an assertion, provide some stats to back it up. Don't petulantly demand that others prove your points for you.

Stats on attendance at houses of worship do exist, if you could be arsed to look for them.

But if you take a closer look, you'll still be disappointed. According to that very same Pew link, of those who do not attend services, only 28% say that's because they don't believe. 37% say they practice their faith in other ways, and another 37% say they haven't found a house of worship they like. 22% say it's because of logistical reasons like time or being in poor health.

Lesson learned: read the link before making claims you can't be bothered to prove.

Practicing your faith in other ways could be as simple as exchanging Christmas presents or taking your kid to get a picture with a malll Santa. It's not mutually exclusive with PP's read that these people could consider themselves Cultural Christians.

You're very upset but the stats you have provided are not painting the picture you think they are. Only 61% of people who actually attend church say it's to be closer to God, and then of the people who don't attend church who were asked why, 37% chose the multiple choice answer closest to "none of your business." I'm not sure why you're reading this as "everyone really deeply believes the same things I do!"

LOL. Exchanging presents isn't practicing your faith. It's not even practicing the Christian faith. It's ... exchanging presents. Same goes for getting pictures with the mall Santa. Nobody but you thinks this constitutes practicing a faith.

Also, there was no question that said "none of your business." You made that up. You need to take a refresher course in English if you're trying to argue that either "I practice in other ways" or "I haven't found a house of worship I like" are equivalent to "none of your business."

Also, 61% gave the *main* reason as being "closer to God" which was (checks notes) *seven* times bigger than the runner up, "to be a better person," which racked up (checks notes) 8%. You calling this is "only 61%" is kinda laughable. Even better, when the question allowed multiple answers, 94% said becoming closer to God was either very (81%) or somewhat (13%) important to them, and only 4% said it *wasn't* important.

LOL at calling me upset. I'm enjoying this, maybe because it's so easy for me. I know a whole lot about surveys and quantitative methods, and you apparently know eff-all about them. Also you're willing to lie blatantly, but you're so bad at it that it's easy to expose the lies.

From your time at Pew?

So, you have no response to pp’s points. Got it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here are some more interesting facts from that Pew survey.

The 81% number was from a question where respondents could choose multiple answers.

When respondents were asked to give the MOST important reason they attend religious services, 61% that was to get closer to God. Everything else was much lower, like the 8% who said it was to be a better person.

A tiny <1% said they attended "to meet new people/socialize." Hardly the "immense majority" claimed by some DCUM atheists.

I get that logic and facts must be tough for you, but that wasn’t what anyone claimed.

Here, verbatim, is what the "research scientist" claimed and which 2 of you plus-oned:

"I bet that the immense majority of people in the world are CULTURALLY affiliated with their religion, but don't actually think deeply about whether they truly believe or not." When asked to back this up with cites, nobody did (or could).

So this thread gives cites from Pew, no less, showing that only a small percentage (under 4% total) attend religious services for the cultural or social aspects.

Explain to us how Pew findings aren't responsive. TIA!

You do realize that many, many people who are “culturally affiliated”, as PP states, do not attend services. I can’t believe you need that explained to you.

Here's an idea: if you make an assertion, provide some stats to back it up. Don't petulantly demand that others prove your points for you.

Stats on attendance at houses of worship do exist, if you could be arsed to look for them.

But if you take a closer look, you'll still be disappointed. According to that very same Pew link, of those who do not attend services, only 28% say that's because they don't believe. 37% say they practice their faith in other ways, and another 37% say they haven't found a house of worship they like. 22% say it's because of logistical reasons like time or being in poor health.

Lesson learned: read the link before making claims you can't be bothered to prove.

Practicing your faith in other ways could be as simple as exchanging Christmas presents or taking your kid to get a picture with a malll Santa. It's not mutually exclusive with PP's read that these people could consider themselves Cultural Christians.

You're very upset but the stats you have provided are not painting the picture you think they are. Only 61% of people who actually attend church say it's to be closer to God, and then of the people who don't attend church who were asked why, 37% chose the multiple choice answer closest to "none of your business." I'm not sure why you're reading this as "everyone really deeply believes the same things I do!"

I'm going to be your best friend tonight. It seems you have no idea how poorly you come off with the misrepresentations, misunderstandings, and calling others names.

Please take a breather. Come back when you've given your ideas a good, serious, think-through. Gather some facts and sources of your own. Your ideas aren't bad, but your execution undermines what you're trying to say.

Who called anyone names?

A bunch of atheist haters on the other thread called posters “trolls” anytime they couldn’t answer a question.

You're referring to posters not wanting to answer your completely irrelevant questions about their news sources. I finally answered with my sources, The Guardian and NY Times, and then you wanted to know which reporters. Miss me with that trolling.

[Anonymous]

Community, and to bring up my children as I was.

But then the Pandemic freed me from that obligation (as I then realized it was) and I happily spend time with my family on Sunday mornings.
Secondly, time in my house has meant increased community and I no longer find it in my church.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the link, OP. It looks like a sound poll.

Here are my takeaways:

1. Most people who go to Services are believers.

2. Of the people who sometime go to Services, most are still believers.

3. Not sure either group is a perfect overlap with “cultural Christians” who have fond practices and memories that were founded in the religion of their families. Easter being a very important time to celebrate with family, for example. Or Christmas present unwrapping always happening in xyz way or whatever. Some of these cultural Christians will of course go to church on important holy days whether they believe or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the link, OP. It looks like a sound poll.

Here are my takeaways:

1. Most people who go to Services are believers.

2. Of the people who sometime go to Services, most are still believers.

3. Not sure either group is a perfect overlap with “cultural Christians” who have fond practices and memories that were founded in the religion of their families. Easter being a very important time to celebrate with family, for example. Or Christmas present unwrapping always happening in xyz way or whatever. Some of these cultural Christians will of course go to church on important holy days whether they believe or not.

Only 4% of Americans describe themselves as atheists, even though 3/10 of Americans are religiously unaffiliated (religions nones=atheist, agnostic, or no religion in particular). https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2021/12/14/about-three-in-ten-u-s-adults-are-now-religiously-unaffiliated/

This is consistent with OP's poll, which shows that (cutting and pasting here) even most people who *don't* attend church still believe. Among US adults who said they attend church less than a few times a year, just 28% said it's because they don't believe, while 37% said "I practice my faith in other ways" and 23% said "I haven't found a church or house of worship I like."

So it would seem like there is a substantial overlap between belief and cultural Christianity. Most Americans, including most Christians, actually believe. Whether they attend a house of worship or not.

[Anonymous]

You guys aren't very nice.