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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I already did earlier this morning. [/quote]

You insulted Pew and displayed your ignorance about polling. That's not an answer. Pew has good numbers.

Address the content: [b]most people, whether they go to church or not, actually believe. Only 4% of the US population are actually atheists. So it follows that the vast majority of your "cultural Christians," the ones raised Christian but who who don't go to church, actually still believe.[/b]

Any response to that? Or we'll just have to conclude that, poor you, you got beaten down on that other thread with your weird, highly personal vendetta against that OP, so now you're carrying on a different weird, highly personal vendetta against this OP. Maybe seek help? [/quote]

To recap, because boy did we get derailed...

Pew says [b]81%[/b] of people who attend religious services go because it's "very important" that they "be closer to God." Another 13% said being "closer to God" was "somewhat important" and [b]only 4% said it wasn't important.[/b]

[b]So it's pretty clear that the vast majority of folks who attend church actually have faith, and they don't just go to church for the social life. [/b]

Pew also surveyed the folks pp would call "cultural Christians," i.e., the folks who were raised Christian but attend church less than a few times a year (including zero times). [b]Just 28% [/b]said it's because they don't believe, while [b]37%[/b] said "I practice my faith in other ways" and [b]23% said "[/b]I haven't found a church or house of worship I like." https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2018/08/...-religious-services/.

To be honest, I never understood pp's obsession with the cultural Christians because people who DON'T attend church are, by definition, NOT going for the social life or donuts. [b]But anyway, Pew says even the great majority of these cultural Christians still believe. [/b]

We're done here, and with this argument some DCUM atheists have on repeat. [/quote]

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