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To: POKERSAM who wrote (872063)7/12/2015 11:47:26 AM
From: gronieel2  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1574417
 
"Our country has sunk so low and the only hope I see is a revival of faith in Jesus Christ. Christianity is the answer..."

Oh hogwash Sammy.....two-thirds of the worlds population are NOT Christian you arrogant twit. Our only salvation is based on a 2,000 year old superstition and magical tricks by an itinerant Jewish character who probably didn't even exist?

Gimme a break!



To: POKERSAM who wrote (872063)7/12/2015 1:56:35 PM
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That's why I posted about the Luis Palau crusade in NYC. If there are over a million Bible believing Christians in NYC, that's the most hopeful thing I've heard about the place.



To: POKERSAM who wrote (872063)7/12/2015 2:31:51 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1574417
 
Christianity faces sharp decline as Americans are becoming even less affiliated with religion

washingtonpost.com

Christianity is on the decline in America, not just among younger generations or in certain regions of the country but across race, gender, education and geographic barriers. The percentage of adults who describe themselves as Christians dropped by nearly eight percentage points in just seven years to about 71 percent, according to a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center.

“It’s remarkably widespread,” said Alan Cooperman, director of religion research for the Pew Research Center. “The country is becoming less religious as a whole, and it’s happening across the board.”

At the same time, the share of those who are not affiliated with a religion has jumped from 16 percent to about 23 percent in the same time period. The trend follows a pattern found earlier in the American Religious Identification Survey, which found that in 1990, 86 percent of American adults identified as Christians, compared with 76 percent in 2008.....