Fact: the US is 80% Christian, 52 % Protestant, 33% Born Again, 25% Catholic (give or take). Debate over?

Question

What percentage of the US population is Christian (out of 300 million)?:

ABC News/Beliefnet: 83%
The CIA: 78%
The US Census Bureau: 80%
The City University of New York: 77%
Princeton University/Newsweek: 82%
Association of Religion Data Archives at Penn State: 84%

Protestant vs. Catholic

Protestant: 52% of US population
Roman Catholic: 25% of US population

*Source: CUNY The American Religious Identification Survey

How many Americans are Evangelical/Born again?

University of Akron 78 million (26% of the US)
Baylor University: 111 million (37%)
Gallup Poll: 129 Million (43%)
ABC/Belifnet: 114 million (38%)
Pew Research Center: 111 million (37%)
Wheton College Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals: 100 million (33%)

All my sources are linked here:
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-ahyr9lY1cqGvATOxo5Zt40uI?p=25

So, can this debate be put to rest? I bet there is not one reasonable, thoughtful person who can dispute these demographics.

R&S, we now know the facts.

CJ: Prove it.

Provide one source as credible as the ten I provided. Just one.

mamma: I always need a margarita.

Teresathegreat, feel free to do the math yourself: 100 million out of 300 million = 33%. And I list plenty of sources.

Which survey did I quote erroneously? I'll be happy to correct myself.

Answer 1

There is no question the vast majority of American citizens hail from one denomination of Christianity or another.

No one, wishing to be taken seriously that is, can dispute the stats you've presented here.

There is no debate, really. Those who do dispute the facts MUST diregard them entirely. Rather than find 'evidence" to support their point of view, they launch ad hominem attacks towards believers. If that sort of behavior is typical of the non-religious person, I'll take Christianity anytime.

Answer 2

Dude, you really don't know how to read a survey, your statistics are all wrong.
Keep in mind this study focuses on changes between 1990 and 2001, so the numbers are a little bit outdated; also, the report used a "random digit-dialed telephone survey of 50,281 American residential households in the continental U.S.A", which is about 2% of the total population. So this is small random sampling from six years ago.

The study claims that, out of the total adult U.S. population, 76.5% are self-described as Christian; and 14.7% did not specify a religion.

Of the total adult U.S. population, 24.5% are Catholic and 16.3% are Baptist; no other denomination has more than 7% of the total population, and "Born Again" is less than 1% (NOT 33%)!

So now that we've gotten our facts straight, what is your question? Yes, most Americans predominately identify themselves with as a member of some Christian denomination. What's your point?

Answer 3

<> Catholics don't deny a Protestant Christian's popularity as a Born once more Christian - as long as they have been validly Baptized, and most non-Catholic Christians are validly Baptized. However actually, validly Baptized or now not, a Protestant Christian is indeed 'protesting' factors of Catholic Dogma. <> you are - right NOW - protesting the notion that Catholic Christians name non-Catholic Christians 'Protestant' Christians. <> fallacious. Catholics do accept their Protestant brothers and sisters as exactly that - brothers and sisters in Christ. Nevertheless, provided that they are not Catholic, they are Protestant.

Answer 4

I actually agree with CJ. Some of the worst gossipers, backbiters, two-faced, people go to church and call themselves Christian. Only and hour or two a week and you get a good rep with the community.

However, if you define Christian as one who says they believe in God and celebrate Christmas, then you're right on.

Answer 5

The percentages given by the demographics are irrelevant. Whats prudent here is that the majority of the US believes in religious dogma. I just can`t understand it. No matter how far we come we just can`t seem to rid ourselves of superstitious people. You would have thought the theory of evolution would have exterminated these young earth creationist by now. It must be the religious indoctrination (Brainwashing) of children that is prohibiting we as a people from moving forward.

Answer 6

Thank you for that.

But they left one thing out.
The number of people who it matters to me that are Christian:
1 (me).

As long as I breathe air, there will be one Christian on Earth.

Answer 7

You can quote every source on planet earth, but according to the Bible, few of those people actually qualify as Christians, no matter what they call themselves.

The USA is about 2% Christian.

Answer 8

Maybe you can see how many are atheists. Just kidding. You did a lot of research just for R&S. Good job!

Answer 9

Uuh, James? I love ya, sweetie but you need a margarita.

Answer 10

Can you find where it says which of the christians are actually practising or just say it to get ahead?

An atheist