Among non-Mormons, 62 percent think Mormonism is very different from their own religion, according to polling this summer by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center and Pew Forum. Some 53 percent said they had a favorable view of Mormons, compared with 76 percent who had favorable feelings toward Jews and Catholics, 60 percent for evangelical Christians, 43 percent for Muslims and 35 percent for atheists.
what is wrong with that paragraph?
2007-12-05 12:11:04 · 10 answers · asked by uhohspaghettiohohs 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
its not the math
2007-12-05 12:15:25 · update #1
its actually on Yahoo's main page..
but yeah.
it should be 100% for everything..
whats with all the hate?
2007-12-05 12:19:44 · update #2
i just noticed that the "a" in atheism wasnt capitalized.
2007-12-05 12:20:14 · update #3
What is wrong, is that Christians would prefer someone who believed in something that is completely false (Mormonism) than someone who rejected that false belief (atheism).
Does this make any sense to anyone. Essentially, what this poll says is that as long as you believe in something (anything!!!!), even if it is untrue, that is preferable to NOT believing in that specific thing.
When will Christians get the fact that we (atheists) AGREE with them about all those other religions! They are false and man-made belief systems - WE AGREE. The only disagreement we have is over the divinity of Jesus, something all those other religions believe anyway.
Sometimes I wonder if Christians logically think through the implications of not liking atheists. First, they are atheists themselves with respect to all other gods except their own. Second, we agree completely with them on every other religion. As Russell said, the only difference between and Christian and an atheist is that an atheist believes in one less god than a Christian.
2007-12-05 12:19:27 · answer #1 · answered by QED 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This same poll showed that a majority of Americans believe that Mormons are Christians. I thought that was very interesting!
Seems a lot of the anti-Mormons who post here on Yahoo! Answers are out of touch with mainstream American thought...
http://www.allaboutmormons.com
2007-12-05 17:56:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"76 percent had favorable feelings toward Jews and Catholics", why were the two religions grouped together?
2007-12-05 12:21:22 · answer #3 · answered by caulk2005 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's over 100%
2007-12-05 12:16:40 · answer #4 · answered by LandOfMisty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the numbers arent doing it for me lol
53 % and 76 % for and against ... ermm
I am not good at maths but something isnt quite right
edit
it isnt the maths ?
ermm...
2007-12-05 12:15:31 · answer #5 · answered by ☮ Pangel ☮ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheism doesn't require capitalization.
2007-12-05 12:25:54 · answer #6 · answered by Shawn B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure as heck not doing the math.
EDIT: You didn't capitalize Athiests?
2007-12-05 12:15:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You left off 93% who just don't give a f***
2007-12-05 12:21:32 · answer #8 · answered by Sarcasma 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wanna cite your soucres? You have no proof- thats whats wrong.
2007-12-05 12:18:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People voted twice.
2007-12-05 12:17:24 · answer #10 · answered by Skunk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋