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Thread #119268   Message #2585719
Posted By: Mrrzy
10-Mar-09 - 12:59 PM
Thread Name: BS: ARIS: the numbers on religion in the US
Subject: RE: BS: ARIS: the numbers on religion in the US
It will be nice when there are more realists than mythists, or whatever the term could be...

But what always surprises me is that with almost 10 times the number of jews, why the nonreligious are so politically weak. It's amazing how powerful the jewish lobby is when there are so many more "none's"...

Another anecdote: I found out that one of my cousins on the Quaker side was raising his kids jewish, and I said to Liz, the wife, I didn't know you were Jewish, I thought you were an atheist, and she said Oh, aren't those the same thing?

Also, does non-denominational still mean Christian? Or would you include, say, a hospital chaplain who does all three monotheisms, regardless of breakdown (Catholic-Protestant, Sunni-Shi'ite, or whatever)?