Income correlates with education. Thirty-six percent of Catholics are college graduates; that declines to 23 percent of Protestants, and 17 percent of Baptists.
There's an enormous political difference between evangelical and non-evangelical Protestants on some issues.
One is abortion: Sixty-two percent of evangelical Protestants say it should be illegal in all or most cases; by contrast, 65 percent of non-evangelical Protestants say abortion should be legal as do 55 percent of Catholics.
The difference narrows in terms of ideology more broadly. Forty-four percent of white evangelical Protestants say they're conservative on most political matters; that compares to 33 percent of white non-evangelical Protestants and white Catholics alike. Blacks are different in this regard; just 24 percent of blacks say they're conservative politically. And among people who have no religion, only 19 percent are conservatives. There's even less difference between evangelical and non-evangelical white Protestants in political party identification: Forty percent of white evangelical Protestants identify themselves as Republicans, as do 34 percent of white non-evangelical Protestants.
By contrast only 5 percent of blacks, and 11 percent of non-Christians, are Republicans. Beliefnet is a Web site dedicated to providing information on religion and spirituality. It is not affiliated with any religious group or movement. The results have a three-point error margin. And may the angel of death pass over their houses. Is this cruel to the people who voted for Bush? I think not. He warned everyone--before each election--that we were making significant, life-or-death choices.
And despite his fairly obvious intellectual, moral and career liabilities, tens of millions of people voted for him. And now they want to buy it all back?
As I always say, actions have consequences. He told you, people: life or death. And so many bought into his idea of a God who smites. And they chose death, thinking it was life. Eternal life. If this is spirituality, I'll take soulless materialism any day of the week.
This was funny Mahayana "greater vehicle" is my favorite of all the Buddhist traditions; the Mahayanins refer to the Theravada Buddhism of the Pali canon as Hinayana "lesser vehicle" Buddhism, which prompted a Zen friend of mine to say: "Greater vehicle, lesser vehicle, it doesn't matter. All vehicles will be towed away at the owner's expense. Just took it again, and got these results: 1. That mean I can't eat instant oatmeal? Tom: Any chance that Beliefnet is run by Unitarians trying to drum up business?
Any theory on why Reform Judaism is ranked so closely to Secular Humanism? I actually went to a "liberal Quaker" church for a while when I would visit my dad in California it was Society of Friends, which I assume is what they mean and thought it was pretty groovy -- open minded, always a positive message, and relatively few choruses of "Just As I Am. Well, if the Unitarians are trying to drum up business, they're not doing a very good job, at least for me.
Episcopaleanism didn't even make their list, so I'm not sure what that says about the list, or about Episcopaleans and their lack of beliefs. And then, when you're done, you have to go somewhere to protest to the war. Clever, Rex! Todd, really good question on why secular humanism and Reform Judaism tend to go together so often in this quiz. I'm thinking, for some reason, of a study done during the early s that determined that Episcopalians, Reform Jews, and Unitarians tended to agree on social issues--forming a liberal triad, as it were.
And if secular humanists were included in the study, I suspect they'd be very close in line with that triad. Some other possibilities that come to mind: 1. Judaism has never been very concerned about pie-in-the-sky afterlife stuff. Once a month. Once or twice a year. Never or hardly ever. Traditional prayers, including the rosary.
Prayers in my own words. The 'centering prayer' and other silent forms. Prayers from other religious traditions, such as Buddhist meditation. When it comes to music during Mass, I prefer:. Gregorian chant and Latin hymns. Classic hymns and spirituals. Contemporary liturgical and ethnic music. No music at all. How do you think the Mass should be celebrated?
In Latin. Very solemnly—it's sacred time. It's fine for the celebrant to make the congregation feel welcome with greetings and by thanking them for attending. I have no problem with going even further: omitting gender-specific language, for example. The primary meaning of the consecration of the Mass is that the bread and wine become:.
The actual body and blood of Christ. Symbols of Christ's spiritual presence among us. Symbols of our unity with all of Christ's church. A sign of our duty to feed our fellow human beings.
As far as I'm concerned, the pope is:. The vicar of Christ and supreme head of the church. Deserving of special deference as bishop of Rome but by no means supreme or infallible. Deserving of reverence but not necessarily obedience. Just another bishop among bishops. About ordaining women as priests, I think:. It's inevitable for the survival of the church. It's theologically impossible, because Jesus chose only men to be his apostles.
Jesus never intended to found an ordained priesthood, so the question is irrelevant. About priestly celibacy, I think:. It's a hard rule, but it allows the priest to devote himself unselfishly to God and to his parishioners.
It should be optional, but as in the Eastern churches, priests should not be allowed to marry after ordination.
It should be optional, and ordained priests should be allowed to marry. Priests should be encouraged to marry, so as to be able to relate to their married parishioners. My favorite kind of church design is:. Very traditional, with plenty of stained glass and statues.
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