(October 22, 2015 at 1:04 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Shit. I forgot Pentecostals, UU, and 7day Advent. Well, I guess those folks will just have to shoehorn themselves in somewhere. I didn't want to have multiple choice because I want people to choose what best fit. Then I can determine the percentages of respondents in each category. My hypothesis was that most AF atheists were either RC or Evangelical. However, for now, the data suggests otherwise.
I'd be interested to know the theory behind your hypothesis. But, before you throw away the evangelical part of the hypothesis, consider this: evangelical is not a denomination and many denominations are evangelical. The Southern Baptists are evangelical. Many mainline protestant detonations have a evangelical wings such as the Missouri Synod Lutherans, the ECO Presbyterians, The Southern Methodist Church, and on and on. Add to that the term evangelical is pretty muddy and under broader definitions most protestants are evangelical.
I grew up first Presbyterian and then ALCU Lutheran. I would not have called my family churches evangelical, but under this definition they were:
"of or relating to a Christian sect or group that stresses the authority of the Bible, the importance of believing that Jesus Christ saved you personally from sin or hell, and the preaching of these beliefs to other people." http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evangelical
But the ALCU Lutherans would not under this definition:
"emphasizing salvation by faith in the atoning death of Jesus Christ through personal conversion, the authority of Scripture, and the importance of preaching as contrasted with ritual" http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evangelical [emphasis added] The Lutherans do like their liturgy, just not as much as the Catholics like their mass.
It's all a matter of degree, and it gets grey pretty fast.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
