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"And the human knew the source of life, the woman of him, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, 'I have procreated a man with Yahweh.'" Gen. 4:1, interior quote translated by D. Bokovoy.
Atheism might be able to retain its membership but sadly football is more attractive than not going to church and not watching football.
Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded.-charity 3/7/07
MASH quotes I peeked in the back [of the Bible] Frank, the Devil did it. I avoid church religiously. This isn't one of my sermons, I expect you to listen.
What?! Only 1% of those raised atheist become Mormons? Hmm. How do we more effectively proselytize atheists? And why are the Protestants so good at it?
Don
DISCLAIMER: Life is short. So I'm here to discuss scholarship, not apologetic-critical debate.
Bond James Bond wrote:Atheism might be able to retain its membership but sadly football is more attractive than not going to church and not watching football.
Footballism is a religion. I live in Wisconsin.
Huckelberry said: I see the order and harmony to be the very image of God which smiles upon us each morning as we awake.
palerobber wrote:well, growing up in an atheist household is not the same as being "raised atheist," which implies indoctrination.
but in any case, can someone make sense of these numbers?
Only about 30 percent of those who grow up in an atheist household remain atheists as adults. [...] 30% are now affiliated with a Protestant denomination, 10% are Catholic, 2% are Jewish, 1% are Mormon, and 1% are Pagan.
so where did the other 26% go?
Muslim. The Muslims have the fastest demogrphic growth of all religions: