Re: Minority believe in resurrection

That may depend on which country and what statistics

http://www.religioustolerance.org/rel_rate.htm

And there are some real problems

    Truthfulness: Poll data on religious behavior and practice are
notoriously unreliable. Individuals often describe their own behavior
inaccurately; they answer questions according to what they think they
should be doing. For example:

* 17% of American adults say that they tithe (give 10 to 13% of their
income to their church). Only 3% really do. 16
* Many polls indicate that the percentage of adults who regularly attend
a religious service is about 40% in the U.S., 20% in Canada, and perhaps
10% or less in Europe. But when noses are actually counted, the true
figures are about half the stated figures (about 20% in the U.S. and 10%
in Canada.) The 50% figure also appears to apply in the UK. Author
Monica Furlong commented: "...people questioned about how much they go
to church, give figures which, if true, would add up to twice those
given by the churches." 40

http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_prac.htm#poll

      Percent of adults who attend religious services at least once a week:

http://www.umich.edu/news/index.html?Releases/1997/Dec97/chr121097a

In order of decreasing attendance:

*Country* *% Attendance*
Nigeria 89%
Ireland 84% *
Philippines 68%
N. Ireland 58%
Puerto Rico 52%
South Africa 56%
Poland 55%
Portugal 47% *
Slovakia 47%
Mexico 46%
Italy 45% *
Dominican Republic 44%
Belgium 44%
*United States* 44%
Turkey 43%
Peru 43%
India 42%
*Canada* 38% *
Brazil 36%
Netherlands 35%
Venezuela 31%
Uruguay 31%
Austria 30% *
Britain 27% *
Chile 25%
Argentina 25%
Spain 25%
Solvenia 22%
Croatia 22%
Hungary 21% *
France 21% *
Romania 20% *
Switzerland 16%
Australia 16%
Lithuania 16%
South Korea 14%
W. Germany 14%
Czech Republic 14% *
Taiwan 11%
Bulgaria 10% *
Ukraine 10%
Moldova 10%
Georgia 10%
China 9%
Armenia 8%
Serbia 7%
Montenegro 7%
Azerbaijan 6%
Belarus 6%
Latvia 5%
Denmark 5% *
Norway 5%
East Germany 5%
Sweden 4%
Iceland 4%
Finland 4%
Estonia 4%
Japan 3%
Russia 2%

* Based on 1990-1991 survey data.

These numbers are somewhat suspect
<http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_prac.htm#poll>. Church attendance
data in the U.S. has been checked against actual values using two
different techniques. The true figures show that only about 20% of
Americans and 10% of Canadians actually go to church one or more times a
week. Many Americans and Canadians tell pollsters that they have gone to
church even though they have not. Whether this happens in other
countries, with different cultures, is difficult to predict.

Dick Fischer wrote:

> No wonder church attendance is so low on your side of the Atlantic.
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> Dick Fischer
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> Dick Fischer, Genesis Proclaimed Association
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> Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
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> www.genesisproclaimed.org <http://www.genesisproclaimed.org/>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu]
> On Behalf Of Michael Roberts
> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 4:01 PM
> To: Pim van Meurs; asa
> Subject: Re: Minority believe in resurrection
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> Oh well, that's OK as I don't believe in a physical resurrection and
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> preach that at Easter.
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> But I am in good company
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> Michael
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Received on Sun Apr 9 22:30:43 2006