Protestant majority disappearing in the USA

[Natasha]

Survey: Protestant majority disappearing in the USA
The Associated Press
The United States will no longer be a majority Protestant nation in years to come, due to a precipitous decline in affiliation with many Protestant churches, a new survey has found.
Between 1993 and 2002, the share of Americans who said they were Protestant dropped from 63% to 52%, after years of remaining generally stable, according to a study released Tuesday by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago.

At the same time, the number of people who said they had no religion rose from 9% to nearly 14%, and many are former Protestants, the survey's authors said.

The study was based on three decades of religious identification questions in the General Social Survey, which the opinion center conducts to measure public trends.

The United States "has been seen as white and Protestant," said Tom Smith, director of the General Social Survey. "We're not going to be majority Protestant any longer."

Respondents were defined as Protestant if they said they were members of a Protestant denomination, such as Episcopal Church or Southern Baptist Convention. The category included members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and members of independent Protestant churches.

Among the reasons for the decline were the large number of young people and adults leaving denominations as the number of non-Protestant immigrants increased, comprising a greater share of the population. Also, a lower percentage are being raised Protestant, Smith said.

Smith said it is also possible that some former Protestants are now identifying themselves only as "Christian," a choice on the survey.

The Roman Catholic population has remained relatively stable over the period, making up about 25% of the U.S. population.

People who said they belonged to other religions — including Islam, Orthodox Christianity or Eastern faiths — increased from 3% to 7% between 1993 and 2002, while the share of people who said they were Jewish remained stable at just under 2%.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/200 ... ants_x.htm

[Sean]

All I have to say to that is thank God for entropy!

--Sean

[brendan]

All I have to say to that is thank God for entropy!

--Sean

What worries me is that Islam is growing faster than anything.

[Wheeler]

This is very dangerous. The loss and liberalizing of Protestantism brought about the rise of Hitler and Nazism in the Weimar Republic.

It is the purpose of the new immigration policy of the "them" to increase the amount of foreigners to undermine the Christian character of America. Ted Kennedy a Roman Catholic, was one of the sponsors of the change in immigration laws. It is very dangerous.

Let's not forget that Protestant America stood longer against Fascism/Communism than either Orthodox Russsia or Catholic Italy.

Marx wanted his revolution to start first in Germany and Britain but happened first in Russia. It was the Protestant and Classical influence that prevented either Germany or England from becoming communist victims. In my viewpoint, Orthodoxy is compeletey incompetent and clueless in defense against liberalism and communism. I know too many Orthodox that vote socialist. You people are blinded to the fact that your orthodox religion is totally incapable in the face of communism. Protestantism has been successful for 100 years in this country. As a Roman Catholic and a convert to Orthodoxy, I do what I can to defend Protestantism and support its mission here in America.

Roman Catholicism nor Orthodoxy could have made an America. They simply can not. Only Protestantism can. Protestantism has its benefits and values that sadly escape the Apostolic churches.

It makes one wonder. If you can't lead people to liberty in this life, How can you lead people to liberty (heaven) in the next?

[Sean]

As a Roman Catholic and a convert to Orthodoxy, I do what I can to defend Protestantism and support its mission here in America.

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May God guide you as you mature in your journey as an Orthodox convert. Heresy cannot be held up as a standard against communism, Islam, or any other enemy of Christ's Church (which is exclusively the Orthodox Church). You can put forth as many WASP assertions as you want, but I'm afraid you'll find that you're in the wrong discussion group.

--Sean

[TomS]

As a Roman Catholic and a convert to Orthodoxy, I do what I can to defend Protestantism and support its mission here in America.

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You can put forth as many WASP assertions as you want, but I'm afraid you'll find that you're in the wrong discussion group.

--Sean

Still, his point is valid. Orthodoxy is not focused on this world.

[Sean]

Still, his point is valid.

I strongly disagree with you brother. For a neophyte to call the very Pillar and Foundation of Truth incapable of standing up to falsehood is utterly absurd, and personally offensive. Holy Russia fell as a chastizement from God, because her society was infiltrated by Freemasons and other unsavory influences spawned of the so-called "Renaissance" and "Enlightenment" eras. Peter and Catherine "the Great" both did their share in letting in these anti-Christian elements to undermine Orthodoxy.
In a similar vein, Constantinople fell to the Turks as a chastizement for betraying Orthodoxy at the false Council of Florence. The entire reason I said "Thank God for entropy!" when commenting on the demise of protestantism, was to make the point that sectarianism is outside the Church and therefore ultimately subject to a graceless corruption and dissolution. The Church on the other hand will endure, for the gates of hell shall not prevail against Her.
Usually I do not get wrapped up in controversy, but when I hear naive comments against the Ark of God, I am moved to speak out. The Church does not need falsehood to insulate Her from another falsehood.

--Sean