What's a mainline Protestant? And how does that differ from your average Protestant?
% who say the U.S. has a responsibility to accept refugees: Religiously unaffiliated 65% Black Protestant 63% Catholic 50% White mainline Protestant 43% White evangelicals 25% https://pewrsr.ch/2ZLUFAk pic.twitter.com/yEFg2OPGvr
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See question 3 in this FAQ for details on how we categorize Protestants:https://www.pewforum.org/2018/07/05/how-does-pew-research-center-measure-the-religious-composition-of-the-u-s-answers-to-frequently-asked-questions/ …
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I’m curious: what is the defining distinction between white mainline Protestants and white evangelicals?
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See question 3 in this FAQ for details on how we categorize Protestants:https://www.pewforum.org/2018/07/05/how-does-pew-research-center-measure-the-religious-composition-of-the-u-s-answers-to-frequently-asked-questions/ …
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why didn't you survey non-Christian groups?
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Americans of many religious groups are included in the full sample; specific groups shown are the ones with enough respondents in this survey with the statistical power to be analyzed separately.
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The only religion polled is Christian? Are any of those 'unaffiliateds' actually some other religion? (Apparently 'not christian but something else' is like less than 10% of the total population. But.)
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"Unaffiliated" includes those who identify, religiously, as atheist, agnostic or "nothing in particular." Americans of many religious groups are included in the full sample; specific groups shown are the ones with enough respondents in this survey to be analyzed separately.
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"Unaffiliated" wins the day. It appears we atheists and agnostics practice what the others preach.
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But I thought we had no morals without God. Ha! Many Christians love to preach the golden rule, but rarely follow it.
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