Re: OT Religions

Oliver Wong wrote:

Excellent reply Oliver, and although a self-professed atheist, shows you
have an open mind :-

> <quote
> href="http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=170687&cid=14225666">
> Some facts
>
> Percentage of the U.S. population who self-identify as Christian: %82
>
> Percentage of Senators = 89%
>
> Percentage of Representatives = 90%
>
> Percentage of Supreme Court Justices = %78
>
> Percentage of Presidents = %100
>
> Percentage of Current Governors = 94%
>
> Christmas = Federal Holiday
>
> and I can go on and on.
>
> Poor little Christians. So very, very oppressed.
> </quote>
>

I wouldn't doubt the very first percentage, or at least close to it.
There was an article in the Religious Section of the Calgary Herald
referring to N. American statistics, possibly the ones that are being
quoted - as it applied to both USA and Canada.

The paper article remarked that although a *large* number (can't recall
figure) of Christians in Canada are not church-goers, nevertheless when
asked they categorized themselves as Christians.

Jimmy