http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/2007/01/26/church-of-separation/ The opinion blog of The Daily Pennsylvanian Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:46:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/2007/01/26/church-of-separation/#comment-821 agnostic@penn Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:30:52 +0000 http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/?p=384#comment-821 The statistics you list are just plain wrong. First off, I can't fully refute them because the links you listed all lead back to the DP's homepage, but I'm assuming the ICM is the "International Christian Ministries," the "International Cooperative Ministries," or something of the sort. Consider you sources! You'll find that most established polls hover at around 40% for national church attendance, while most statisticians place the actual numbers at between 15-30% due to other evidence and the way the polls are conducted. But even beyond that, stop buying into the revisionist history of America! This country was founded by opportunistic entrepreneurs. The reason why the Puritans get so much play in our history books is because they founded seminaries (Harvard) and wrote everything down. Yes, there're a lot of Christians in America, but don't overestimate their size and political efficacy. It's misinformation like this that has been used as a justification to blur that line between church and state in recent years. The statistics you list are just plain wrong. First off, I can’t fully refute them because the links you listed all lead back to the DP’s homepage, but I’m assuming the ICM is the “International Christian Ministries,” the “International Cooperative Ministries,” or something of the sort. Consider you sources! You’ll find that most established polls hover at around 40% for national church attendance, while most statisticians place the actual numbers at between 15-30% due to other evidence and the way the polls are conducted. But even beyond that, stop buying into the revisionist history of America! This country was founded by opportunistic entrepreneurs. The reason why the Puritans get so much play in our history books is because they founded seminaries (Harvard) and wrote everything down. Yes, there’re a lot of Christians in America, but don’t overestimate their size and political efficacy. It’s misinformation like this that has been used as a justification to blur that line between church and state in recent years.

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