Reply #8: Lots. In fact I really doubt the number they toss around.

[Ripley]

You know we're always being told BILLIONS OF PEOPLE believe in God and are worshipers. Just because someone says they are a Christian doesn't mean they are. Look at Smirkass.

I know lots of people who go to church out of guilt, habit, social activity, family pressures, and like you said fear of the stigma.

How can the Christians keep telling us they are being persecuted when they are EVERYWHERE in the media these days - total saturation. Yet, let one agnostic try to run openly for any office in this country.

I'm getting very alarmed by these people. Out of curiosity the other day at the gym I flipped to the 700 club. They were doing a story about the devoutly religious moving to rural/suburban areas from the cities in droves. They interviewed this woman who sounded completely unhinged to me, but they presented her and discussed her case as if she were a typical American housewife. She said the War was coming in her lifetime. The attacks on Christianity were getting violent and she looked at her two sons (under 10) and said they will be the soldiers of God to fight this War. She looked just like any suburban soccer Mom standing outside her McMansion.

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