Who says Americans aren’t Christians… Well Christians do
by Paul Prins at 11:08 am
Only 50% of people surveyed believe that Americans are implicitly christian as it has long been believed (Just as the trend is for someone born in India to be Hindu). This was slightly surprising since 75.2% (51.3% Protestant, and 23.9% Catholic – CIA:FB) of Americans are self proclaimed Christians.
This means that there is a cynical attitude forming in the hearts of American Christendom towards those around us. To further prove this point, the Barna Group reported on the people responsible for the lower demographic as:
Two-thirds of evangelical Christians (64%) and three out of every five Hispanics (60%) embraced that position, making them the groups most convinced of the shift in America’s default faith… People who said they are politically conservative, however, saw things differently than did the rest of the country: a slight majority of conservatives claimed that Christianity remains the natural choice of most Americans.
My question is simply why?
What has changed? Christians still make up three fourths of the American population and yet a vast majority of evangelical Christians don’t seem to believe that offspring born in this country are naturally inclined to be Christian?
It could be due to the emphasis that the evangelical arm of the faith has placed on a personal decision to become a christian. Yet I don’t think that is accurate, I wonder how much of it stems from the preaching and message we hear? Yes there are a lot of non-Christians in America (25% or roughly 75 million people).
What do you think? Are Americans likely to become Christians?
Source: Barna Group Report
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