Nuanced news: Stop the presses! Theres a next generation for mainline Protestantism

[guillaumeb]

From the article:

Don’t get carried away, but if you look closely at PRRI’s new report on American religious affiliation, you see signs of life for white mainline Protestants, at least compared to white Catholics and (!) white evangelicals.

To read more:

http://religionnews.com/2017/09/08/stop-the-presses-theres-a-next-generation-for-mainline-protestantism/

[Dawson Leery]

1. RCC/Mormons/Evangelicals have their heads up the ass of a Fascist Political Party.

Mainline Protestants/Jews/Muslims/Eastern Religions/Atheists DO NOT!

[AtheistCrusader]

2. White mainline Protestants rolled 50/39 for Trump according to PEW. 11 point margin

in favor of the orange dumpster fire.

[Dawson Leery]

6. They voted, but the various denominations have NOT

gotten overtly involved in right wing politics, the way the Born Agains/RCC has.

[AtheistCrusader]

8. Small consolation, but I suppose I accept the distinction.

It's not out of line with my observations.

That said, the votes are the crucial point for me, because sans that, we don't even HAVE an orange dumpster fire in the Oval Office for evangelicals/RCC/Monied interests to ply in the first place.

[trotsky]

3. Your subject line is false. It's not "news" at all, but simply an opinion.

As found at the end of the piece:

RNS columns are direct-published opinion pieces. They are not always edited and reflect the views only of the author.

You should edit the subject line to be honest.

[trotsky]

4. LOL @ this comment:

"my sect is losing adherents at a minimally lesser rate than other sects seems to be the dullest of silver linings"



You keep whistling past that graveyard, g-man.

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. With emphasis on the 'minimally'

https://www.prri.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PRRI-Religion-Report.pdf

figure 2, p.11, white protestant percentages of age groups:
65+: 19
50-64: 15
30-49: 11
18-29: 8

[MineralMan]

5. Hint: religionnews.com is NOT a news website.

I just thought I'd let you know.

[Act_of_Reparation]

9. A study linking Christianity to conservatism?

Nuanced indeed.

White evangelical Protestants and Mormons are the most conservative religious groups in the
country. More than six in ten (62%) white evangelical Protestants and a majority (57%) of Mormons
identify as politically conservative. Liberals make up only 12% and 15%, respectively, of
these religious traditions. White mainline Protestants also lean more conservative than liberal
(38% vs. 25%, respectively), while white Catholics are about twice as likely to identify as conservative
than liberal (42% vs. 22%, respectively).

There is wide variation in the political ideology of nonwhite Christian groups. Despite their strong
Democratic leanings, black Protestants are about as likely to be conservative (30%) as they are to
be liberal (29%). Similarly, Hispanic Protestants are about equally as likely to identify as conservative
(33%) and liberal (29%). Hispanic Protestants are much more likely to be conservative than
they are to be liberal (41% vs. 23%, respectively).

Non-Christian communities are more liberal leaning. Close to half of Jews (45%), Buddhists (48%),
and Hindus (45%) identify as liberal; significantly fewer Jews (27%), Buddhists (17%), and Hindus
(16%) identify as conservative. Muslims are also more likely to identify as liberal (38%) than they
are to identify as conservative (20%).

Religiously unaffiliated Americans also lean liberal in their politics. More than four in ten (43%)
identify as liberal, while 21% are conservative.

[trotsky]

10. Something something shut up atheists something something religion is great something.

That's usually what these are about.

[Act_of_Reparation]

11. This is about the long lost 9th Beatitude:

Happy are they who lower their expectations, for they shall find good news pretty much anywhere.

[trotsky]

12. Haha, perfect! n/t