2008 Election Results According to Religious Devotion

[LAGC]

http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=38850

Although Barack Obama won a majority of the national popular vote and the Electoral College in yesterday’s presidential election, he did not win a majority of the voters who say they regularly attend church, according to the network exit poll.

Obama’s failure to win among church-going Americans continues a pattern that was also seen in the 2000 and 2004 elections, when Republican George Bush won the presidency.

On Tuesday, Obama defeated McCain in the nationwide popular vote, 52% to 46%.

Among voters who told the exit poll that they attend church once a week, however, McCain defeated Obama, 55% to 43%. McCain also defeated Obama 55% to 43% among voters who said they attended church more than once a week.

Obama ran strongest among voters who told the exit poll they “never” attend church. These voters picked the Democratic candidate over the Republican, 67% to 30%. Among those who said they attend church “a few times a year,” Obama won 59% to 40%; and among those who said they attend church monthly, Obama won 53% to 46%.

Eleven percent of voters told the exit poll they have no religion. These voters supported Obama, 75% to 23%.

[Taverner]

1. Well yeah! Churchgoing leads to some pretty stupid decisions

[FiveGoodMen]

3. Well, churchgoing STARTS with a pretty stupid decision

[Taverner]

4. This is true...

and it only gets wackier from there...

[Betty Karlson]

5. That was uncalled for

And you know it.

[Taverner]

7. I can cite examples if you are so inclined...

It's not like this was some out of the blue thought or shot from the hip

[Betty Karlson]

8. Examples?

Do these examples indicate that decisions are badly affected all through the religious spectre as a result of attending church? Are they fit to induction and/ or deduction?

Because if not, you were generalising, Sir.

[FiveGoodMen]

10. "religious spectre"

is that the same as Holy Ghost?

[Betty Karlson]

12. No Sir,

Th the religious spectre is the wide variety of religious denominations available to present-day societies.

Just like the colour spectre is the wide range of colours available to present-day eyes.

The discussion I'm trying to have here, is on scientific evidence of your thesis that attending church would affect good judgement. My personal beliefs stand aside of this discussion (my belief in the Holy Spirit included), because the burden of evidence, scientifically, rests with the proponent of the thesis. That would be you.

[FiveGoodMen]

13. Almost

specter

1. a visible incorporeal spirit, esp. one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
2. some object or source of terror or dread: the specter of disease or famine.

Also, especially British, spectre.

spectrum

l. Physics The distribution of a characteristic of a physical system or phenomenon, especially:
The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, as by an incandescent body, arranged in order of wavelengths.
The distribution of atomic or subatomic particles in a system, as in a magnetically resolved molecular beam, arranged in order of masses.
A range of values of a quantity or set of related quantities.
A broad sequence or range of related qualities, ideas, or activities: the whole spectrum of 20th-century thought.

2. A graphic or photographic representation of such a distribution.

3.a) A range of values of a quantity or set of related quantities.
3.b) A broad sequence or range of related qualities, ideas, or activities: the whole spectrum of 20th-century thought.

[Betty Karlson]

14. I see you have caught me on a point of spelling

I admit that I am not a native speaker, and as such make mistakes.

Standing corrected,

B.K.

[FiveGoodMen]

16. Yeah, I was just joking around with you.

I didn't realize where you were from.

Speaking only one language, I didn't mean to get picky with someone who probably knows four.

:hi:

[Betty Karlson]

17. If I may brag for a moment...

*seven*

OK, the bragging is over.

Seriously though, feel free to correct me. It only improves my mastering of a foreign language. Your correction was very instructive and I thank you for it.

Betty

[FiveGoodMen]

18. Seven is VERY impressive!

:wow:

[chaplainM]

9. It reflects a decision to abandon reason in favor of superstition. n/t

[Betty Karlson]

15. I dare you to prove that all religion equals superstition

(without spelling errors, this time)

[LAGC]

20. I dunno.

su·per·sti·tion (sōō'pər-stĭsh'ən)
n.

1. An irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome.
2.
1. A belief, practice, or rite irrationally maintained by ignorance of the laws of nature or by faith in magic or chance.
2. A fearful or abject state of mind resulting from such ignorance or irrationality.
3. Idolatry.

[Solomon]

22. Well, for one thing the stats definitely prove that all

that devotion and praying doesn't work. Or another way to put it, the religious have the wrong interpretation of God's will.

Either way you slice it, it doesn't look good.

[Sal316]

24. If you think reason and faith are incompatible....

....then you're just as ignorant as those you condemn.

They aren't incompatible, they were never meant to be treated as such.

To say they are, to make that blanket statement, proves you to be an ass.

[Sal316]

23. Asshole, party of one, your table's ready.

"Churchgoing leads to some pretty stupid decisions"

Really?

Wow, you truly are a jackass.

[OHdem10]

2. For Obama to have won as many votes as he did, this must mean

Church goers are in the Minority????

[FreakinDJ]

6. Ya - The Immoral Minority

[Odin2005]

11. Religion makes you stupid.

[struggle4progress]

19. Or maybe being Republican makes folk more likely to lie about their church attendance

[XemaSab]

21. I'd like to see the church/age/politics breakdown

Old people go to church. Old people are Republicans. Therefore, does going to church make you a republican?