Brits: Nonbelievers outnumber believers. A poll by the Guardian/IMC in December reveals that nonbelievers outnumber believers by nearly two to one: 63% are not religious (including more than half of those describing themselves as Christian”!), compared with only 33% describing themselves as a “religious person.” Forty-three percent said they never attend religious services.
Other results: 82% see religion as a cause of division and tension between people (only 16% disagree). Only 17% of Brits describe the UK as Christian, while 62% agree Britain is “a religious country of many faiths.” ICM interviewed 1,006 adults between Dec. 12-13. Source: The Guardian (UK), Dec. 23, 2006
Rabbis who don’t believe in God. The International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism ordained its first group of secular rabbis in Israel on Dec. 22, 2006. These 7 rabbis (5 men and 2 women) join the ranks of 8 secular rabbis already ordained in the U.S. Source: Ithaca Community News, Jan. 17, 2007
The family that eats together. . . A whopping 67% of Americans polled say “eating together as a family” is a better way to instill good values in children than “going to religious services regularly” or “volunteering regularly.” Source: America’s Kitchen survey: USA Weekend, Oct. 27-29, 2007
In His Own Words
[God has told me that a terrorist attack on the United States will result in “mass killings” in 2007.] I’m not necessarily saying it’s going to be nuclear. The Lord didn’t say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that.Rev. Pat Robertson
700 Club
January 2, 2007
